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Subject: Re: [dita] DITAbase for conversion
Does that mean, as I understand it, that an organization using both the strict and the general task could not conref between them? JoAnn On 9/23/09 8:27 AM, "Eliot Kimber" <ekimber@reallysi.com> wrote: > 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 > > ---- > Eliot Kimber | Senior Solutions Architect | Really Strategies, Inc. > email: ekimber@reallysi.com <mailto:ekimber@reallysi.com> > office: 610.631.6770 | cell: 512.554.9368 > 2570 Boulevard of the Generals | Suite 213 | Audubon, PA 19403 > www.reallysi.com <http://www.reallysi.com> | http://blog.reallysi.com > <http://blog.reallysi.com> | www.rsuitecms.com <http://www.rsuitecms.com> >
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