Re: [docbook] [dbx g2] using modules; version attribute

[Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@pinkjuice.com>]

Jirka Kosek wrote:

> Tobias Reif wrote:
>> * Required Version Atribute
>>
>> It would be great if the new DocBook would have a required version 
>> attribute on the root element. This in addition to the namespace will 
>> make it easier for tools to find out what they are dealing with. (XSLT 
>> has a version attribute, SVG versions higher than 1.0 require one, etc)
> 
> This might be useful but the attribute shouldn't be required as DocBook 
> instance can use many different elements as root element.


Yes, and my suggestion was to require the attribute on that root element 
you mention.

For my suggestion, and for the spec, it shouldn't matter that the name 
of the root elemnt can be different in different documents.

Whether the schema language used can enforce this (which is entirely 
conceivable) or not is part of the implementation of the proposal, not 
part of the proposal.

Tobi

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