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Subject: RE: [docbook] RE: Sections and topics
- From: Kate.Wringe@sybase.com
- To: <rob.cavicchio@emc.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:13:15 -0400
> Interesting to know that XMetaL is not dead completely.
> >Interesting comment. I wasn't aware that it has been losing traction.
We switched from XMetaL to oXygen because
XMetaL seemed to be concentrating almost exclusively on their DITA implementation.
We've been thrilled with oXygen's
support for DocBook 5 and their responsiveness to our feedback.
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Jirka Kosek [mailto:jirka@kosek.cz] wrote:
> Interesting to know that XMetaL is not dead completely.
Interesting comment. I wasn't aware that it has been losing traction.
> Yep, what is called external reference in my proposal could be achieved
> by using XInclude with additional attributes. But there are several
> problems with this approach:
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> 1) It will not be unified with "inline references" (sort
of replacement
> for internal text entitites)
I read your proposal for this with great interest, because it is uncannily
similar to a custom system I've set up for internal use in my organization.
I've hijacked the <termdef> element to do almost exactly what you're
doing with <definitions>, right down to the conditional selection
feature. So, um...yeah, I like it. :)
> 3) XInclude always perform "Language Fixup" which is especially
for
> non-English content real pain. You have to add explicit xml:lang to
each
> small piece of content you are going to XInclude.
I'm not sure what you mean by this, I haven't seen these types of inheritance
problems with XIncludes, at least not with Arbortext Editor and our custom
transform. But we're still on DocBook 4.5 and using the DocBook-specific
"lang" attribute rather than "xml:lang", so maybe I
just haven't run into it.
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