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Comment from: Doug.Burgess@businessobjects.com

Name: Doug Burgess
Title: Content Management Lead, TechED
Organization: Business Objects
Regarding Specification: DITA 1.1 Draft Specification

Hi Folks,

Thanks for posting the draft. I'm appreciating some of the clarifications that have made it in there.

I have one comment regarding the specialization of attributes, (besides 'hurray!'), pertaining specifically to atts that use enumeration lists. I would find it helpful to be able to add local vocabulary values to such lists.

Constructs such as @someatt...'value1 | value2 | other', paired with @othertype, are error prone. The desired result is thwarted when an author makes a mistake typing the CDATA othertype attribute into the tiny little att box in XMetaL, Frame, etc.

Why not allow extension of enumeration lists, and generalize to the othertype attribute? That would allow authors to choose local values from the same picklist as the rest of the enumeration list, rather than having to type them in.

Thanks for listening...I'm looking forward to the 1.1 release.

Best Regards,
Doug