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Subject: Re: [dita] DITA 1.2 suggestion--add a class attribute to the dita element
Grosso, Paul wrote: >> Therefore I don't see how having specializations of <dita> is >> needed to address the requirement. > > At one level you're probably right. > > But I think it can quickly get quite confusing if we have multiple > DTDs that are all called ditabase and all use the same <dita> root tag. Well there's no requirement that the different shells be called "dita_base.dtd" but I understand your point. > And all DITA documents will have a root tag with both a DITArchVersion > and a class attribute which will make it easier to know that they are > DITA documents and what kind they are (map vs. topic). Today ditabases > are something of an exception in that we have to look at one of the > child > elements to the root tag before we know if it is a DITA document and > what kind. This is definitely a good thing and one could argue that the lack of it in 1.1 is in fact a bug and not a design decision. 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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