Re: [dita] DITAbase for conversion

[ekimber <ekimber@reallysi.com>]

On 9/23/09 9:22 AM, "Rob Hanna" <rob@ascan.ca> wrote:

> I'm not sure I understand. If content created in DITA 1.0 and DITA 1.1 are
> compatible with the strict, constrained version of task, they should also be
> valid against the looser, unconstrained version as well. I don't see a
> backward compatibility issue here. Or am I missing something?

A constrained task cannot conref from an unconstrained task.

Conref requires that the conref target be at least as constrained (and
compatibly constrained) as the conref source (that is, the document making
the conref link).

Otherwise, you cannot be assured that the conrefed data is valid in the
using context.

Cheers,

Eliot 

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