Re: [dita-comment] Why does <topichead> allow the "copy-to" attribute on it?

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

Hi, Radu.

I am forwarding this to the DITA TC list for discussion.

Best,
Kris

Kristen James Eberlein
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On 11/28/2012 2:01 AM, Radu Coravu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The specification says that <topichead> allows the copy-to attribute 
> on it:
>
> > http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.2/os/spec/langref/topichead.html#topichead 
>
> Why so? The topichead does not point to a certain resource, it is just 
> an empty node in the TOC hierarchy.
> The DITA OT processing throws a NPE when the copy-to attribute is set 
> on the <topichead>.
>
> Regards,
> Radu
>
> Radu Coravu
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