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Subject: Re: [dita] Is this correct?
Hi Paul - the object element came straight from HTML, to allow users to insert the same things they can insert in HTML. I suspect the description of the attribute came from the HTML definition: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/objects.html#edef-OBJECT The attribute is not actually required - this is a bug in the spec. If you check the DTD itself (topic.mod), the attribute is #IMPLIED. I think the same thing came up the list a week or two ago with the id attribute on <topic> -- it is required, but the spec says it is implied. I think both of these came about through use of conref in the source for the spec (reusing a definition, or part of a definition, when it did not actually apply). I know of people who use the object element today to include flash animations, and others who use it to provide links that open other applications. Robert D Anderson IBM Authoring Tools Development Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit "Paul Prescod" <paul.prescod@bla stradius.com> To <dita@lists.oasis-open.org> 02/26/2006 03:47 cc PM Subject [dita] Is this correct? http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.0/langspec/object.html name Submit the object as part of a form. CDATA #REQUIRED Yes Why should it be required if it is only meaningful in the context of a form, when DITA doesn't even have a forms capability? I really don't think that this element should be available at all in DITA (at least as described). Paul Prescod
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