Re: [dita] Lists in hazard statements

[Jang <jang@jang.nl>]

Hello Dawn,

Good point and I will certainly take this into account in my redesign. I am working on that now but it might take another month or two to finish, as I do want to have a complete proposal for the new markup with a reference implementation for DITA-OT.

Kind regards

Jang

> On 10 Mar 2017, at 01:48, Dawn Stevens <dawn.stevens@Comtech-serv.com> wrote:
> 
> Forgive me if this has been discussed before, but I am wondering if there
> is a specific reason that the only list type allowed in <howtoavoid> is
> <sl>. By definition, the <sl> element says it "contains a simple list of
> items of short, phrase-like content² and that there is an "assumption that
> each item is short enough to fit on one line, and needs no additional
> differentiation from its neighbors.² However, there is often more than one
> way to avoid a hazard and discussion of each way is frequently more than a
> short phrase and may in fact require several lines.
> 
> I often have clients who want to disallow <sl> overall in their model, but
> who are forced to keep it solely for the purpose of their hazard
> statements. 
> 
> Would it be appropriate in 2.0 to expand the elements allowed in
> <howtoavoid> to include <ul> and <ol>? Perhaps this will fall under Jang¹s
> forthcoming recommendations regarding the hazard statement?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dawn
> 
> 
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