RE: [dita] Navtitle and locktitle

["Paul Prescod" <paul.prescod@blastradius.com>]

I would strongly prefer that locktitle is NOT inherited, just as
navtitle is not inherited. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert D Anderson [mailto:robander@us.ibm.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 7:24 AM
> To: Paul Prescod
> Cc: dita@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [dita] Navtitle and locktitle
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> Hi Paul,
> 
> You're right that the spec does not list @locktitle as inheritable.
> 
> The DITA Toolkit's code (from the days before sourceforge and 
> OASIS) does treat it as inheritable. I know of at least one 
> good-sized group of users that, for better or for worse, 
> often sets the value to "no" on the map element. This lets 
> them be sure that map always reflects what they will see in 
> the navigation.
> 
> So, I'd like to ask -- should this be an inheritable 
> attribute? Is anybody else making use of the locktitle 
> attribute today, and following the spec for behavior? For 
> people using the toolkit, changing to meet the spec will 
> break the expected behavior. If the TC feels that it should 
> be left as-is, I'll need to start preparing users for the 
> change in behavior, so it comes as less of a shock.
> 
> Thanks-
> 
> Robert D Anderson
> Authoring Tools Development
> Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit
> (507) 253-8787, T/L 553-8787
> 
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> I do not believe that locktitle is inherited in DITA 1.0:
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> http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.0/archspec/dita_spec_23_map
> inher.html
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> This also pertains to the other email where you discussed the 
> pernicious effects of inheritance in one context.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert D Anderson [mailto:robander@us.ibm.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 12:09 PM
> > To: Paul Prescod
> > Cc: dita@lists.oasis-open.org
> > Subject: Re: [dita] Navtitle and locktitle
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> > Hi Paul -- yes, that has also been my understanding. For 
> our users in 
> > IBM, we've created an editor macro that goes through to 
> refresh all of 
> > the navtitles in a map, though we do not do it 
> automatically. As with 
> > your description, the macro does not update navtitles for anything 
> > that sets or inherits locktitle="yes".
> >
> > Robert D Anderson
> > IBM Authoring Tools Development
> > Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit
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