Re: [dita] Groups - DITA 1.2 proposal 12039 Note as first element in step(IssueNumber12039.html) uploaded

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

Hi Chris,

Is it correct to say that your requirement is that, when the step is
rendered to an end user, the hazard note must be displayed first? The
international regulations do not mandate the order that the information is
stored in a source document, right?

In that case, it should be a relatively simple thing to encode a hazard
statement after the <cmd> element, but force it to render before the
command. If you cannot work with the note element inside <info>, then I
think it would impact other users less if the suggested order placed note
after cmd:
      <!ELEMENT step          (%cmd;,
                         (%info;  |%substeps; | %tutorialinfo; | %note; |
                          %stepxmp; | %choicetable; | %choices;)*,
                         (%stepresult;)? )                           >

As I mentioned it should still be possible to pick out the hazard note and
force it to render before the command.

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

dita@seicodyne.ch wrote on 11/20/2007 08:58:56 AM:

> The document named     DITA 1.2 proposal 12039 Note as first element in
step
> (IssueNumber12039.html) has been submitted by Mr. Chris Kravogel to the
> OASIS Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) TC document
> repository.
>
> Document Description:
> HTML version of the proposal for DITA 1.2 item 12039, Note as first
element
> in step. To follow directives in many countries for safe manipulations on
> machines, it is required to place a hazard statement / a note as first
> element in a step.
>
> Proposal of the Machine Industry Subcommittee
>
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> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/document.php?
> document_id=26164
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