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Subject: Re: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries
On 8/20/09 12:24 PM, "Bruce Nevin (bnevin)" <bnevin@cisco.com> wrote: > 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? I prefer option 2: there's nothing obvious about glossentry that is specific to technical content and in fact glossentry should never have been based on concept. Since it was, and we can't change that now, I think it strongly indicates that concept, task, and reference need to stay in base, unfortunately. But I could live with 1. 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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