Re: [dita] Why There are Constraints on Conref

[ekimber <ekimber@reallysi.com>]

On 9/28/09 1:38 PM, "Ogden, Jeff" <jogden@ptc.com> wrote:

> Eliot wrote:
>> If there are existing implementations of constraint checking (I'm
> thinking specifically of
>> Arbortext Editor here), then I would think we are obligated to wait
>> until 1.3.
> 
> Arbortext Editor doesn't implement constraint checking for conrefs.
> 
> Adding a new construct for weak constraints, w(...), will produce an
> error message from our Specialization Validation function about an
> invalid value in a domains attribute, but that validation is only done
> on request and the error can be ignored without any harm other than
> possibly some confusion or worry on the part of the person who asked for
> the validation.
> 
> What I need to check is if adding the w(...) construct will be ignored
> by our conref code or if it might cause problems.  I'm guessing that it
> will be ignored, but I've been wrong about such things before.  I'll try
> to check this in more detail this afternoon.
> 
> Are there implementations other than Arbortext Editor and the DITA Open
> Toolkit that implement conrefs?  I assume there are and I assume it
> would be good to hear from everyone about what sorts or problems this
> late change to DITA 1.2 might or might not cause.

OxygenXML implements conrefs in the editor. Don't know if they check conref
constraints--I will find out.

I haven't used Syntext Serna in a while, but I'm pretty sure they implement
conrefs as well.

Cheers,

E. 

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