Re: [docbook] Re: Add topic element to DocBook?

[Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz>]

Steven Cogorno wrote:
>> Doesn't that depend on your search mechanism?  A search mechanism that
>> is aware of XML elements might also be aware of attributes.
> 
> 
> There might indeed be search tools that can do it.  But, it's much
> easier to express "Find X in topic-task" than "Find X in topic that has
> a role=task."

Given the fact that XPath is today dominant technology used for
specifying context for search I don't see big difference between

//topic[@class='task']

and

//tasktopic

And anyway, I don't think that inability of some search tool should be
factor that drives our decision. In a long term such decisions usually
prove as not the best ones.

			Jirka

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