Re: Digest VS. Thomas Fine format

Thomas A. Fine (fine@cis.ohio-state.edu)
Mon, 29 Nov 93 13:05:44 -0500

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>Also, please note that one of the main reasons why FAQs have not
>drifted towards a standard format is that they are written for many
>different purposes. Some FAQs really *are* a collection of questions
>and answers, which can be read in arbitrary order. Others form
>an introduction to a subject, and only really make sense in
>sequential order. One FAQ I know of is in three sections: A list
>of questions and answers, a very fine descriptive post from a few
>years back, and a list of mail-order sources. I'm not sure what,
>if any, fixed format could easily accomodate all those, without
>sacrificing usefulness for the original target audience, people
>reading NetNews.

The format I originally proposed would do exactly that. It was designed
to contain sub-documents, any or all of which could be a set of questions
and answers. The posting you described would converted into several
sub-documents structured like this:

Introduction
Questions List
Answer 1
Answer 2
Answer n
Descriptive info
Mail order sources

tom

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