Re: [dita-comment] Consider adding an attribute "numeration" to "ol"'s

[Kristen James Eberlein <kris@eberleinconsulting.com>]

Hi, Radu.

The DITA TC discussed your e-mail at the TC meeting last week.

The TC was quite split on this idea, with some people thinking that it 
would be a useful addition to the specification, and others strongly 
stating that it was inappropriate and something that should be handled 
as formatting.

We will add this to list of items to consider for DITA 2.0.

Best,
Kris

Kristen James Eberlein
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
www.eberleinconsulting.com
+1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)

On 6/25/2014 3:50 AM, Radu Coravu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In Docbook ordered lists <orderedlist> elements have a "numeration" 
> attribute which can be set to "arabic", "loweralpha", etc. This helps 
> users better control the numbering in the output.
> Right now for DITA you need to make XSLT customizations based on the 
> "outputclass" attribute in order to control in the output the 
> numeration of an ordered list.
>
> Regards,
> Radu
>
> Radu Coravu
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