Re: [docbook-apps] how to add "extra" meta-info to a docbook document

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>]

On 28 Aug 2003, Denis Bradford wrote:

> Seems to me you're overloading the condition attribute, which is
> intended for effectivity. Could what you need be as simple as assigning
> the value you want to a "spare" attribute, and let your stylesheet figre
> out how to handle it?
> 
> For example, instead of <section condition="webpagestuff">
>  <section role="webpagestuff">
> 
> I use role like this because (as Norm suggests in the DB Guide) it's not
> part of the common attributes parameter entities, and so is not likely
> to be needed for something else. 

i think that's the best bet.  the cleanest solution seems to 
be to bury that stuff in the <bookinfo> section (being the meta
data that it is), and just choose a bookinfo child element to
represent it.  seems like <abstract> is the most appropriate.

thanks.

rday