I don't know of any 1997 code unless that is BANA code. The earliest I have
before 2004 which was for SEB produced by the RNIB, was the 1989 guide which
had brackets, then number sign before each number. The 2004 SEB guidelines for
Science produced by RNIB in the UK has the same notation example as the UEB
guide book of a print example of brakcets, number sign, number, comma, space,
number sign, comma, space etc and then closing bracket.
The UEB guidelines are that you follow whatever is in print. My argument
therefore is that the print representation of electronic structure /
configuration should be standardised one way only and no other way to avoid
confusion for the Braille Student who might have been taught a specific way,
then a science paper comes along, in print, with a totally different layout. It
could be argued that the Chemistry notation before the electron details is a
guide/marker for what follows it would be easier if the notation in print form
were standardised, one way or another.
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Subject: [duxuser] Re: Electronic structure / configuration.
I use the Braille code for Chemical Notation 1997. Do not know if this helps or
not.
Tashya M. Taylor, A.A., A.S., C.B.T.
Certified Literary Braille Transciber
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Subject: [duxuser] Re: Electronic structure / configuration.
Excellent - it is what I first considered doing as you correctly point out it
is not a decimal point as such. I will go with your first answer given. And
yes, I would agree, it would be great to have such variants in the Technical
Material. I also, on a separate note, think that missing data should be left at
+
I think a student would find exams stressful enough as it is without having to
remember:
A missing number in a circle, a square, an underscore, a dash - let's get
'Unified' on missing numbers - it doesn't matter to the end user what a print
version 'looks' like - all they require is the essential data/information.
;-)
Many thanks.
John.
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