Eugene, (01)
I see the following aspects to purple numbers: (02)
1> They provide paragraph level addressability from other documents. The
importance of this is difficult to grasp until you have done it for a while.
2> They are human readable. When I print a document with its base URL, I can
construct a link directly to any paragraph. The numbers are unobtrusive and
provide a way to refer to the paragraphs when working from hard copy.
3> The node ids are immutable. The identification of a paragraph doesn't
change. For documents where the editing is moderate, this means that any
external human reference remains unchanged. (03)
If the formal documents that I encounter were all purple numbered, comments
and notes would be far easier to manage. (04)
Thanks, (05)
Garold (Gary) L. Johnson (06)
-----Original Message-----
From: Eugene Eric Kim [mailto:eekim@blueoxen.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 4:02 PM
To: tools-yak@collab.blueoxen.net
Subject: [tools-yak@collab] why are purple numbers cool? (07)
(First, apologies for not getting a summary out recently. Expect one
this week. -EEK) (08)
Chris and I are preparing some documents on purple numbers, and we
were trying to understand why we thought they were important and cool.
I'm pretty sure I know why they're important. I'm also pretty sure
they're cool, because many people have told me so. I just don't know
why. (09)
So, fair members, I thought I would consult with all of you. Why are
purple numbers cool? Why do you care about them? Why should others
care about them? (010)
-Eugene (011)
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