Re: [dita-comment] Re: [External] : [dita-comment] Adding @outputclass t

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Subject: Re: [dita-comment] Re: [External] : [dita-comment] Adding @outputclass to colspec element

From: Toshihiko Makita <tmakita@antenna.co.jp>

To: dita-comment@lists.oasis-open.org

Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 06:53:03 +0900

Thank you for your reply.

As our user will stay in DITA 1.3 for certain terms, I'm looking forward the grammar files update.

Regards,

On 2021/12/14 1:58, Robert Anderson wrote:

Greetings,

It looks like you have found an error in the DITA 1.3 specification. The text that you linked to does list @outputclass as a valid attribute for the <colspec> element, but it is not defined in either the DTD or RNG Grammar files.

The good news is that it is already there in the DITA 2.0 vocabulary:

https://github.com/oasis-tcs/dita/blob/DITA-2.0/doctypes/dtd/base/tblDecl.mod#L205-L207

https://github.com/oasis-tcs/dita/blob/DITA-2.0/doctypes/rng/base/tblDeclMod.rng#L277-L279

You should be able to use this in DITA 2.0, and I think the TC should discuss whether to add this to the grammar files in the errata branch for the 1.3 specification.

Thanks,

Robert

From: Toshihiko Makita <tmakita@antenna.co.jp>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021 5:42 AM
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Subject: [External] : [dita-comment] Adding @outputclass to colspec element

Dear DITA committee,

If this is already discussed, please forgive me.

I have a strong requirement from user to add table column specific PDF formatting and tried to use colspec/@outputclass but it seems not allowed by DITA 1.3 DTD.

The requirements are as follows:

If table/row/entry in specific column is divided into multiple pages, output the original entry content in page 2 or later. Probably this column is used as title column.
Also table/row/entry in specific column is divided into multiple pages,output the specific word first such as "Continued" in page 2 or later. This column is used as data column.

In the following URL, colspec/@outputclass seems to be allowed. But I cannot use in DITA 1.3 DTD. I think it is very convenient that I can author column specific attributes via colspec/@outputclass. (For instance, apply column specific background color in table formatting.)

3.2.3.3 <colspec>
http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/dita/v1.3/errata02/os/complete/part3-all-inclusive/langRef/base/colspec.html#colspec

> The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group (without the Metadata attribute group), @base from the Metadata attribute group , outputclass, and the attributes defined below.

If there is any misunderstanding, please let me know it to me.

Regards,

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