Re: [dita] Groups - DITA Proposed Feature #12013 Referencing a range ofelements (ConrefRange.html) uploaded

[Erik Hennum <ehennum@us.ibm.com>]

Hi, Yas and Paul:

Thanks for clarifying, Yas -- that addresses my concerns and makes sense to me as the sweet spot.

While it was important to consider an XPointer range, the current proposal seems better to me because:

* It is more consistent with existing conref rather than introducing two methods of referencing.

* It has much of the benefit of singleton conref in that the typing of the placeholders makes it unlikely that editing in the importing context will invalidate the imported content.

I would think people who are used to conref wouldn't see much of a step up in having two conrefs -- one to the start of the range and one to the end of the range. Of course, it becomes much easier if the editor can enforce the constraints you've identified (start and end must be siblings in proper sequence).


Hoping that's useful,


Erik Hennum
ehennum@us.ibm.com


Alan Houser <arh@groupwellesley.com> wrote on 08/02/2007 10:30:30 PM:

>  Another reply to the list from Yas --
>  
> At this point, I think
> that a DOM based definition where we define the feature as allowing
> a series of adjacent siblings to be conref’d is the better approach.