Comments on metadata in DITA 1.3 spec

http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/dita/v1.3/csprd01/part2-tech-content/archSpec/base/metadata-in-maps-and-topics.html#metadata-in-maps-and-topics

Comment 1:

In analogy with 2.3.4.8 suggest to rephrase as the second sentence to:

By default, metadata in the map is supplemented or overriden by metadata that is specified at the topic level, unless the @lockmeta attribute of the <topicmeta> element is set to "yes".

By using the passive voice, the “information flow” is the same in both places (“from topic into map”).

Comment 2:

If <topicmeta lockmeta="yes"> -- does this mean that additional metadata in the topic itself is becoming void (e.g. if <topicmeta> does not have <keywords> and the topic prolog itself has an indexterm inside <keywords>)? I would assume that this is indeed the case, but it may be helpful to state this explicitly.

Comment 3:

In 4^th paragraph

For:

are available in a topic also are available

read:

are available in a topic are also available

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Comment 4:

Table 1, entry for <navtitle>: “Not added to the topic; applies only to navigation that is created based on

this occurrence in the map.”

Here it is stated specifically that this behavior refers to navigation only. The statement in 2.2.4.3 ("The alternate titles can override their equivalents in the topic.") is more open and may also include overriding the actual title of the topic itself. Can the two statements be made more similar?

Richard Forster

Information Architect, Global Publication Support Services

Varian Medical Systems Imaging Lab GmbH

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