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Subject: DOCBOOK: Re: New element for Step alternatives?
Norm- See my comments below. Not sure if they could be considered "new information" but... I'm trying to recap where we stand on this proposal. There seems to be general agreement that it's a good idea. (^: This makes me happy... The question is, exactly what should the markup look like? My favorite combination of proposals so far is: 1. Procedure remains unchanged If you need alternatives at the top level, don't you really have different procedures? Norm, can you please clarify what you mean by this? Are you saying that you think having "choice" ie StepAlternative as a sibling to Step should be marked up as two Procedures? 2. Replace 'substeps' in step with (substeps|stepalternatives) Both substeps and stepalternatives contain (step+). For substeps, the processing expectation is "choose all, in the specified order". For stepalternatives, the processing expectation is "choose exactly one". While it's true that an attribute on 'substeps' could be used, that seems like too significant a processing expectation to stick in an attribute. (By that rationale, we could have a <list> element with an attribute to choose between ordered and itemized, but we don't.) It's also true that stepalternatives could contain (branch+), but that seems unnecessary. Context seems sufficient. Yes, I agree with this. A Branch and a Step are in essense the same. If anyone has new information, please send it along soon. I expect we'll consider this proposal next Tuesday. Thank you, Sabine
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