Feedback about allowing <data> and <data-about> in <steps> elements

Hi, members of the TechComm subcommittee:

    

    I'm reading stage-2 proposal #13105: Allow <data> in lists. As
    written, it will add the <data> and <data-about>
    elements to the content model for the following elements:

    
      
task/choices

      
task/steps

      
task/steps-unordered

      
task/substeps

    
    
Is this desirable? I'm not sure that it is, especially if the use
      case for the proposal is primarily to capture details about a
      legacy list, such as the numbering type and initial number. (I
      like the very sparse and restrictive content model for task ...)

    

    
You can read the proposal here:

https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/download.php/49585/proposal-13105-data-in-list.html

    

    
Let me know what you think, and whether you can think of use
      cases that require <data> and <data-about> in the
      various <steps> elements.

    

    
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      Best,

      Kris

      

      Kristen James Eberlein

      Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting

      Co-chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee

      Charter member, OASIS DITA Adoption Committee

      www.eberleinconsulting.com

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