Suggestion for rearranging -BIDI

Vint Cerf vint at google.com
Wed Nov 19 12:03:11 CET 2008


there was a general sense in the meeting in Minneapolis, I think, to  
stop reformatting the documents and concentrate on finalizing the  
content but, of course, the editors are free to adopt advice along  
these lines.

vint


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On Nov 18, 2008, at 11:37 PM, Martin Duerst wrote:

> Having the stuff that actually counts, now and even more in
> 10 years, first, is clearly a big plus, so go for it.
>
> I could even immagine the caveats/issues section comming after
> the rules, because in my understanding, that's something the
> implementers have to read, but I can leave that detail to
> the authors/editors. What Mark has suggested, namely putting
> the bidi rationale into the rationale document, is also a
> possibility I'd support.
>
> Regards,    Martin.
>
> At 23:07 08/11/18, Harald Alvestrand wrote:
>> I have had a suggestion from one participant to reorder the  
>> material in
>> -bidi.
>>
>> He suggests placing the actual rules (section 4) first (after intro),
>> followed by the rationale section, the requirements section and the
>> caveats/issues sections.
>>
>> The current layout (intro, rationale, requirements, rules, caveats)
>> roughly reflects the thought stream that led to the document. It  
>> seemed
>> rational to me at the time, but may not seem rational to a reader who
>> comes at it out of the blue.
>>
>> What do other readers think of this?
>>
>>                    Harald
>>
>>
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