On the DITAVAL file

What do we want to 
accomplish with the DITAVAL file? I see it as useful for specifying deliverable 
content, much like a DITA map, but this is only the filtering part of the file. 
When we (Idiom) discussed supporting DITAVAL, it just seemed overengineered when 
all people were asking for was conditional text. Nobody was requesting flagging 
nor revision marking.

 

Is anyone using 
the revprops part of DITAVAL? Or flagging? These parts determine appearance, not 
content. I'm just trying to get a handle on the different applications 
of DITAVAL.

 

Chris