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  1. Page Numbers (rev. 2/05/02)

    Create display for page numbers as follows:

    Immediately after the anchor for a page number, insert

        <br><br><font color="#999999"><b> + [page number] + </b></font><br><br>

    EXAMPLE

        <a name="pxxxiv"></a>
        <br><br><font color="#999999"><b>xxxiv</b></font><br><br>

    NB: Remove "p" from beginning of number.

  2. Generate Separate HTML Files for Each <Div>

    Break up text into separate files files at the <div1> level, named:

       [text filename]_nn.html

    where "nn" is an sequential integer beginning with "01".

    For purposes of this spec, the <titlePage> is considered a <div1>

    EXAMPLE
    casshort_01.html has the content of <div1 type="bibliography">
    casshort_02.html has the content of <titlePage>
    casshort_03.html has the content of <div1 type="dedication">
    etc.
  3. Style Sheets

    Convert the <style> instructions at the top of the document into a separate css style sheet named

        [text filename].css

    EXAMPLE

       casshort.css

    Insert stylesheet link into the head element of each separate Div file.


    EXAMPLE

          <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="casshort.css">
            (in the <head> element of casshort_01.html)

  4. Navigation File (rev. 2/5/02)

    4.1 Generate a single, separate file for text navigation, named [text filename]_nav.html as follows:

    <html>
    <head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="casshort.css">
    </head>
    <body>
    <table>
    <tr><td><a href="[filename_01.html]" target="content"> [div type attribute] </span></a></td></tr>
    <tr><td><a href="[filename_02.html]" target="content"> [div type attribute] </span></a></td></tr>
    <tr><td><a href="[filename_03.html]" target="content"> [div type attribute] </span></a></td></tr>
    [etc. etc.]
    </table>
    </body>
    </html>

    NB: The </span> tag should not be present.
    Upper case first letters of div type text; omit initial article.  For <titlePage>, use "Title Page" in place of the div type attribute.

    EXAMPLE

    <html>
    <head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="casshort.css">
    </head>
    <body>
    <table>
    <tr> <td><a href="casshort_01.html" target="content">Bibliography</a></td></tr>
    <tr> <td><a href="casshort_02.html" target="content">Title Page</a></td></tr>
    <tr> <td><a href="casshort_03.html" target="content">Dedication</a></td></tr>
    [etc. etc.]
    </table>
    </body>
    </html>

    Possible display ...

    Bibliography
    Title Page
    Dedication


    4.2.  (rev. 2/5/02)  When div1 type = "section" and is followed immediately by a <head> .... </head> element, substitute the <head> text for the div type attribute as the anchor text, e.g.,

    EXAMPLE

    <div1 type="section" n="1" org="uniform" sample="complete" part="N"> <head>SYNOPSIS</head>

    <div1 type="section" n="2" org="uniform" sample="complete" part="N"> <head> PROLOGUE [...]

    <div1 type="section" n="3" org="uniform" sample="complete" part="N"> <head>[PREFACE]</head>

    <div1 type="section" n="4" org="uniform" sample="complete" part="N"> <head>HISPANIOLA</head>

    becomes:

    <table>
    <tr> <td>    <a href="casshort_10.html" target="content">Synopsis</a></td></tr>

    <tr> <td><a href="casshort_11.html" target="content">Prologue</a></td></tr>

    <tr> <td><a href="casshort_12.html" target="content">[Preface]</a></td></tr>

    <tr> <td><a href="casshort_13.html" target="content">Hispaniola</a></td></tr>
    </table>

    Possible display ...

    Synopsis
    Prologue
    [Preface]
    Hispaniola
  5. Footnotes

    Make sure table of contents, footnotes & references link to corresponding div file, with target="content".

    EXAMPLE

    Instead of:

          <span class="endnoteref"><a href="#f4">4</a></span>

    generate:

      <span class="endnoteref"><a href="casshort_35.html#f4" target="content">4</a></span>


  6. Diacritics & Special Characters (rev. 2/05/02)


    VRR Special Characters:  HTML Output:

    1. For non-numeric special characters and characters with diacritics:
      Always use decimal equivalents.  [NB: CUL spec modified 6/2002 to prefer Decimal notation for all special characters and diacritics.]   Examples:

      Character
      Name
      HTML 4
      Entity Ref
      HTML 4 Display
      Decimal
      Notation
      Decimal
      Display
      En-dash &ndash; – &#150;
      –
      Em-dash &mdash; — &#151;
      —
      Left single quote &lsquo; ‘ &#8216;
      ‘
      Right single quote &rsquo; ’ &#8217;
      ’
      Left double quote &ldquo; “ &#8220;
      “
      Right double quote &rdquo; ” &#8221;
      ”
      Ellipses [horizontal] &hellip; … &#8230;
      …
      Dagger &dagger; † &#8224;
      †
      Macron (spacing) &macr; ¯ &#175; ¯
      Breve (spacing)     &#728;**
      ˘
      Square Root / radical &radic; √ &#8730;** √

      ** Note: Displayed as "?" in Netscape 4.x

      Entity statements for XSL:

      <!ENTITY ndash "&#150;">
      <!ENTITY mdash "&#151;">
      <!ENTITY lsquo "&#8216;">
      <!ENTITY rsquo "&#8217;">
      <!ENTITY ldquo "&#8220;">
      <!ENTITY rdquo "&#8221;">
      <!ENTITY hellip "&#8230;">
      <!ENTITY dagger "&#8224;">
      <!ENTITY macr "&#175;">
      <!ENTITY radic "&#8730;">

    2. For fractions using "/" representation, use standard arabic numerals. Examples:

            1/4, 1/2

      Do not use special character entitites:

            ¼ (&#188;)
            ½ (&#189;)
            etc.

    3. For verse metric notation using the "horizontal line above" for stressed and "breve" (small raised "u") for unstressed syllables, use the spacing Macron (&#175;) and spacing Breve (&#728) characters in decimal notation.  Examples:

           ˘˘¯,     [&#728;&#728;&#175;, ]                 -- "enoplion (or battle) meter"

           ˘˘˘/¯      [&#728;&#728;&#728;/&#175;]   -- "the paeon (with foot divided 3/2)"

      ** NB: "Breve" displayed as "?" in Netscape 4.x; use MS Internet Explorer to view.

    References/Links:

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