Re: DOCBOOK: A straw proposal for help topics in DocBook

[Dave Pawson <daveP@dpawson.freeserve.co.uk>]

At 16:58 17/10/2001 +0100, martin.gautier@myrnham.co.uk wrote:


>There's some logic there but it would certainly be useful to support some
>sort of sort of container(s) within <topic> to allow us to seperate out
>the topic content. For example, a topic on "How to start your car" might
>contain a discussion on what the engine is, why it needs to be running and
>what equipment is required to start the car (the keys), this discussion
>might be followed by a procedure listing the steps taken to start the car
>(put the keys in, gearshift in neutral, turn the key etc.).

Using the 'dita' logic, wouldn't that then be a collection of individual 
topics?
I.e. a super-topic?
topic: what the engine is,
topic: why it needs to be running
topic: what equipment is required to start the car

etc?

That supports the re-use more?

Regards DaveP