Re: [docbook-tc] allow article element inside set?

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Hi Dave,

> How can book and article be top level, when set wraps book?

I didn't mean top level in absolute terms of the schema, but top-level in 
terms of common usage.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net

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From: "Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 10:50 PM
To: "DocBook Technical Committee" <docbook-tc@lists.oasis-open.org>
Subject: Re: [docbook-tc] allow article element inside set?

> On 9 November 2012 17:40, Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net> wrote:
> > We have a DocBook RFE requesting that we allow article inside set:
> >
> > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=21935&atid=384107
> >
> > We discussed this item at the October meeting, but decided we wanted 
> > input
> > from more TC members before making a decision.  Here are the minutes from
> > the meeting:
> >
> >  New RFEs
> >     3571149   Allow Article inside Set
> >
> > The TC discussed this new RFE. Larry was concerned about
> > putting elements from different hierarchical levels together.
> > Bob mentioned that forcing articles into a book requires
> > adding a book title, which may not be appropriate for
> > unrelated articles.  Also, DocBook has long said that
> > book and article are top-level elements, so creating a
> > set that mixes them could be useful. Some were concerned
> > about rendering.  The TC was generally not opposed to
> > the change, but we want to get more TC input.
> >
> > My action item was to initiate a discussion of this topic on the TC 
> > mailing
> > list before the next meeting.  Any thoughts?
>
> It makes sense to me. The physical analogy would be the bound sets of 
> articles
> in our library?
> How can book and article be top level, when set wraps book?
> We do talk about a set of books, why not a set of articles in the same 
> way?
>
> If the rendering is too significant a problem I would agree such a 
> minority use
> would not be worth it. In which case I'd say no.
>
> Just my 2c
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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