Re: [dita] Purpose of files in the scott-example-sandbox directory

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2015-03-31T16:32:40+00:00
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Re: [dita] Purpose of files in the scott-example-sandbox directory
I still think these could be useful for validation and testing for 1.3, though they may need to be updated to reference the 1.3 schemas. Where are the validated examples for 1.3 currently stored? I hate to remove the files if they can still be of use.
 Since these are directly from the spec (though now valid), why couldn’t these be part of the official material?

—Scott

From: Robert D Anderson

Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 10:13 AM

To: Scott Hudson

Cc: Kristen James Eberlein, ""

Subject: Re: [dita] Purpose of files in the scott-example-sandbox directory

Hi Scott,

I'm still not sure what these files are for now? They are not part of the DITA 1.3 creation, review, or delivery, so I think SVN is probably not the right place for them. I'm nervous about them causing confusion when others start looking for official material,
 as we had with some of the extra files in the doctypes\ directory a few weeks back.

Also, as a related note, I think the bad examples from 1.2 have been corrected. They were never tested for XML (or DITA) validity during the 1.2 process, which is something we corrected for 1.3, resulting in tweaks to quite a few of the code examples.

Robert D Anderson

IBM Authoring Tools Development

Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit (http://www.dita-ot.org/)

"Hudson,
 Scott" ---03/31/2015 10:44:17---Kris, et al, These files take all of the examples from the DITA 1.2 Specification (http://docs.oasis

From: "Hudson, Scott" <>

To: Kristen James Eberlein <>, "" <>

Date: 03/31/2015 10:44

Subject: Re: [dita] Purpose of files in the scott-example-sandbox directory

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Kris, et al,

These files take all of the examples from the DITA 1.2 Specification (http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.2/spec/DITA1.2-spec.html) and makes them valid XML samples.

These were originally intended for use in testing the generated DTDs (from RNG). Eliot didn’t want individual element tests, but rather larger, complete examples, so he has used different test documents.

These files can also be used for inclusion by reference as the examples. I still noticed quite a few “bad” xml examples in the specification, so this attempts to fix those issues.

Still to do: 

1. Learning and Training

2. New DITA 1.3 elements

Thanks and best regards,

Scott Hudson

Senior Consultant

Comtech Services Inc.

303-232-7586

On 3/31/15, 8:37 AM, "Kristen James Eberlein" <> wrote:

>Scott, what are these files intended for?

>

>Best,

>Kris

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>Kristen James Eberlein

>Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee

>Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting

>www.eberleinconsulting.com

>+1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)

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>On 3/30/2015 11:38 PM,  wrote:

>> Author: scott.hudson1

>> Date: 2015-03-31 03:38:35 +0000 (Tue, 31 Mar 2015)

>> New Revision: 2356

>> Web View: https://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/browse/wsvn/dita/?rev=2356&sc=1

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>> Removed:

>>     scott-examples-sandbox/abbreviated-form.001.ditamap

>>     scott-examples-sandbox/anchorid.001.dita

>> Log:

>> Updates from 1.2 specification examples

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