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In addition to adding my Hear! Hear! to Dwight's, let me put on my Nerd
hat.<br>
<br>
In "Publishing and Archiving Electronic Documents" I suggest that when
documents are published and archived in HTML format that the HTML
standards of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) be required (directed).<br>
<br>
The objective would be the same as requirements to us standard
English. By following the standards published by the W3C it assures
that HTML documents will be correctly interpreted by the largest number
of tools (browsers). This would also preclude using proprietary
additions to the standards, that are only "understood" by one browser
and would assure that archived documents would be correctly interpreted
in the future.<br>
<br>
An example from my Ozark past would be "My brother, who is a <i>flar</i>
for the Army Air Core, gave the <i>purtiest</i> <i>raid</i> <i>flar</i>
to Anna May when he comed home. She was <i>fixin'</i> biscuits and got
<i>flar</i> all over him when she kissed him <i>rail</i> hard."<br>
<br>
By not following standards, there are some that may not understand why
Anna May's pa gave her a <i>whupin </i>with a <i>willer</i> switch
for goin' back on her <i>raisin. </i>He was afeard when my brother
left he would leave a <i>wood's colt</i>. <br>
<br>
Lou<br>
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Alice Ewen Walker wrote:
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<pre wrap="">TownTalkers,
Following up on my earlier post, attached are drafts of two
resolutions regarding electronic documents that I plan to introduce at
the council meeting tomorrow.
There could be changes between these and the final versions that I
introduce, as I may incorporate some incoming suggestions.
The executive summary is:
1 If a document is produced for a group of citizens at least equal
to the size of one ward, it should be made available in electronic
form and archived in electronic form.
2 Likewise for any documents produced for members of the council.
3 PDF/A is the town's preferred archival format
4 None of this applies unless the document is created directly by the town.
The second resolution seeks to make a few key documents available in
electronic format retroactively to 2000.
Cheers and Happy Labor Day!
Alice
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