Re: [dita] Suggested resolution for the @domains attribute kerfluffle

[Eliot Kimber <ekimber@contrext.com>]

I'm fine with that.

Cheers,

E.
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On 10/15/14, 6:55 PM, "Robert D Anderson" <robander@us.ibm.com> wrote:

>I think that sounds fine as a way to resolve this for 1.3.
>
>Robert D Anderson
>IBM Authoring Tools Development
>Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit (http://dita-ot.sourceforge.net/)
>
>Kristen James Eberlein ---10/15/2014 18:35:05---After a lot of reading
>and re-reading of the spec topics, the only thing  that is clear to me is
>tha
>
>From:	Kristen James Eberlein <kris@eberleinconsulting.com>
>To:	DITA TC <dita@lists.oasis-open.org>
>Date:	10/15/2014 18:35
>Subject:	[dita] Suggested resolution for the @domains attribute kerfluffle
>Sent by:	<dita@lists.oasis-open.org>
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>After a lot of reading and re-reading of the spec topics, the only thing
>that is clear to me is that --like many DITA 1.2 items -- there is a
>lack of clarity as to how @domains entries should be defined for
>structural specializations.
>
>To move forward with the least impact and disruption, I suggest that the
>specification be updated to explicitly allow the (topic) and (map)
>tokens as a way to indicate the base DITA vocabulary for a specific
>document type shell.
>
>I do not think that we should use normative language in the update. We
>cannot use a MUST statement, and I do not think that even a SHOULD
>statement is warranted, because it is of little enough practical value
>that I don't think there is any benefit in updating 1.1 or 1.2 compliant
>shells to add this new token.
>
>However, this update will offer a solution to the issue that Robert
>originally raised of a document-type shell that does not have any
>domains integrated.
>
>-- 
>Best,
>Kris
>
>Kristen James Eberlein
>Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
>Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
>www.eberleinconsulting.com
>+1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)
>
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