Re: [dita] Groups - IssueNumber12011v1.2rev2.html uploaded

I don't know if this got discussed at
the call this morning, but the proposed content model cannot be generalized
back to <topic>.

taskbody: (prereq?,context?,(steps | steps-unordered
| process),result?,example?,postreq?)

steps: (section?, step)+

process: (section)+

steps/@class = "- topic/ol task/steps
"

section/@class = "- topic/section
"

You can't put a <section> into
an <ol>.

Probably the same applies to <section>
inside <process>, since I imagine that process/@class = "- topic/section
task/process ".  Unless headway has been made on the nested section
proposal.

Also, from the November 27 minutes:

>          
  The TC questioned the need for <itemgroup> and felt that <info>

>          
  should be useful for specializing.

>          
  Alan will take <itemgroup> back to DP for further discussion
offline.

This hasn't been addressed.  Last
I saw was this message from Michael Priestley:

> I can also see the point of allowing
<note> and <itemgroup> into the content model of <step>.
Although in the case of itemgroup I can't think of any case where <info>
wouldn't do the job, I accept that there are some things I probably haven't
thought of, and <itemgroup> is certainly even more generic than <info>.
And this isn't an issue that strikes at the identity of the task infotype,
like allowing multiple sets of steps would (for me).

I feel strongly that the generic <task>
has to be useful for specializers, even if that means providing extension
points like <itemgroup> that are of no current use to authors.  The
point of #12007 is that these kinds of elements can be hidden from authors
until a specializer has a use for them.

-- 

Deborah Pickett

Information Architect, Moldflow Pty Ltd, Melbourne



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[dita] Groups - IssueNumber12011v1.2rev2.html
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HTML Version of DITA 1.2 Feature Proposal #12011.

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