Re: [dita] Prototype DITA 1.1 DTDs

[Robert D Anderson <robander@us.ibm.com>]

We've talked in the past about having version specific public IDs available
in the catalog, but we would also have the version-agnostic version. The ID
with no version would always point to the latest set of document types.
This allows users to update their DTDs without having to update the DOCTYPE
in their files.

Of course, that particular concern is only a worry for the actual DTD
files, not for the modules. So, I'm not sure if we want the modules to use
public IDs with versions. My guess would be no, for consistency... but are
there any other opinions?

Robert D Anderson
IBM Authoring Tools Development
Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit
(507) 253-8787, T/L 553-8787

"Rodolfo M. Raya" <rmraya@heartsome.net> wrote on 06/13/2006 04:18:32 PM:

> Hi,
>
> While configuring my XML catalogs for testing the new DTDs I noticed
> that there is no version info in the PUBLIC IDs. Is there any plan
> to incorporate a version number, 1.1 in this case, to the PUBLIC IDs?
>
> Best regards,
> Rodolfo M. Raya
>
> On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 21:14 -0500, Robert D Anderson wrote:
>
> I've gotten requests from several people for the 'current' DITA 1.1 DTDs.
A
> complete prototype does not exist, but I have managed to pull together
most
> of the new features. I'd invite anybody who is interested to try these
out,
> particularly if your favorite feature is already completed, or if you
want
> to start playing around with DITA 1.1.
>
> At this point the following features have been included:
> * Bug fixes marked complete at
> http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita/Bug_fixes_for_DITA_1%2e1
> * Revised shortdesc and abstract elements
> * New indexing elements (all 3 proposals)
> * Graphic Scaling improvements
> * Make universal attributes universal
> * New <data> element (mostly complete)
> * New <unknown> element (mostly complete)
>
> All new files have been added to the included catalogs.
>
> This also includes the new design patterns described here:
> http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita/New_design_patterns_for_1%2e1
>
> The following items need to be completed:
> * Extensible metadata attributes
> * Complete data and unknown elements
> * Add outputclass to map elements, if approved
> * Translation retrofit (some preparatory work already done)
> * General cleanup (change versions, copyright dates, etc)
> * The bookmap and glossary specializations are not included.
>
> The prototype DTDs are available here:
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?
> document_id=18623&wg_abbrev=dita
>
> There is not yet a Schema implementation available.
>
> Robert D Anderson
> IBM Authoring Tools Development
> Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit
> (507) 253-8787, T/L 553-8787

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