RE: [dita] Complexity of bookmap content model

["Esrig, Bruce (Bruce)" <esrig@lucent.com>]

> What about the extra topicref for specialization?

To second that, Lucent allows an overview topic in a part before the chapters.

Regarding front matter and back matter, a flexible content model is better.

Which items do we know are either front matter or back matter but not both? For example, would the order of booklists in the book be completely up to the processing, or is it under author control?

Bruce

-----Original Message-----
From: JoAnn Hackos [mailto:joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:53 AM
To: Paul Prescod; Robert D Anderson
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Subject: RE: [dita] Complexity of bookmap content model


I would support having colophon in both front and backmatter as options.
Standards among publishers are variable around this. I would not enforce
order in the backmatter either.
JTH

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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Prescod [mailto:paul.prescod@xmetal.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 8:49 AM
To: Robert D Anderson
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Subject: RE: [dita] Complexity of bookmap content model

Now that we're getting down to detail...

> <!ELEMENT bookmap (title, bookmeta?,
>       frontmatter?, chapter*, part*, backmatter?,
>       colophon?, reltable* )>

The current model has two ways of representing the title. I don't
totally understand that design but hope to within a few days.

Can we move colophon into the backmatter?

> <!ELEMENT frontmatter (booklists | draftintro |
>        abstract | dedication | preface | topicref)*>

Looks good.

> <!ELEMENT backmatter (appendix*, notices?
>        specialnotices*, amendments?, topicref* )>

Is there a reason to enforce order and cardinality on the backmatter but
not the frontmatter?

> <!ELEMENT part (topicmeta?, chapter*)>

What about the extra topicref for specialization?

 Paul Prescod