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Subject: Re: [dita] "name" attribute on audience element
I agree with Robert’s suggestion. Cheers, E. -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 512.554.9368 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com On 11/19/13, 3:24 PM, "Robert D Anderson" <robander@us.ibm.com> wrote: > >According to the specification, the name attribute is required on the ><audience> element: >http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.2/os/spec/langref/audience.html > >I know that the DTD we ship does not require it - actually, it didn't in >DITA 1.1 or even DITA 1.0. I noticed this bug while doing some prototypes >of new attribute displays in the specification. > >Technically - the specification is canonical, thus the DTD is in error on >this point and has been since 1.0. However, I suggest that we just relax >this in the 1.3 specification and remove any mention of it being required. >This change would be backwards compatible (easy to go from required to >non-required), and as a bonus, we wouldn't break any current users by >"fixing" the DTD / XSD. Also, I feel sure that if we had been shipping it >as required in the DTD, somebody would have asked us to relax that by now. > >Any objections? > >Robert D Anderson >IBM Authoring Tools Development >Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit (http://dita-ot.sourceforge.net/) > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that >generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: >https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php >
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