From owner-incits-v1@incits-v1.org Mon Jun 18 14:02:14 2007 Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:01:24 -0700 (PDT) From: jon.bosak@sun.com Subject: INCITS-V1: NoteExampleConfusion-Durusau-3 Sender: owner-incits-v1@incits-v1.org To: incits-v1@incits-v1.org Reply-to: incits-v1@incits-v1.org X-PMX-Version: 5.2.0.264296 X-Authentication-warning: jurassic-x4600.sfbay.sun.com: bosak set sender to jon.bosak@sun.com using -f Responding to Patrick's repeated requests that we try to get some of this discussion done by mail, I am (at last) trying to catch up with his comments. I regret that other work has prevented me from getting to this till now. In his comment Durusau-3, Patrick notes that "there appears to be no consistent editorial principle applied to distinguish between notes and examples in the text. Text that looks like examples appear in notes and what are probably notes appear in examples with no distinguishable principle for the use of one over the other." I agree with Patrick that this confusion is inappropriate in an ISO Standard. It should be corrected before the specification is given that status. Since resolution of this issue is straightforward (if tedious), there should be no delay in assenting to Patrick's proposed change. Jon