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[Robin Cover <robin@oasis-open.org>]

Toby, I agree that Google searches might perform better (when users think the formulation is "and"), but the better reason IIRC is that style manuals will urge use of the word spelled out in titles rather than the character "&".   In prose it may not matter as much, but I think "and" is expected in the title of a work. Apropos of which: ... spotted in The Chicago Manual of Style (14th edition), as to representing titles of published works 7.129 "Retain the spelling of the original title, but change  &  to  and ... rcc says: I think the rule "change" assumes that the use of "&" in a title of a work is irregular, hence "change" it to the expected convention. -rcc On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Considine, Toby (Campus Services IT) < Toby.Considine@unc.edu > wrote: Even if it is consistent now, I, personally, find your argument that it googles better compelling. tc "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." -- Pablo Picasso Toby Considine Chair, OASIS oBIX TC Editor, OASIS EMIX, Energy Interoperation Campus Services Information Technology University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC Email: Toby.Considine@ unc.edu Phone: (919)962-9073 http://www.oasis-open.org http://www.NewDaedalus.com From: emix@lists.oasis-open.org [mailto: emix@lists.oasis-open.org ] On Behalf Of Chet Ensign Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 5:05 PM To: EMIX TC Cc: Paul Knight; Robin Cover Subject: [emix] Re: Any objection to substituting 'and' for '&' Whoops, sorry. Nevermind. I just realized that it is "&" throughout the content. I should have looked more carefully. I withdraw the request. /chet On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Chet Ensign < chet.ensign@oasis-open.org > wrote: Hi folks, I'm QC'ing the 'Retail Block & Tier Prices' Committee Note. Does the TC have a problem with changing the title to "Block and Tier"? It seems to be done both ways when I do a search on Google, though 'and' seems to get more results. I prefer to avoid non-alphanumeric characters in titles if I can - 'and' strikes me as more formal. Thanks - this CN will be ready to announce soon. Happy New Year,  /chet ---------------- Chet Ensign Director of Standards Development and TC Administration  OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society http://www.oasis-open.org Primary: +1 973-996-2298 Mobile: +1 201-341-1393 Check your work using the Support Request Submission Checklist at  http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/47248/tc-admin-submission-checklist.html TC Administration information and support is available at http://www.oasis-open.org/resources/tcadmin Follow OASIS on: LinkedIn:     http://linkd.in/OASISopen Twitter:         http://twitter.com/OASISopen Facebook:   http://facebook.com/oasis.open -- /chet ---------------- Chet Ensign Director of Standards Development and TC Administration  OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society http://www.oasis-open.org Primary: +1 973-996-2298 Mobile: +1 201-341-1393 Check your work using the Support Request Submission Checklist at  http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/47248/tc-admin-submission-checklist.html TC Administration information and support is available at http://www.oasis-open.org/resources/tcadmin Follow OASIS on: LinkedIn:     http://linkd.in/OASISopen Twitter:         http://twitter.com/OASISopen Facebook:   http://facebook.com/oasis.open -- Robin Cover OASIS, Director of Information Services Editor, Cover Pages and XML Daily Newslink Email: robin@oasis-open.org Staff bio: http://www.oasis-open.org/people/staff/robin-cover Cover Pages: http://xml.coverpages.org/ Newsletter: http://xml.coverpages.org/newsletterArchive.html Tel: +1 972-296-1783