[EFM] Capitalization confusion

[David V James <dvj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Howard,

I was rather surprized by Bob Grow's statement today,
that abbreviations of proper nouns should be lower case.

My understanding is that abbreviations and acronym words
are to be spelled upper case or lower case, as the words
would be used in the middle of a sentence. For example:

Option 1:
  Acronyms:
  USA  United States of America
  FEC  forward error correction

  Within the text:
  In the United States of America, the forward error correction
  code must be approved by the NSA.

Option 2:
  Acronyms:
  USA  united states of america
  FEC  forward error corrction

  Within the text:
  In the United States of America, the forward error
  correction code must be4 approved by the NSA.

Bob seemed to indicate the policy was option (2),
while my reading of the style guidelines was clearly
(1). Rather than mud wrestling, it seemed best to
go to the source on this one.

Could you arrange for an IEEE editor to be available
tomorrow. I think that could resolve such concerns
in a timely and accurate fashion. Simply being
available for a phone call from the BRC would be
sufficient; I doubt they need to attend the whole
thing.

Thanks,
DVJ


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