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Subject: RE: [dita] Groups - DITA Proposed Feature #12021: Nesting sections (12021.html) uploaded
Hi Paul The biggest difference is that the bodydiv/sectiondiv elements act more like "informal" containers rather than "formal" (titled) blocks like sections. One concern raised was that if section was made recursive, it might lead authors to believe that they could create embedded, nested content that would be better managed as topics. The following posts on the mailing list provide some additional background: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200511/msg00067.html http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200511/msg00084.html The biggest advantage I see is that it provides badly needed structure for specializations that do rely on nested content (I keep going back to S1000D and ATA as examples since I have had to deal with these recently, but there are certainly others). The other advantage that I see is that these elements provide a logical container for blocks of content that could potentially be conref'ed elsewhere. To me, this compliments the conref range proposal and offers users the ability to structure and reuse information without needing a heavyweight container like a topic. Given the suggested content models, there wouldn't be any limitation for specializations to create their own version of recursive "formal" blocks, similar to the current DITA section. By doing this, there is the potential that information that would be better managed as standard topics could get lost within embedded, nested sections within a topic. Hope that helps. Jim ================ Jim Earley XML Architect/Consultant Flatirons Solutions 4747 Table Mesa Drive Boulder, CO 80301 Voice: 303.542.2156 Fax: 303.544.0522 Cell: 303.898.7193 Yahoo.IM: jmearley MSN.IM: jearley22@hotmail.com jim.earley@flatironssolutions.com -----Original Message----- From: Grosso, Paul [mailto:pgrosso@ptc.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 7:13 AM To: dita@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: RE: [dita] Groups - DITA Proposed Feature #12021: Nesting sections (12021.html) uploaded I was a little surprised to see this suggesting a bodydiv/sectiondiv element but still not allowing sections to nest, which is what I thought was meant by nesting sections. I thought one of the drivers of this requirement was to be able to model DocBook's nested sections more easily, but with the suggested model, this would be even harder. What are the benefits of this suggested model over simply allowing section to contain section? paul > -----Original Message----- > From: jim.earley@flatironssolutions.com > [mailto:jim.earley@flatironssolutions.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 2007 October 30 7:15 > To: dita@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: [dita] Groups - DITA Proposed Feature #12021: > Nesting sections (12021.html) uploaded > > This is the HTML version of proposal 12021 > > -- Mr. Jim Earley > > The document named DITA Proposed Feature #12021: Nesting sections > (12021.html) has been submitted by Mr. Jim Earley to the OASIS Darwin > Information Typing Architecture (DITA) TC document repository. > > Document Description: > > > View Document Details: > http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/document.php > ?document_id=25904 > > Download Document: > http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/download.php > /25904/12021.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that generates this mail. You may a link to this group and all your TCs in OASIS at: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php
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