Re: [docbook] State of topic oriented writing in DocBook?

[Jean-Christophe Helary <lists@traduction-libre.org>]

> On Nov 30, 2022, at 23:11, Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz> wrote:
> 
> On 30.11.2022 10:49, Thomas Schraitle wrote:
>> It's sometimes frustrating to see that DocBook is halfway there but is missing
>> this extra mile that you need. I would really like to see solutions in DocBook
>> that supports a more topic oriented writing experience.
> 
> I think that one of the reasons that topic oriented authoring is not 100% perfect in DocBook is that many core DocBook developers are not using this feature on their own projects. So unless there is report of missing or broken functionality there is no push to improve situation.
> 
> May be good start would be if you will specifically list feature that you are missing or that are broken in some tool.

It seems to me that there could be a mechanism where xi:include manages included IDs by generating some kind of "name space" over the whole document, maybe based on the "includee" part ID.

I can see how linking to such IDs form other parts could be non-trivial, but conversely, I don't see the point of trying to link to an ID that will be included in multiple places in a document, so maybe the point is moot.



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