Re: [docbook-tc] request for conref

[Scott Hudson <scott.hudson@flatironssolutions.com>]

I would also be resistant to conrefs. I think some of this functionality 
is already included in the new assembly proposal anyways.

Thanks and best regards,

--Scott

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Gershon Joseph (gerjosep) wrote:
> Personally I'd vote against conrefs and instead wait for XInclude and
> XPointer to mature. The W3C removed conrefs from XML because processing
> them was deemed complex. IBM already had conref processing in their SGML
> tools and therefore brought conref back in when they invented DITA.
> Conrefs have limitations, which leads to almost as much headache in
> terms of maintenance as file entities generate. So now DITA 1.2 will be
> introducing key referencing and content key referencing. This latter
> approach offers amazing flexibility for reuse and is very lean on
> maintenance overhead. I'd be willing to discuss this during the meeting
> today if the TC is interested.
>
> Gershon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Stayton [mailto:bobs@sagehill.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:34 AM
> To: DocBook Technical Committee
> Subject: [docbook-tc] request for conref
>
> We had a late addition to the DocBook RFEs yesterday, and it is related
> to the modular doc discussion we will be having on Wednesday, so I
> thought I would call your attention to it.  The request is for a conref
> mechanism in DocBook.  See the RFE at:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2820947&group_id=21935&a
> tid=384107
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> bobs@sagehill.net
>
>
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