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Subject: Re: [dita-comment] linktext content model
On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:49:15 -0500, Eliot Kimber <ekimber@reallysi.com> wrote: >The TC has analyzed all the standard topic domains and have determined that >they are all compatible with the base map module, which means that it is >valid to integrate them into map document types. Good... >The TC is still discussing whether the TC-provided map shell should or >should not include at least the highlight domain as you suggest. > >The initial discussion was that it certainly seemed odd that the map and >topic document types in the technical content area were not consistent. >However, the TC needs to discuss it more thoroughly and decide whether or >not this is a change that can or should be made in 1.2. Please do! It is especially bad for keyrefs, which is where my test case hit a wall. IIRC, the spec example of using linktext to provide content shows the highlight domain being used, and I do not see a workaround for it. Forcing *everyone* to use a specialized shell is a powerful barrier to adoption by those less expert at that than you. ;-) Which is almost everybody. >Note, however, that because all the topic domains are compatible with maps, >it means that any DITA user can construct their own map document types that >include any or all of the domains. So to that degree the standard allows it >even if the TC-provided map document type does not integrate those domains. However, Oxygen 12 does not... with the draft 1.2 DTDs. >It is probably useful to provide a statement to this effect somewhere in the >spec. I'll think about what the best place to do that is. Better to make them consistent, and avoid the need for a statement that will baffle many of your would-be users. >Thank you for your comment and for making a close read of the specification. Quite welcome! I'll try to get more comments in soon. -- Jeremy H. Griffith <jeremy@omsys.com> DITA2Go site: http://www.dita2go.com/
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