Re: [dita] Element names in proposed "XML mention" domain

[Kristen James Eberlein <kris@eberleinconsulting.com>]

I agree with Scott here; every time I see parment, I start to read it as 
"parmesan." Go figure.

Tom, posting to the TC list is certainly what I had in mind, not dita-users.

Best,
Kris

Kristen James Eberlein
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
Co-chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
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On 10/9/2012 6:56 PM, Scott Hudson wrote:
> Re: [dita] Element names in proposed "XML mention" domain The only one 
> I am not very fond of is parment. I think a slight change to parament 
> or paramentity would be more usable. From the core spec, I’ve not 
> liked parml for the same reason.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
> --Scott
>
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> On 10/9/12 4:52 PM, "Tom Magliery" <tom.magliery@justsystems.com> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     I raised a question on today's TC call about the element names in
>     Eliot's 1.3 proposal #13035: Provide "xml mention" domain for
>     marking up
>     mentions of XML syntactic components
>
>     https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/download.php/47046/pr
>     oposal-13035-xmldomain.html
>
>     The names of the element types are based on the XML spec and/or chosen
>     to be as concise as is reasonable. I'm only worried that they look a
>     little too geeky for authors to use. The counterpoint is that anyone
>     familiar enough with XML to be using these element types at all is
>     probably geeky enough to understand them.
>
>     I'm just wondering if there are any alternative names that might be a
>     little more recognizable and/or understandable to a typical tech
>     writer,
>     one of which I am not. Does anyone have any thoughts on the matter?
>
>     Or should I send this question to the [dita-users] list? (I don't
>     think
>     people would be able to read the proposal without logging into
>     OASIS ...
>     would they?)
>
>     mag
>
>     --
>     Tom Magliery
>     XML Technology Specialist
>     JustSystems Canada, Inc.
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