Re: [docbook] Allow <info> as root element?

[Thomas Schraitle <tom_schr@web.de>]

Hi,

On 28.11.22 11:10, Norm Tovey-Walsh wrote:
> > currently, DocBook v5.2 (and previous versions) allows several elements as root
> > element. However, it is currently not possible to use info "alone". Any reasons
> > why?
>
> I can see how reusing metadata might make sense in some environments. I
> wonât speak for anyone else on the TC, but I tend to think of it as
> being attached to something. It provides metadata for an element, and so
> itâs not immediately obvious what it means sitting on its own.
>
> It isnât that I thought there was any reason to forbid it so much as it
> never occurred to me that it would be useful.

I know, this use case may be not very common. Still I think, if you use
assemblies and share content it might become more helpful, especially when you
want (or need to) validate on its own.


> > Imagine you would like to share some common meta information among several
> > articles:
>
> Thereâs obviously nothing that prevents you from doing this. You can
> XInclude this metadata file into several articles and then validate
> them.
>
> It would be a very simple Relax-NG customization to allow info in the
> âstartâ pattern then it could be validated independently.

That's true, but that wouldn't be DocBook anymore. ;) Thus validating wouldn't
work.


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  Thomas Schraitle