Table 2 compares the editorial and mark-up practices of the main users of each schema: tolerances for text accuracy, policies on retaining typographic errors and interpreting unclear text, choice of copy-text, expansion of abbreviations, normalisation of taxon names, modernisation of archaic characters, and the textual objects targeted. The answers diverge far more widely than those of Table 1, each schema showing its own strengths and weaknesses.
Comparison results for editorial practices
Evidence: Comparison results for editorial practices
XML schemas and mark-up practices of taxonomic literature