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Subject: RE: [dita] Proposal: Allow <xref> within <shortdesc>


That was actually the goal for DITA 1.2. If you look at the DTD directory, the /base subdirectory has the DTDs for a basic map document type and a basic topic document type, with the bare minimum of domains. All other specializations (including concept, task, and reference) are in separate modules. A vendor wanting to support base DITA only, and specializations through fallthrough only, could look at only that subdirectory. An author who only needs basic topic and map authoring also only needs to look at that subdirectory.

The accompanying specification documents were also written to reflect this modularization, in which all additional specializations are described in separate modules from the base architecture and topic types, but unfortunately we were forced by OASIS process at the time to combine all the specification content into one deliverable, although its TOC still reflects the modular design.

Our hope is that we can revisit that process in DITA 1.3 and complete the implementation of the modular design.

The DITA 1.3 lightweight proposal goes beyond the modularization in 1.2 by further modularizing elements of the base architecture, so that adopters can optionally choose whether to include conref or keyref, for example.

Michael Priestley, Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM)
Total Information Experience (TIE) Technology Strategist
mpriestl@ca.ibm.com
http://dita.xml.org/blog/25



From:        "Rodolfo M. Raya" <rmraya@maxprograms.com>
To:        <dita@lists.oasis-open.org>,
Date:        09/11/2012 03:57 PM
Subject:        RE: [dita] Proposal: Allow <xref> within <shortdesc>
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I don’t care how you make optional modules available as long as they are very well separated from the main DITA 1.3 deliverables (documentation and grammar expressed in DTD or XML Schema format with the corresponding catalog).
 
The main DITA 1.3 deliverables should include the only basic pieces that let you author in DITA without using any specialization, neither a custom one nor one supplied by the DITA TC.
 
Regards,
Rodolfo
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Rodolfo M. Raya       rmraya@maxprograms.com
Maxprograms      
http://www.maxprograms.com
 
From: dita@lists.oasis-open.org [mailto:dita@lists.oasis-open.org] On Behalf Of Michael Priestley
Sent:
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 4:31 PM
To:
Rodolfo M. Raya
Cc:
dita@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject:
RE: [dita] Proposal: Allow <xref> within <shortdesc>

 
Hi Rodolfo,

How would the separate modules be available?





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