On 2020-11-06, at 02:22, Larry Masinter <LMM@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > I was pointing out a fundamental. It doesn't help that authors can submit documents in other forms than XML if authors get back comments, suggestions in another form. Using Git to manage document edits also implies you've agreed to the input format. Programmers are used to getting comments in other forms than their input language. They write “a < 1” and get back a comment that the program crashes now and then. It is not productive to put the onus of dealing with an input format on the reviewers. They should have an easy time. It is the authors that have to bear the main load of dealing with comments. (That is a simple math issue, at least if you agree that we should have more reviewers on a document than authors.) I can’t believe the discussion of a serious organizational and social problem is degenerating into a discussion of technical issues again. I’ve changed the subject, but of course I can’t do that retroactively for the other messages that are off-topic for the main thread. Grüße, Carsten
