| Number | 159
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| Category | errata
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| Synopsis | footnote numbering in syntax boxes
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| State | lrmdraft
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| Class | errata-simple
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| Arrival-Date | Oct 12 2002
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| Originator | Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com
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| Release | 2001b, many
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| Description |
In Draft 6, we had numbered footnotes in syntax boxes, just as we did in Annex A. The IEEE, in both 1ed and 2ed, changed those numbers to special symbols, such as asterisk, dagger, etc. This is awkward where there are many footnotes, and makes it harder to refer to a specific footnote. Furthermore, some of those special symbols did not come out in the IEEE PDF and printed editions. In Annex A, they were still numbered. Oddly, what IEEE did does not seem to match their conventions. According to the IEEE Standards Style Manual, body and annex footnotes should be numbered, whereas table and figure footnotes should be lettered. Presumably, syntax boxes are closer to tables and figures. In any cases, either letters or numbersm but not special symbols. In 3ed, we should make sure they are either numbers or letters. Shalom |
| Fix |
Shalom (editor) to implement the replacement back to what we had before the IEEE's changes. |
| Audit-Trail |
From: Shalom Bresticker <Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com> To: etf-bugs@boyd.com Cc: Subject: Re: errata/159: footnote numbering in syntax boxes Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 10:38:15 +0200 I changed the Table and Syntax Box footnote numbering scheme from Custom to Alphabetic lower-case, in accordance with IEEE Standards Style Guide. Affected places are: Syntax 2-1 Syntax 2-2 Table 29 Syntax 12-7 Syntax 15-2 Syntax 15-15 Table 63 Table 64 |
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