A standard way of indicating paragraph breaks is to use the tag <p>. Ideally, you would also use </p> to signal the end of a paragraph, and <p/> for an empty paragraph or extra line space. People are most familiar with this notation from HTML, but it is also used in many other metadata schemas. Danielle Cunniff Plumer, Coordinator Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative Texas State Library and Archives Commission 512.463.5852 (phone) / 512.936.2306 (fax) [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Patti Davis-Perkins Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 9:32 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [MUSEUM-L] data entry format question A question from a colleague. Subject matter is irrelevant. Is there a "rule" that exists for this type of data entry situation. I'm working right now on a project where I have to copy and paste some information in the Narrative field. These are the notes from "John Doe" and in his text, I have paragraphs. I need to show where the paragraph ends and starts without having to do "enter". So I put a lot of spaces to show where the paragraph breaks. I never count how many spaces I make, as long as I can see where it breaks, then I though I was fine. So today, I have been told that we should only put one or two spaces, but I explained that it would not show the paragraph breaks. Then, I have been told to make the "/", but sometime I already have "/" in my text so it would be confusing. My question is, how do you do your data entry in a Notes field to show where the paragraph breaks? Should we set a rule for all the notes fields? Thanks for your advise! Patti Patricia Davis-Perkins | Documentaliste, Multimédia | Musée canadien des civilisations | 100, rue Laurier, C.P. 3100, succursale B, Gatineau (Québec), J8X 4H2 | 1.819.776.8456 | <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] Patricia Davis-Perkins | Multimedia Documentalist | Canadian Museum of Civilization | 100 Laurier Street, P.O. Box 3100, Station B, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, J8X 4H2 | 1.819.776.8456 | <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).