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RE: Improved writing -- who's going to pay for it?

• From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>
• To: xml-dev@l...
• Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 08:23:20 -0500

Yes.  The most helpful thing when writing 
is having other intelligent eyes read it. 
Those who prepare edits according to 
some procedure, eg

o Text of Spec:  Exact quote with address (version, para number, page
number)

o Problem with Text:  precision precision precision (if you don't like 
the concept, that isn't an editorial issue)

o Suggested Fix:  Precise text replacement.

Send these to the editor and you can almost always 
guarantee a good response.  Do it more than once 
and you may be drafted into the committee.  Don't 
expect an immediate reply.  Sometimes you are sending 
to someone under a deluge of work and if they 
manage to send a "thanks" that means they read it. 
Also, they will receive the same comments for the 
same sections.  They may disagree and they are the 
editor. 

The standards world is always looking for a few good eyes.


Len Bullard
Intergraph Public Safety
clbullar@i...
http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard

Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti.
Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick JELLIFFE [mailto:ricko@g...]

I am not saying "put up or shut up"; but there is something practical
you can do: when you find a paragraph that is bad, draft an improvement
and send it to the xml schema comments mailing list.

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