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Subject: Re: [docbook-tc] proposal: add relatedlink element to topic
Putting relatedlink elements in info is fine with me. Should we create a relatedlinks wrapper for them, or allow a random scattering of relatedlink elements in info? Bob Stayton Sagehill Enterprises bobs@sagehill.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Hudson" <scott.hudson@flatironssolutions.com> To: "Norman Walsh" <ndw@nwalsh.com> Cc: <docbook-tc@lists.oasis-open.org> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 8:03 AM Subject: Re: [docbook-tc] proposal: add relatedlink element to topic >I like Norm's suggestion. Related links "feels" more like metadata than >inline content, and as the documentation states: "Many of the elements in >this wrapper may be used in presentation..." > > Best regards, > > --Scott > > Scott Hudson > Senior XML Architect > +1 (303) 542-2146 | Office > +1 (720) 663-SCOT [7268] | Gvoice > Scott.Hudson@flatironssolutions.com > http://www.flatironssolutions.com > > > > > > > Norman Walsh wrote: >> "Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net> writes: >> >>> A relatedlink element provides a solution to this problem. Instead of >>> an explicit cross reference, an author can insert a relatedlink >>> element at any point in a topic element like an indexterm. >>> >> >> Index terms have to be located inline because their location >> identifies a target for a cross-reference. In the case of relatedlink, >> it sounds like the relationship is from (some parent of) the >> relatedlink element to some other place. >> >> If a relatedlink element appears in a para in a section in a chapter >> in a part in a book in a set, what determines the granularity of the >> link source? >> >> It sounds to me like perhaps relatedlink should be allowed inside an >> info wrapper and not in inline content. >> >> >>> Allowing relatedlink elements to appear inline permits them to be kept >>> close to the text they are related to. Then if the text is deleted, so >>> is the relatedlink. If the text is modified, then the relatedlink can >>> be evaluated by the author to see if it is still relevant. >>> >> >> Can you give a concrete example of a relatedlink element? >> >> Be seeing you, >> norm >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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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