[tei-council] new formatting of web version of Guidelines

[Syd Bauman]

> My main problem with them at the moment is that I find it really
> hard to get my mind around the front matter being listed in the
> right hand column "after" (in for a reader used to left-to-right
> columns) the main text.

I have some sympathy for this concern. Not convinced either way, yet. 


> I see that the button for switching schema is much clearer. Is it
> possible perhaps to have the name of the schema we are looking at
> appear as well? Maybe an h3 or something in the style sheet would
> do it.

Someday it would be The Right Thing to do to be able to display the
XSD and DTD as well. (That is, at least, what we agreed to do at the
2002 Council meeting, IIRC.) So at some point there would be a row of
4 buttons, one of which was "pressed". In the meantime, though,
you're right, it might be useful to say.

However, I'm concerned that the granularity is too fine. The reader
should be able to change the default for all declarations, rather
than having to click on each individually. Is that possible now? If
not, James & Sebastian, is it something that could be done in time?


> I find at the moment the section by section directories difficult
> to get used to, but that's probably because they are still novel to
> me.

+1


> Really a superb-looking site.

Agreed. Kudos to Dot, James, Sebastian, and all the other Oxfordites
who have contributed.

The things that most urgently need work, IMHO, are the "Children"
section of the tagdocs, and the sectioning of the Macros and Classes
appendices.


Speaking of which, as there have been 2 "agrees" and no dissension,
I've changed the name of Appendix C to "Datatypes and Other Macros".