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Subject: Re: [docbook] Status of Extended XLinks (1:n Relationships)?
HTML display? Is there any convention on 1:n link display? Useful... but would need to be understood? HTH On 25 November 2017 at 14:33, Thomas Schraitle <tom_schr@web.de> wrote: > Hi list, > > as you already know, DocBook 5 allows extended XLinks[1] which you can do some > fancy things with it. ;) > > As I was interested in the use case of creating 1:n link relationships (and > still be), I started a thread some years ago [2]. I got some very helpful > ideas and Bob wanted to bring this to the attention of Docbook's TC and "if > they have any thoughts on it". > > Is there any progress on this topic? > > Probably I missed some related discussion, but... is there already something > "official"? I haven't seen anything related in The Definitive Guide (TDG). But > I believe, it would be very helpful to have some guidelines how to do this, > documented in TDG. > > Also in the light of assemblies, topics etc. this becomes more important to > have an official blessed method how to express it. > > IMHO what I see from the outside, the following issues are needed to really > support extended XLinks: > > 1. Decide on a markup how to express 1:n relationships > I've found a post from Norman[3], this may be a good start (or my original > thread[2} from 2013). > > 2. Support extended XLinks in the stylesheets > > 3. Document it in DocBook's TDG > > > How difficult would it be? What are the pros and cons? Does it help to open an > issue in GitHub? What else is needed...? > > What do you think? :) > > > -------- References > [1] http://tdg.docbook.org/tdg/5.2/extendedlink.html > [2] https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook/201307/msg00015.html > [3] http://markmail.org/message/deiehzkvwmh6c2zp?q=xlink+list:org%2Eoasis-open > %2Elists%2Edocbook-tc > > -- > Gruß/Regards > Thomas Schraitle > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-help@lists.oasis-open.org > -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. Docbook FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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