Whither learningPractice?

[Eliot Kimber <ekimber@rsicms.com>]

I notice that John Hunt and Robert Bernard's 2005 paper
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-dita9a/ includes a
"learningPractice" topic type (or, more generally, major section of a
course, parallel with learningOverview, learningSummary, etc.)

However, we don't have a learningPractice topic type or map type in the 1.2
L&T specialization.

Was that a deliberate decision or does the 2005 paper reflect later thinking
after the 1.2 L&T design was finalized?

I'm looking for how to organize "exercises" for an instructor-led course and
learningPractice is just the thing.

Of course, I can create my own specializations but I was curious as to why
there's no obvious accommodation for exercises in the 1.2 L&T design.

Cheers,

E. 

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