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On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 03:17:35AM -0700, Christopher R. Maden wrote: > At 02:21 6-10-2001, Julio Merino wrote: > >I'm doing a research project about hardware and operating systems, so > >I've choosen Docbook to write it. > > > >But I need to quote some words, but I don't know which tag to use. > >For example, how do I quote BIOS, POST, cylinder, sector, track...? > > > >I don't think that <emph> is the way to go... or is it? (I would like > >that these words appere different in the paper (i.e. italic letters). >=20 > Context? Well, I'm writing a chapter about the division of the hard disks, so I explain what are the cylinders, the heads, the sectors, etc. I would like only to highlight the first instance of the word, if possible. About the BIOS and the POST, I have another chapter that explains the process of system bootup, from powering up to OS startup. >=20 > If you are talking about the *word* "cylinder", then <wordasword> is=20 > appropriate. If you are talking about cylinders as a technical concept,= =20 > and want the word to stand out, then <hardware> might be appropriate. Fo= r=20 > BIOS, probably an <application>... I'm not sure. Mmm... BIOS may be think of hardware and software, isn't it? The chip itself and the routines... >=20 > If the distinguishing feature is that these are glossary terms defined=20 > elsewhere, then <glossterm> would be the thing to use. This would also be interesting. I'm going to look at these tags in the Docbook guid ;) Thanks. >=20 > HTH, > Chris > --=20 > Christopher R. Maden, Principal Consultant, HMM Consulting Int'l, Inc. > DTDs/schemas - conversion - ebooks - publishing - Web - B2B - training > <URL: http://www.hmmci.com/ > <URL: http://crism.maden.org/consulting/ > > PGP Fingerprint: BBA6 4085 DED0 E176 D6D4 5DFC AC52 F825 AFEC 58DA >=20 >=20 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl> --=20 Make a better partition table: http://www.jmmv.f2s.com/ept Julio Merino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: 18961975 --9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7vwufzz00ZOPKycwRAowvAKCqkLR15tEDi3+mXoE04jTAnZlOKQCgmhhf FGvoGpaTDPd9wha317eIynY= =5Xmd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9amGYk9869ThD9tj--