Re: [dita-comment] Consider adding an attribute "numeration" to "ol"'s

[Radu Coravu <radu_coravu@sync.ro>]

Hi Kristen,

Thanks for discussing this. A couple of our users wanted this and so I 
considered that if Docbook does it, why shouldn't we do it as well :)

Regards,
Radu

Radu Coravu
<oXygen/>  XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger
http://www.oxygenxml.com


On 9/2/2014 3:27 PM, Kristen James Eberlein wrote:
> Hi, Radu.
>
> The DITA TC discussed your e-mail at the TC meeting last week.
>
> The TC was quite split on this idea, with some people thinking that it
> would be a useful addition to the specification, and others strongly
> stating that it was inappropriate and something that should be handled
> as formatting.
>
> We will add this to list of items to consider for DITA 2.0.
>
> Best,
> Kris
>
> Kristen James Eberlein
> Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
> Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
> www.eberleinconsulting.com
> +1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)
>
> On 6/25/2014 3:50 AM, Radu Coravu wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > In Docbook ordered lists <orderedlist> elements have a "numeration"
> > attribute which can be set to "arabic", "loweralpha", etc. This helps
> > users better control the numbering in the output.
> > Right now for DITA you need to make XSLT customizations based on the
> > "outputclass" attribute in order to control in the output the
> > numeration of an ordered list.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Radu
> >
> > Radu Coravu
> > <oXygen/>  XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger
> > http://www.oxygenxml.com