Public Comment Number PC-UK0101

ISO/IEC CD 9899 (SC22N2620) Public Comment

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Date: 1998-02-25
Author: N.M Maclaren
Author Affiliation: Self
Postal Address:
    University of Cambridge,
    Computer Laboratory,
    New Museums Site,
    Pembroke Street,
    Cambridge CB3 3QG,
    United Kingdom
E-mail Address: <nmm1@cam.ac.uk>
Telephone Number: +44 1223 334761
Fax Number:       +44 1223 334679
Number of individual comments: 1


Comment 1. 

Category: Editorial change/non-normative contribution

Committee Draft subsection: 6.1.2.2

Title: Linkages of identifiers


Detailed description:

The wording of paragraph 4 is thoroughly confusing, because the expression
"the A of B becomes the A of C" is culture-dependent.  In the form of
English that I am most used to, it usually means "the A of B is copied to
the A of C", and that is NOT what is meant here.  I suggest that the word
"becomes" is replaced by "is taken from".