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RE: [docbook-tc] Fw: DocBook TC action item.

From: Paul Grosso
To: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:14:00 -0000

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Subject: RE: [docbook-tc] Fw: DocBook TC action item.




From: "Paul Grosso" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 10:11:33 -0500






> From: Norman Walsh [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, 16 February, 2005 8:50
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [docbook-tc] Fw: DocBook TC action item.
> 

> 
> | mathphrase ::=
> | 
> (#PCDATA|varname|parameter|constant|symbol|superscript|subscri
> pt|emphasi
> | s)*
> 
> I think I expected (#PCDATA|superscript|subscript|%ubiq)*, but I can
> see why the others might be useful.

I, too, was surprised by the others.  

For example, from
http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/documentation/reference/html/parameter
.html
"A Parameter identifies something passed from one part 
of a computer system to another."  I don't see that
belonging in mathphrase.

When designing something simple to be used as a convenience 
at times in place of something more complex that is already 
available, it should be very simple.

If someone can't accomplish the desired equation
using just (#PCDATA|superscript|subscript|%ubiq)*,
then they should use the existing equation markup.
So I'd prefer mathphrase to be very simple.

paul













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