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Subject: RE: [docbook] Add topic element to DocBook?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael(tm) Smith [mailto:smith@sideshowbarker.net] > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 1:26 AM > To: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: Re: [docbook] Add topic element to DocBook? > > "Johnson, Eric" <Eric.Johnson@iona.com>, 2006-10-26 20:06 -0400: > > > Way back in the tech hay days, our company went on a big > information > > mapping kick and now all of our documents have "blocks" as the base > > level of structure. We are using <simplesect> as the > blocking element > > because blocks are atomic. Where does <topic> fit into this sort of > > information chunking? Is a <topic> a block or is it a > higher level of > > structure? > > I think it's identical to your "block". It's a unit or module > of content that can be reused in different combinations with > other units/modules. > So a topic is indivisable and cannot have any sub-topics or sub-sections? > > > As for <tasktopic>, didn't someone say you would be able > to specifiy > > > a topic type? So why not <topic topictype=task>? > > > > That seems like a much cleaner approach than the other suggestions. > > Not if the content model of a task differs from that of a > generic topic. > > --Mike >
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