Re: [dita] Allowing for multi-level specialization in topicmeta

[Robert D Anderson <robander@us.ibm.com>]

Hi France - I think that with 1.1 you will be able to use the data element
for new metadata:
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/14073/Issue9.html
and the follow-up design:
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200602/msg00083.html

That will be available in topicmeta, and has a much more extensive model
than the name/value pair in othermeta.

Robert D Anderson
IBM Authoring Tools Development
Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit
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I just got a case where I needed to extend topicmeta (enhancedmeta) in
order to include extra metadata to a map. The obvious solution was to
specialize from topicmeta/othermeta. However, othermeta cannot contain
other elements or text and therefore does not meet the requirements for a
multi-level specialization. I would suggest that we change the model to
othermeta (#PCDATA | othermeta)* in order to allow for multilevel
specilization:

<othermetagroup>
    <othermetaitem/>
    <othermetaitem/>
<othermetagroup>

For my immediate needs,  I'll specialize from keywords/keyword in order to
get 2 levels, but I am breaking away from the semantics.


France Baril
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