[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Mathematical Symbols in Literary Text
- From: "Susan" <chrn3292@xxxxxxx>
- To: <liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:45:47 -0500
John,
FYI: EBAE and Formats are both going through a major revision, with the goal
of releasing the new books in 2010. EBAE will only be about dots and dot
rules. There won't be any differences in how things are handled between
textbooks and leisure reading and all of that information will be handled in
Formats. The committees are making every effort to deal with inconsistencies
and ambiguities.
In the meantime, keeping track of where the differences are between EBAE and
Formats is important. For your purposes, using Formats is the way to go, and
I suppose you can consider it EBAE+
Susan
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Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Mathematical Symbols in Literary Text
Susan,
Thanks. I think that Braille Formatt is more appropriate for the type of
material in which these symbols are likely to be encountered. I'll
follow it in my tables.
Did you see the attachment I sent yesterday with what I called EBAE
tables? Perhaps I should call it something different.
John
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:59:41PM -0500, Susan wrote:
> It's important to specify EBAE or Braille Formats when discussing
"Literary"
> text. There are differences between the two, and mathematical symbols is
one
> of those situations. If the question is how to handle mathematical symbols
> in literary textbooks, then it is important to follow Formats, Rule 5: 2c
> (page 58). The plus sign is 4-346. This rule lists how to handle + - = x <
>
> etc.
>
> Susan
>
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Sivill
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>
> They are to be written out as #a plus #a equals #b etc.
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
> How should mathematical symbols like < > = + etc. be represented in
> literary text? I would guess that the plus sign, for one, would be 4-346
>
>
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