Re: [dita] ITEM: Cross-references to Topicheads and ImplicitTitle-only Topics

[Eliot Kimber <ekimber@reallysi.com>]

On 5/5/09 3:48 PM, "Grosso, Paul" <pgrosso@ptc.com> wrote:

> After review, Jeff and I are generally okay with this,
> but if we're planning to approve something at next week's
> telcon, we need to be sure we know what we're approving.
> In most cases, Eliot's email does do that, but not in all.
> 
> [Note, despite the subject--which suffers from legacy--this
> proposal is just about cross-references to topicheads.  It
> does not mention/address implicit title-only topics.]
> 
> More detailed "editorial" comments below (nothing technical).

Sorry for the confusion--my haste to get something to the TC in advance of
today's meeting.
 

>> 4. Under "data":
>> 
>> - href= is allowed but the current spec doesn't say what it
>> means to specify
>> href= on data. Data-about mentions that href= on data
>> specifies the object
>> of the data. So clearly we need to say something to that
>> effect under data.
> 
> Since no specific change has been suggested, I'm assuming this
> is just a comment in passing.  Unless in the future some specific
> change is suggested, this is a no-op, and I'll assume any vote
> next week will not include anything on this.

I think I need to propose specific language for data:

4. Add new third paragraph:

Use the href attribute to point to the effective value of the <data> element
(the object of the <data>). When the direct target of the href attribute is
a topicref element, processors may choose to treat either the topicref or
its ultimate target as the object of the <data> element.

[WEK: I think I've understood the intent of href= on <data> correctly in
this proposal. If not, then we need to agree as a TC what the intent is.]

>> 5. data-about
>> 
>> I think the text under href, proposed above, is sufficient
>> since it's not a
>> navigation relationship but an annotation relationship.
> 
> Another no-op comment.

Yes. Item 5 is not a proposal.
 
>> 7. lq
>> 
>> Same as data-about--let href text serve, since use of href= on lq is
>> effectively deprecated by the existence of longquoteref
> 
> Another no-op comment.

Correct--also not a proposal.
 

> I'm assuming there is no significance to #10 being missing.

Correct, no significance.
 
> We're okay with the first #12.
> 
> I'm assuming there is no significance to having two #12's.

Cut and paste error.
 
Cheers,

Eliot
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