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Subject: Re: [docbook] Add topic element to DocBook?
HI Elliotte, I agree, we should not mix section and topic, except I think it makes sense to allow a topic to have sections (think of a manpage and its sections). You might want to take a look at the alternative topic proposal that I posted a couple of days ago. Bob Stayton Sagehill Enterprises DocBook Consulting bobs@sagehill.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elliotte Harold" <elharo@metalab.unc.edu> To: <docbook@lists.oasis-open.org> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 10:55 AM Subject: Re: [docbook] Add topic element to DocBook? > Jirka Kosek wrote: > >> Do you really think that adding one new topic element which can be used >> as an alternative to book/chapter/section with more restricted content >> model will have any negative impact on DocBook usability for creating >> book oriented content? > > > People seem to want to mix the two. I don't think that will work. I could > say that a topic should not contain book, chapter, part, or section and > one of those should contain a topic; but that doesn't seem to be what > people are asking for. > > -- > Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo@metalab.unc.edu > Java I/O 2nd Edition Just Published! > http://www.cafeaulait.org/books/javaio2/ > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596527500/ref=nosim/cafeaulaitA/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-help@lists.oasis-open.org > > >
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