Re: Abbreviation list

From: Alban Hertroys <a(dot)hertroys(at)magproductions(dot)nl>
To: Steve Crawford <scrawford(at)pinpointresearch(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Abbreviation list
Date: 2007-10-19 10:41:24
Message-ID: 471889D4.5010500@magproductions.nl
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Steve Crawford wrote:
> My vote is to add "Appendix I. Abbreviations". Don't know if it's
> practical for 8.3 documentation but it would be nice to add even if it
> only has a few entries as additional ones could be collected via the
> user notes.
>
> I suggest as a discussion starting-point the following inclusion criteria:
>
> 1. Any abbreviation/acronym that appears in the PostgreSQL documentation
> (even if those terms may not be PG specific - we shouldn't assume that
> everyone knows them). Good documentation practice recommends defining
> abbreviations the first time they are used. Better still, ensure that
> they are in the abbreviation list.

Isn't this just what the ABBR tag in html is for?

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