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Subject: Comments on Glossary elements section
I find the glossary elements slightly confusing. The first sentence of the introductory paragraph is: "Use the glossary topic type to define terms." However, there is no glossary topic type, only the glossary entry topic type. I think this should read "Use the glossary entry topic type to define terms" Under "contained by" for glossentry, there is this statement: "When used in a glossary topic on its own, the glossentry element cannot be contained by anything." This sentence doesn't make sense to me--the phrase "used in" isn't well defined--does that mean organized hierarchically via a map relative to another topic? I can't think of any other way that a topic can be "used by" another topic but not be literally nested within it. In any case, it's a pointless constraint since the whole point of DITA is that topics can be organized for storage without regard to how they are combined into packages via maps. Or have I just totally missed something non-obvious about glossentry topics? Cheers, Eliot -- W. Eliot Kimber Professional Services Innodata Isogen 8500 N. Mopac, Suite 402 Austin, TX 78759 (214) 954-5198 ekimber@innodata-isogen.com www.innodata-isogen.com
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