From owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Thu Sep 4 20:43:33 2003 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by dkuug.dk (8.12.8p1/8.9.2) id h84IhXnn018878 for sc22wg5-domo; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 20:43:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk) X-Authentication-Warning: ptah.dkuug.dk: majordom set sender to owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk using -f Received: from math.jpl.nasa.gov (math.jpl.nasa.gov [137.79.7.57]) by dkuug.dk (8.12.8p1/8.9.2) with ESMTP id h84IhICp018871 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 20:43:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from vsnyder@math.jpl.nasa.gov) Received: from math.jpl.nasa.gov (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by math.jpl.nasa.gov (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h84IhJnT022074 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 11:43:19 -0700 Received: from math.jpl.nasa.gov (vsnyder@localhost) by math.jpl.nasa.gov (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) with ESMTP id h84IhJ3J022070 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 11:43:19 -0700 Message-Id: <200309041843.h84IhJ3J022070@math.jpl.nasa.gov> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-to: Van.Snyder@jpl.nasa.gov From: Van.Snyder@jpl.nasa.gov To: sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Subject: Paragraph numbers Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 11:43:19 -0700 Sender: owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Precedence: bulk Bill Long wrote: > Adding paragraph > numbers would be a redundant location scheme that invites notation > confusion - what does [132:2] mean? This is easily overcome by agreeing to a different notation for page/paragraph/line-in-paragraph as opposed to page/line. How about [132.2] for page 132 paragraph 2, [132.2:5] for line 5 of paragraph 2 on page 132, and [132:2] for page 132 line 2? The extensions to ranges are obvious. Another possibility is to qualify paragraph numbers fully by their subclause number, so [132.2] would be 7.1.8.6.2, or maybe something like 7.1.8.6/2 to make it clear that 7.1.8.6.2 is not going to be found on a subclause heading. -- Van Snyder | What fraction of Americans believe Van.Snyder@jpl.nasa.gov | Wrestling is real and NASA is fake? Any alleged opinions are my own and have not been approved or disapproved by JPL, CalTech, NASA, Sean O'Keefe, George Bush, the Pope, or anybody else.