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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: A straw proposal for help topics in DocBook
I wrote: > >>| So it looks like if we use a Section-like (instead of Chapter-like) > >>| content model for Topic, it'll mean that Topics can contain only > >>| recursive Sections, not numbered ones (Sect1-Sect5), and that > >>| Topics can't contain Refentrys at all (or Simplesect). Norm wrote: > >>I am strongly opposed to allowing Topics to contain any form of > >>sectioning element. They are not part of the sectioning hierarchy, > >>that's one of the main motivations for creating them (IMHO). Martin 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. But the content model Norm proposed for Topic is recursive, just like the one for Section is -- that is, a Topic can contain other Topics, nested indefinitely. So you could do: <chapter> <title>How to Drive</title> <topic id="1000" role="topic"> <title>Start to start your car</title> <topic role="discussion"> <title/> <para>you use your keys to switch on the engine to make your car go</para> ...
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