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Subject: Re: [dita] ITEM: Meaningful Values for type= on xref and topicref
On 7/7/09 8:43 AM, "Ogden, Jeff" <jogden@ptc.com> wrote: > We can argue if this was or wasn't a "bug" in the approved DITA 1.0 and 1.1 > specifications, but it doesn't really matter since the "fix" being proposed is > incompatible with what that DITA 1.0 and 1.1 called for. We shouldn't be > making incompatible changes in a 1.x version and certainly not at this late > stage in the DITA 1.2 cycle. Something like this requires a full proposal, > dissuasion, and a vote. > > Note that this is not just an issue for implementors. @type is something that > can be set by authors. And the proposal that is currently on the table would > make existing documents that use what are perfectly valid values such as "fig" > or "fn" rather than "topic/fig" or "topic/fn" invalid. We can't do that. My proposal specifically allows unqualified references to TC-defined types because those are reliably unique. So it does not make existing values invalid. Cheers, E. ---- Eliot Kimber | Senior Solutions Architect | Really Strategies, Inc. email: ekimber@reallysi.com <mailto:ekimber@reallysi.com> office: 610.631.6770 | cell: 512.554.9368 2570 Boulevard of the Generals | Suite 213 | Audubon, PA 19403 www.reallysi.com <http://www.reallysi.com> | http://blog.reallysi.com <http://blog.reallysi.com> | www.rsuitecms.com <http://www.rsuitecms.com>
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