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Subject: Re: [dita] Why does <glossgroup> not allow <titlealts>?
On 2/8/12 4:01 PM, "Eliot Kimber" <ekimber@reallysi.com> wrote: > In general, we need to be very careful not to impose any constraints that > are very strongly motivated. Are *not* not very strongly motivated. Cheers, E. > On 2/8/12 3:47 PM, "Robert D Anderson" <robander@us.ibm.com> wrote: > >> My memory is that the <glossgroup> was envisioned pretty much as a >> container for glossary entries, with no extra content -- title because it >> is required, and metadata because it lets you set the metadata once for all >> the entries. So there was no reason seen for titlealts, shortdesc, or body >> content. Those optional content elements were all left out, because nobody >> suggested a reason for them. >> >> No opinion offered here on whether that is still true, I'd be interested to >> see some reasons on how titlealts can / should be used. >> >> Robert D Anderson >> IBM Authoring Tools Development >> Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit >> >> <dita@lists.oasis-open.org> wrote on 02/08/2012 16:31:22: >> >>> From: Eliot Kimber <ekimber@reallysi.com> >>> To: dita <dita@lists.oasis-open.org> >>> Date: 02/08/2012 16:33 >>> Subject: [dita] Why does <glossgroup> not allow <titlealts>? >>> Sent by: <dita@lists.oasis-open.org> >>> >>> I just noticed that <glossgroup>, which is is a topic specialization, >> does >>> not allow <titlealts>. >>> >>> Is this a bug or was there some considered reason for leaving <titlealts> >>> out? >>> >>> Off the top of my head I can't think of any reason to leave it out and >> many >>> reasons to require it. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> E. >>> >>> -- >>> Eliot Kimber >>> Senior Solutions Architect >>> "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" >>> Main: 512.554.9368 >>> www.reallysi.com >>> www.rsuitecms.com >> > > -- > Eliot Kimber > Senior Solutions Architect > "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" > Main: 512.554.9368 > www.reallysi.com > www.rsuitecms.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dita-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dita-help@lists.oasis-open.org > -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 512.554.9368 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com
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