InterdocSeptember 24, 1981

Standard Cards

1. WE ARE DESIGNING A STANDARD FOR INTERCHANGE, NOT EDITING.

2. EVERY SCRIPT IS RENDERED (parsed) BEFORE BEING INTERPRETED.

3. STANDARDIZE CONCEPTS, NOT NAMES.

4. COMBINING DOCUMENTS IS AN EDITOR, NOT AN INTERCHANGE, TASK.

5. GENSYM IS AN EDITOR FUNCTION.

6. CHARACTER-SET AND LEXICAL ISSUES CAN BE RESOLVED AT THE END.

7. GET THE TECHNICAL BASIS RIGHT BEFORE WORRYING ABOUT THE POLITICAL ISSUES.