RE: [dita] Complexity of bookmap - sequence of volumes

["Paul Prescod" <paul.prescod@xmetal.com>]

Is it possible for you to give us examples of IBM books that use the
more complex versions of the booktitle and in particular the
booklibrary?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert D Anderson [mailto:robander@us.ibm.com] 
> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 12:21 PM
> To: Esrig, Bruce (Bruce)
> Cc: dita@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [dita] Complexity of bookmap - sequence of volumes
> 
> Hi Bruce - there is a volume element in the bookmeta. It's 
> part of the <bookid> container, which also contains isbn, 
> edition, and some other information. I'm not sure if that 
> would work - if all of your books in the sequence have the 
> same title, then this could include the volume number.
> 
> Another thing that occurs to me is that you might want to use 
> the booktitle element, which includes both a library title 
> and a book title. The booklibrary gives the title for the 
> sequence of books, while the mainbooktitle element gives the 
> title for the current volume.
> 
> Robert D Anderson
> IBM Authoring Tools Development
> Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit
> (507) 253-8787, T/L 553-8787
> 
> "Esrig, Bruce (Bruce)" <esrig@lucent.com> wrote on 06/19/2006 
> 02:11:45 PM:
> 
> > Hi too,
> >
> > Is there a notation that defines a sequence of volumes?
> >
> > According to the Lucent DTD, to define multiple volumes, you define 
> > multiple books.
> >
> > Bruce Esrig
> >
> 
>