~~~Flame - read until properly toasted...

[John Gladstone]

I feel this thread about shoe-horning HTML for the sake of document 
formatting (indents in this case) has followed a natural 
course from particular to general. 

We have a fundamental question to ask of ourselves as we migrate to
electronic documents. When do we decide that the use of International
Standards are important to the documents we house. 

Should our search engines always conform to Z39.50 even if as new, sleek,
easier to install models are waved in our eyes.  Are the SGML roots of
HTML important consideration for non-archival materials or can we safely
"bend the code" to achieve quick and dirty solutions for getting temporary
documents out the door. 


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			John Gladstone /jgladsto at nal.usda.gov
			National Agricultural Library  
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On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Russ Jury wrote:

> I don't know about anyone else, but I'm getting a little sick of the 
> nit-picking of trivial details.  This is supposed to be a place where 
> people can come for help and get problems solved.  It is about getting 
> something accomplished, rather than arguing if something is right or 
> not.  In short, if it works for what you want it to do, WHO CARES about 
> the details.  3 months from now, it will probably be changed, updated, or 
> possibly obsolete. 
> 
> I know I'll be flamed for posting this, but someone has to try to get a 
> more positive attitude going here...  I just feel that there's a little 
> too much tension floating around...
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> Russ Jury
> Information Technology
> North Dakota State University Library
> (701) 231-7288
> jury at plains.nodak.edu
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