FYI, this is currently one of the to-do items for updating our 1.3 vocabularies (to add msgph into the content model):
https://trello.com/c/pcnPzNRS/2-2-mssgph-not-available-in-msgblock
Robert D Anderson
IBM Authoring Tools Development
Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit (http://dita-ot.sourceforge.net/)
Kristen James Eberlein ---02/05/2014 08:00:35---Best, Kris
From: Kristen James Eberlein <kris@eberleinconsulting.com>
To: DITA TC <dita@lists.oasis-open.org>,
Date: 02/05/2014 08:00
Subject: [dita] Fwd: Error in DITA 1.2 DTD or specs
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Best,
Kris
Kristen James Eberlein
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
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Subject: | Error in DITA 1.2 DTD or specs |
Date: | Wed, 5 Feb 2014 14:41:29 +0100 |
From: | Jang F.M. Graat <jang@jang.nl> |
To: | Kristen James Eberlein <kris@eberleinconsulting.com> |
Hello Kris,
I am doing a check on the implementation of DITA in various XML editors and stumbled over an error in the 1.2 specs (or the DTD) for <msgblock>.
The description reads "The message block (<msgblock>) element contains a multi-line message or set of messages. The message block can contain multiple message numbers and message descriptions, each enclosed in a <msgnum> and <msgph> element. It can also contain the message content directly."
The example in the specs merely lists a <msgblock> with text and no other elements in it.
In the DTD, <msgblock> is allowed to have a mix of text data and various other elements, including <msgnum> but not including <msgph>. I was trying to use this <msgblock> as a container for a set of <msgnum> <msgph> lines, which is what I assume was intended. Allowing multiple <msgnum> but no <msgph> more or less defeats the purpose of the <msgblock>.
I am sending this to you as I did not find an address for feedback on published DITA standards outside of the OASIS TCs (to which I have no access anymore). If there is a better address to send my comments to, let me know.
Kind regards from sunny Amsterdam
Jang
JANG Communication
Technical Documentation Specialist
Amsterdam - Netherlands
Cell +31 6 4685 4996
http://www.jang.nl
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