Re: [docbook-tc] Add meta element to info

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

I am in favor of adding this as well. Itâs an easy mapping mechanism to HTML, too.

 

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From: <docbook-tc@lists.oasis-open.org> on behalf of Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net>
Date: Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 11:16 AM
To: DocBook Technical Committee <docbook-tc@lists.oasis-open.org>
Subject: [docbook-tc] Add meta element to info

 

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Here is the first issue from Norm's list.  He has proposed:

PR 155, Add a general 'meta' element in info.  The element would be <meta name="foo" content="bar"/>, and would provide a mechanism for adding miscellaneous metadata in the content attribute, with a name attribute to specify its purpose.  This PR implements the change suggested in Issue #153.  https://github.com/docbook/docbook/pull/155

I'm in favor of this change.  It adds a lightweight (empty) element to support capturing small bits of metadata that don't fit any of the other info categories. It's limited because the data has to fit in an attribute value, but I think that's ok.  I've frequently needed something like this.

Discussion?

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Bob Stayton

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