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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 
> 
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