[OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Newbie introduction

[Soulliere, Robert]

This is due to inadvertent Canadianization of the documentation. Quite a few of us contributors are Canadian. Although we try to use the US spelling, our Canadian natural tendencies sometimes leak into the documentation. Also, much of the documentation  has originated from SITKA Documentation (from British Columbia).

Perhaps "catalogue" could be made the official spelling for the following reasons:

1)  Documentation web server is physically located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada  (Inside Canadian territory)
2)  It seems that "catalogue" could also be acceptable spelling in the US. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28spelling%29

Or perhaps we could have a vote during the DIG meeting at the conference? (Canadians, British, Australian and other Commonwealth citizens please attend in large numbers).;-)

Robert


Robert Soulliere, BA (Hons), MLIS
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From: open-ils-documentation-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [open-ils-documentation-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Hilary Caws-Elwitt [sctylibrary at stny.rr.com]
Sent: April 21, 2011 10:31 AM
To: Documentation discussion for Evergreen software
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Newbie introduction

Speaking of en-GB, en-US (and where's en-CA? ie "tire centre"...) - I started the cataloging.xml section for the 2.0 documentation with one teeny section on Z39.50, and notice that the 1.6 is named "cataloging.xml" but uses "cataloguing" throughout. The baby 2.0 file has "cataloging." Should I change it to match 1.6? Otherwise, if we import chunks from 1.6, we would have change them to be consistent.

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On 4/20/2011 10:43 AM, Ben Ostrowsky wrote:
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Janet McGowan <janet.mcgowan at ptfs-europe.com<mailto:janet.mcgowan at ptfs-europe.com>> wrote:
We've started putting together our user guides for Evergreen (Circulation/Opac
so far) and I'll be very happy to share these in any way you think fit -
if you can make allowances for the UK spelling that is!

Absolutely! I've seen one open-source software package with en-GB, en-US, and en-US in Shavian transliteration. I'm confident that we don't need to go that far, but perhaps UK and Canadian users can Britishise the documentation so it's spelt right while we Americanize your documentation so it's spelled right.

Oh, and if you buy the first round at a pub in Decatur, make sure the Americans at your table know they're each supposed to buy a round as well. We're not as civilised over here. :)

Ben




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