RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

["Grosso, Paul" <pgrosso@ptc.com>]

Wait for 1.3.

 

paul

 

From: Bruce Nevin (bnevin) [mailto:bnevin@cisco.com]
Sent: Thursday, 2009 August 20 12:24
To: dita@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

 

This came up in the spec authoring meeting today.

 

The problem: <glossentry> is specialized from <concept>. <task>, <concept>, and <reference> are in the TechDocs package. This forces <glossentry> etc. to be restricted to the TD package.  But non-TechDocs folks need glossaries, and support for them should be in the base.

 

Two solutions:

1. Accept this. Present it as an unfortunate fait accompli for 1.2 -- if you want a glossary, you have to use the TD package (or specialize your own).
2. Move <task>, <concept>, and <reference> back into the base, sans TD-specific domain specializations, and include those specializations in the TD package. Present this as an interim step toward simplified topics being developed by the BusDocs SC.

Comment? Action?

 

    /Bruce