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Summary Numbered Items in Summary List Assembled from Headings in Nar

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0605 -    ..
0606 - Summary/Objective
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060701 - Follow up ref SDS 1 VF5F.
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060703 - Considered changing the action item format to use the method for
060704 - headlines, after Gary mentioned the issue in a letter today.  After
060705 - review, not sure a change is helpful.  Request further comment from
060706 - Gary.
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060713 -  ..
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0610 - Progress
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061101 - Gary's letter today notes that action items in the summary use a
061102 - different anchor method from other links in SDS records.
061104 -  ..
061105 - This was developed originally, and reviewed on 020320. ref SDS 1 J59H
061106 - At that time planning showed original method of identifying anchors
061107 - for action items was adequate, and did not need to be changed in the
061108 - manner that links from the Summary to headlines were changed.
061110 -  ..
061111 - One reason links to headlines were changed was to provide better
061112 - perspective on all headlines.  Since Gary raises the issue today, will
061113 - consider conforming method for linking action items in the summary to
061114 - the method for linking headlines based on experience showing that
061115 - perspective may be better or at least adequate with the newer design
061116 - used for headlines.
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061120 -  ..
061121 - Line 1890, ref OF 1 2219, -label lp2 in 070405
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061123 -    This is where the code begins for linking action items to the
061124 -    summary list.
061125 -
061127 -  ..
061128 - Line 3240, ref OF 1 T15F, -label nAI11 in 070405
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061130 -    This is where the format for linking action items is created.  It
061131 -    needs to be changed to use the format for linking headlines.
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061133 -    Think this can be accomplished merely by eliminating the
061134 -    conditional that distinguishes headlines from action items.
061135 -    ref OF 1 PH5N
061137 -     ..
061138 -    Still not really sure that action items work better using the
061139 -    headline format for linking summary.  For example the test record
061140 -    on this effort for 040203 has an action item about 4 or 5 lines
061141 -    from the headine. ref SDS 4 F86G  If the user clicks on the entry
061142 -    in the summary, will it be clear enough that the action item is the
061143 -    underlined line, if it is 4, 8 or 12 lines below?  For experienced
061144 -    users this may be clear enough, but what is gained by having less
061145 -    specificity?  Suppose there are two action items in a big para.  Of
061146 -    course the problem can be solved by the user breaking things up a
061147 -    bit more, but should the technology require the user to modify a
061148 -    desired representation in order to support understanding of action
061149 -    items?
061151 -     ..
061152 -    This redounds to there being a qualitative difference between
061153 -    action items and headlines, similar to differences with lessons
061154 -    learned, reviewed on 040102. ref SDS 3 8P4J  Headlines always occur
061155 -    at the top of a para or several para, and so defaulting the anchor
061156 -    to the top fits this design.  Action items occur within a para.
061158 -     ..
061159 -    Will ask Gary for further feedback.
061161 -     ..
061162 -    What is the basis for changing the design, per original analysis on
061163 -    020320. ref SDS 1 VF5F
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