Re: [dita] Suggested TC position WRT XSD usage from DITA 1.3 onward -- Proposed wording

[Eliot Kimber <ekimber@contrext.com>]

That looks fine to me.

Cheers,

E.
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On 8/4/14, 1:17 PM, "Richard Hamilton" <hamilton@xmlpress.net> wrote:

>Following up on an action from a couple of weeks ago, Don Day and I have
>put together proposed wording for this position statement.
>
>Here is our draft:
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>If you want to create a specialization or constraint using the DITA XSD
>schema, you need to use the XSD redefine facility. However, this facility
>does not allow sequence groups to be directly constrained. Thus, to
>support specialization and constraints, it may be necessary to refactor
>content models into named groups that can be redefined. In order to keep
>the XSD, RELAX NG, and DTD implementations as consistent as possible, the
>DITA Technical Committee only refactored those content models that were
>required for OASIS-provided schemas. These were the strict task body and
>machinery industry task model. The other DITA content models distributed
>by OASIS have not been refactored.
>
>You MAY modify the OASIS-provided XSD module to refactor the content
>model if required by your constraint. You can either modify the
>OASIS-provided XSD module or extend the RELAX NG-to-XSD generation
>process [link?] to add your special case. You SHOULD notify the DITA
>Technical Committee of your constraint requirement so the TC can consider
>adding the required refactoring to the OASIS-provided XSDs.
>=========
>
>Please look this over for technical accuracy and clarity.
>
>Best regards,
>Dick Hamilton
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