[UR-WG] LAST CALL - Usage Record Format Recommendation - Version 1

[Laura F McGinnis]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ur-wg-bounces at ogf.org [mailto:ur-wg-bounces at ogf.org] On 
> Behalf Of Donal K. Fellows
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 6:40 AM
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> Subject: Re: [UR-WG] LAST CALL - Usage Record Format 
> Recommendation - Version 1
> 
> Laura F McGinnis wrote:
> >>  * Appendix D title is in wrong style; must have been marked 
> >>as Courier,
> >>    9pt by accident.
> > 
> > By design, so that the lines don't split unnecessarily (see 
> your comment
> > about setting the Examples in setion 14 to Courier 9pt).
> 
> Well, I'd put the appendix title at least in the usual font; the font
> size is less irksome there. Not that I mind if the title wraps; it's
> line wrapping in the middle of an XML attribute value that I 
> don't care for.

Will do.

> >>  * The cells of the survey results table (section A-2, pages 44-49)
> >>    would be better off being marked as having North West 
> >>cell alignment
> > 
> > What does "North West cell alignment" mean?
> 
> Umm, it means "top left". I tend to think of cell alignments 
> in terms of
> compass directions. :-)

Ah, OK. Thx.

> >>  * Appendix C should note that SI usage requires "kiB" for 
> >>1024 bytes,
> >>    "MiB" for 1024 kiB, etc. It's stupid, but "standard". 
> It's also a
> >>    large part of the reason why JSDL dropped putting units in. :-\
> > 
> > What is "SI Usage"? How should this be noted in Appendix C? 
> 
> Apparently, we're supposed to use 1MB to refer to 1000000 
> bytes and 1MiB
> to refer to 1048576 bytes (== 1024kiB, 1kiB == 1024 bytes). I 
> hate this
> usage, but it is standard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix
> has lots of gory details, including links to more discussion.
> 
> I prefer to put everything in bytes or bits and use very big 
> numbers. :-)

Yeah, but I know there are sites that aren't as comfortable doing this. I'll
look into this one some more.

> > Everything else has been corrected or is OK ("extra commas" 
> are a British
> > versus American issue :)).
> 
> I just highlight them because Word's grammar checker doesn't like them
> (and yes, it was using the US grammar engine at that point). :-)

Ah, yes. I'd forgotten about that hideous Microsoft dialect. I turned
grammar check off years ago. :)

Thanks for the comments. I'll work them in.

LM

 
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