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Re: [dita] Status values

From: Don Day
To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 05:28:00 -0000

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Subject: Re: [dita] Status values

From: Don Day <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:19:35 -0500

Actually, 25 was the original number, then it was #6 on another list.  The
title, regardless of its number, is "Make @role (and other enumerated
attributes) un-enumerated. ." I am attempting to revise the overall issues
list, since we need to add a few new items to it.

Regards,
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Don Day
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
IBM Lead DITA Architect
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 Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
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In discussing this with Michael, we think this is basically Feature #25
proposed for OASIS DITA 1.1 to remove enumerations from attribute value
lists, one that we just haven't gotten around to evaluating it yet.  The
originally given values for this attribute came out of early usage long
before DITA was donated to OASIS, and seemed like a good idea at the time.


Regards,
--
Don Day
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
IBM Lead DITA Architect
Email: [email protected]
11501 Burnet Rd. MS9033E015, Austin TX 78758
Phone: +1 512-838-8550
T/L: 678-8550

"Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
 Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
   --T.S. Eliot



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I am starting a new project with DITA, it has different requirements then
other projects I have worked on and I thought it could be interesting to
use the status attribute. Why did we lilmit the possible values, as soon as
you have specific client requirements you loose use of this attribute? And
you have to fallback to otherprops... again!!!

Maybe this is irrelevant with our move to specializable attributes, but
still I thought it might be worth mentionning.

France Baril
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- Re: [dita] Status values
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