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Subject: Re: [dita] Why There are Constraints on Conref
On 9/29/09 9:22 PM, "Kristen James Eberlein" <keberlein@pobox.com> wrote: > I'm glad that Tony brought this up. The DITA spec -- and other > documentation -- is inconsistent about this.About 50% follows Tony's > definition of source and target, and another 50% uses the opposite > construction. > > Personally, it make sense to me that "source" contains the actual > content -- the content that gets pulled or pushed into else where (the > "target"), but I'd really like to know if this contradicts some formal > definition of source and target .... If you think of conref as a link (which I do), then source is the anchor that does the addressing and target is the thing addressed. However, I can see the logic in thinking about conref the other way around. But the spec should definitely be consistent. I discount my opinion on this matter because I'm too deeply versed in the arcana of linking and addressing. I would support whatever option people think is more intuitive or easier to talk about clearly. Cheers, E. ---- 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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