Re: [dita] keyref= Attribute of href=

keyref's specification is on the roadmap
for 1.2. In the meantime we probably need to say something like "reserved
for future use", rather than the current wording.

Michael Priestley

IBM DITA Architect and Classification Schema PDT Lead



http://dita.xml.org/blog/25

"W. Eliot Kimber"
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[dita] keyref= Attribute of href="

The current draft of the language reference says:

"Currently not implemented in DITA

processors. Provides a key that a process

can use to look up associated

information."

I have two problems with this:

1. The first sentence should not be in a specification since it may not

be true.

2. The second sentence is not sufficiently descriptive of the purpose of

the attribute. In particular, information associated with what? And for

what processing purpose. If this attribute is or is not present, what 

processing result should I expect to see?

If this attribute is not implemented then it shouldn't be in the spec 

(or should at least be deprecated) unless there's a well-documented use

case for it and that use is more clearly documented in the specification

itself.

Cheers,

Eliot

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