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Subject: RE: DOCBOOK-APPS: Help project structure
At 14:54 19/03/2002 -0500, Nancy (Paisner) Harrison wrote: >Toolsmiths, including authors who are toolsmiths, tend to prefer 'ease of >processing;' authors who aren't toolsmiths generally prefer 'rules that >make sense.' <chuckles/> >>In which case is it another rule that topics should be 'standalone', >>i.e. need no glue? > >The same topic might need glue in a print context but not in an online >context. Even if a topic is standalone, if you put it in a linearly >oriented book you may have to introduce it or connect it to something. As >always, the medium is the message, or at least the medium has a high >impact on the message. Hence the question. Is it truly a topic (DITA wise) if its not standalone? Regards DaveP
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