ok. Time to move.


This is what we want:

1- One single reference master document.
2- Very easy or automated generation of revisions.
3- Limited access to reference master document.
4- Very easy or automated generation of multi-platform formats.
5- Multi-platform formats should be printable as well as on-line
browsable.
6- General site-access to all multi-platform formats.

This is the reality:

1- This is a very big job.
2- There is only one good way to do centralized documentation: SGML
3- SGML is expensive, but this is of concern to master document
maintainers only.
4- Graphics are time-consuming to make and maintain.
5- People desire central authority but not really... (!)
6- Document design is very much taste driven.
7- We dont want to waste time discussing this past a reasonable point.

This is the proposal:

1- A net committee consisting of the following persons will be formed:
	Thomas Trenka, Paulo Mouat, Jean Piche, Mathieu Bezkorowajny
	Alexandre Burton and John Fitch. (I am volunteering John here since he
will 		want want to be kept informed in detail.) 
2- We will research SGML document preparation in the next week.
3- This discussion will be taken off the list.
4- The committee will report to the list as the work progresses.


		---------------FINAL VOTE-----------------


I have my little vote compiler here so we'll use it again.
Send a message to pichej@ere.umontreal.ca with the subject : 
Put *one* word in the body of the message: YES if you agree with the
proposal, NO if you dont. Don't post to the list please. Resultsof the
ballot will be posted to the list in the next few days, or as soon as 60
people have voted.

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Cheers!

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Jean Piche
Universite de Montreal
http://mistral.ere.umontreal.ca/~pichej
http://www.musique.umontreal.ca/Org/CompoElectro/CEC/