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RE: [dita] Negative values - scoped values

From: Michael Priestley
To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:03:00 -0000

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Subject: RE: [dita] Negative values - scoped values




From: Michael Priestley <[email protected]>
To: "Esrig, Bruce (Bruce)" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:06:35 -0400




The scoped values also allow different
kinds of classification: effectively, if one set of values has an "is-a"
or "part-of" relationship to another set, it makes sense to express
them as a single value, both semantically and for processing reasons.

For example, products have editions
- but if you set product="A B C" and edition="2" then
it's unclear which product the edition applies to; whereas if we set product="A
B/2 C" it becomes much clearer.

Michael Priestley

IBM DITA Architect and Classification Schema PDT Lead

[email protected]

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





"Esrig, Bruce (Bruce)"
<[email protected]> 
04/18/2006 10:57 AM




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Chris Wong <[email protected]>


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Subject
RE: [dita] Negative values
- scoped values









As a taxonomy enthusiast, I like
scoped values. From a logical point of view, scoped values are not necessary
if you are only manipulating one value, because you can specify all its
qualities in different attributes.
 
If the situation can only be described
using two values both of which are scoped, then you need scoped values
to avoid unintended combinations.
 
Without scoped values, you can
describe items using multiple attributes as in this example:
 
establishment-type="bar hotel"
establishment-name="NewYorker Plaza"
 
would have four intepretations
 
bar/NewYorker
bar/Plaza
hotel/NewYorker
hotel/Plaza
 
If you meant to say
 
establishment="bar/NewYorker
hotel/Plaza"
 
then you need scoped values.
 
Bruce