[bksvol-discuss] requirements VS guidelines
- From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 07:54:08 -0500
Hi all,
Hmmm, Judy, you do make sense, but I feel that in the matter of font
sizes for headings in books which are the keys to accurate DAISY
conversion, it is imperative that people follow these instructions.
Matters such as putting stars to indicate scene changes and whether or
not to change British quotations are indeed matters of preference, but
adherence to standards for headings is something that must be done, or
the DAISY conversion process will not occur. If we expect readers to
be able to find True DAISY content and not a travesty, then we need to
make at least these a standard that must be followed. It's too bad I'm
not writing in French or I could express it very well. There are two
verbs in French for the words One must do whatever. The first is Il
doit que-- this means one should do whatever it is, e.g. you should
send a thank you note when you get a gift. You should wear good
clothes to church. The second is Il faut que-- this means it is
necessary to, e.g. One must eat to live. You must stop at stop lights
or get schmeered.
Il faut que you use the headings in the way they are listed in the
manual or you won't get decent DAISY conversion. Il doit que you use
stars between scenes in a chapter.
I only say this because I was, for a while, on a committee for ACB that
was changing their old documentation over to DAISY, and while working
on that project, I learned a lot about the DAISY conversion and why
these headings are so important. Believe me, when you're actually
attempting to put headings into a document and then run it through a
converter, you come to this understanding in a big way! Can't tell you
how many hours I spent readjusting heading sizes so that the bless
conversion tool I was using would do what I wanted.
Ann P.
Original message:
Hi Ann,
While I agree with you in spirit regarding "how it's done", in fact
Bookshare has very few actual requirements on what a book must have to
enter the collection. The volunteer manual, with few exceptions,
provides guidelines on what a book should have in terms of contents and
quality, and how it should be formatted, not requirements. smile.
--
Ann K. Parsons
Portal Tutoring
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