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Subject: RE: [docbook] Re: literal element db v5


I'll put that on the list of things to clarify
as we work on the next edition.

Dick

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Norman Walsh [mailto:ndw@nwalsh.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 6:00 AM
> To: Dave Pawson
> Cc: Dick Hamilton; 'docbook'
> Subject: [docbook] Re: literal element db v5
> 
> 
> Dave Pawson <davep@dpawson.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > On 04/09/09 17:28, Dick Hamilton wrote:
> >> Dave,
> >>
> >> role is a valid attribute on literal and is a common
> >> attribute.
> >
> >> Since role is user-defined, creating separate names for
> >> each element lets customizers define the contents of
> >> role independently for different elements.
> >>
> >> So, it's a common attribute by virtue of being common,
> >> but is defined separate from db.common.attributes so
> >> that it can be customized.
> >
> > So it is a tdg omission then?
> 
> Well. At the very least, it's not very clear :-)
> 
  http://docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/ch05.html#ch05-classrole

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                                          norm

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