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Subject: Re: [docbook] Re: Add topic element to DocBook?
Chris Chiasson <chris@chiasson.name>, 2006-10-28 15:17 -0500: > that's invalid xml Actually, it's not well-formed XML. Anyway, I think that's exactly the point was Elliotte was making. If you have content that requires topics to cross section boundaries, you can't represent it XML, because it violates XML's well-formedness contraints. --Mike > On 10/27/06, Elliotte Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu> wrote: > >Bob Stayton wrote: > >> Hi Elliotte, > >> I'm not clear what you meant when you said that XML can't handle this > >> idea of assembling topics using a mapping element. Can you elaborate? > >> > > > >Topics can cross section boundaries, and sections can cross topic > >boundaries. Hence overlap. e.g. > > > ><topic> > > blah blah blah > > blah blah blah > > blah blah blah > > <section> > > blah blah blah > > blah blah blah > > blah blah blah > > </topic > > blah blah blah > > blah blah blah > > blah blah blah > > blah blah blah > > </section>
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