- We discussed styleguide.txt in detail. Jason will send it out to the editors' email list and ask for comments (edits or agreement) this week. Will post the current version to this meeting page.
- We then went editor-by-editor and discussed next steps on each section.
Detailed AI minutes:
Quick recap
The meeting focused on reviewing and discussing a style guide for a white paper, with participants examining various formatting conventions including spelling, punctuation, references, math notation, and section organization. The group reviewed specific style choices such as using American English with Oxford commas, implementing CREF for section references, and establishing conventions for capitalization of particle masses (following PDG conventions for gauge bosons and Higgs but using lowercase elsewhere). They discussed the need to collect comments on the style guide by the end of the week and agreed to implement editing etiquette rules limiting edits to assigned sections except for obvious typos and style errors. Several team members provided updates on their assigned sections, with Martin noting that work on low energy constants was on hold pending style guide convergence, while Javier reported progress on the IMME section and Sam mentioned reviewing existing text provided by other contributors.
Next steps
Chenrong
- Update the 5.5 section, including updating NME values and potentially creating a table.
Jason
- Send out a generic instruction to all contributors that after making comments/edits, they must ensure the file recompiles with no errors.
- Send out the style guide to the group this week and collect comments/suggestions by the end of the week.
- Update the style guide to specify that the convention for hadron masses (capital M) applies to gauge bosons and the Higgs, but not to the pion (use lowercase m).
- Update the style guide to include a rule that a non-breaking space (tilde) should be used between a value and its unit.
- Update the style guide to include editing etiquette: restrict editing to one's own subsection (except for obvious typos/style errors), and send substantial comments/suggestions on other sections via email to the assigned editing team or raise them at an editing meeting.
- Add a rule to the style guide that pluralization of acronyms should not use an apostrophe.
- Remove the specific macros for NME's and rename the remaining one to NMES.
- Contact the authors of the subsection containing the specific macros (VLW, ZBB, DBB, H effective, Q box) to see if they can be removed or moved.
- Rally the group assigned to the Master Formula subsection to start work now that style and format are converging.
- Encourage Sam to read through his section, edit it, and coordinate with Ajiri and Nunzio to mark it as essentially finished.
Manuela
- Add Orst and Francesco as editors to the document and ensure they are on the editor's email list.
- Coordinate with Orst and Francesco in the following weeks to go into the details of the writing part.
Yakun
- Contact Jianming to have him check the EDF-based CI section and sign off on it.
- Remove the two bullets in the EDF-based CI section if they are already covered in the text, then mark the text as ready for review.
Summary
Style Guide Updates Discussion
The team discussed updates to a style guide for document formatting, with Martin having resolved compilation issues caused by duplicate references. They reviewed various style elements including spelling, punctuation, math formatting, and notation conventions, with the group agreeing to follow PDG conventions for gauge bosons and Higgs in Lagrangians but use lowercase m for pion masses elsewhere. The team decided to collect comments on the style guide by the end of the week and will discuss specific notation conventions like math formatting and command definitions in more detail with the broader group on Friday's call. Martin reported that work on chapter five (low energy constants) was on hold pending style guide convergence, with some existing content that could be reused once formatting decisions are finalized.
Document Editing Progress Update
The team discussed progress on various sections of their document. Javier reported working on section 3.9 with Daniel and mentioned plans to discuss it further with Vera. Yilong is waiting for Martin and Vincenzo's content before proceeding with section 5.7.1 on low energy constants. Manuela requested to add Francesco and another colleague as editors for their section, which Jason approved. The team agreed to implement editing guidelines restricting edits to assigned sections except for obvious typos, with substantial changes to be communicated via email or at editing meetings rather than through direct document edits.