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Subject: Re: [dita] Discussion of conref href= value syntax
Michael Priestley wrote: > > This is in the language spec, right? Yes. > There's a consolidated topic on referencing in the architectural spec, > first topic under "Behaviors". I see this now. I would not have expected to find this information under a section titled "behaviors" since addressing syntax has nothing to do (directly) with behavior (that is, the way that one uses addressing or the syntax involved has nothing to do with the behavior that might be implied by the link that uses the address). I think that perhaps the better title for this section is "DITA processing semantics"--"behavior" suggests, at least to me, behavior *of renditions* (that is, behavior as in "link behavior", which is about interaction) rather than behavior of *processors* which is what this section is mostly talking about. In any case, I think this information should also be in the language spec, so that the language spec can stand on its own as a specification of the syntax. Note that the discussion under behaviors isn't 100% accurate in it's use of the term "URI" in that it implies that the URI is everything *before* the fragement identifier when in fact a URI includes the fragment identifier. Also, I didn't see it here and I haven't noticed it anywhere else, but the spec doesn't seem to say whether element IDs must be unique within the scope of their *immediate parent* topic or simply within the scope of some ancestor topic. I think the intent is that they are unique within the scope of their immediate parent but that isn't said explicitly and it should be. For example, if I have nested topics, I might think that I can address elements within the nested topics by using the ancestor topic's topic ID. Cheers, E. -- 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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