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    Posted 07-26-2005 14:40
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    Subject: Re: [dita] Comments on Suggested Updates to DITA 1.0 Specification


    Hi Sharon,
    
    I'll try to answer these all in order:
    
    Re: license.txt, the fix is to remove the license.txt reference.
    
    Re: Update version number, the fix is to change those three files to use
    1.0 like the others. You're right that "Correct version number" would make
    more sense here.
    
    Re: Every element is "Bold". The fix is to update the description for other
    elements. Specifically, change <i> to Italic, <u> to Underline, <tt> to
    Teletype, <sup> to Superscript, and <sub> to Subscript. Currently all
    elements describe themselves as "Bold".
    
    Re: Code phrase, yes, this should be Code Phrase.
    
    Considering it has been a while since the original post and comments, I'll
    also mention the other items I have gotten. These should all be added to
    the Updates document before the changes are actually made.
    - It was suggested that Property should not be updated to Property Row,
    because some formatters may not choose to display this as a table. So that
    item will not be implemented.
    - The catalog file to be updated is catalog-dita.xml, not catalog.xml.
    - Topic.mod contains a comment that it contains definitions for the
    Programming Domain. This should say that it contains definitions for the
    base topic type.
    - There is an additional typo in the table, hilightDomain should be
    highlightDomain
    - programmingDomain.mod misspells specialization
    
    In addition, one item was reported outside of the TC list. The
    catalog-dita.xml file groups declarations with this element:
    <group xml:base="dtd">
    This is appropriate for some delivery mechanisms, such as the DITA Open
    Toolkit, where the DTDs are in a "dtd" directory and the catalog is one
    directory up. However, OASIS delivers the catalog in the same directory as
    the files, so the xml:base attribute is not needed.
    
    Robert D Anderson
    IBM Authoring Tools Development
    Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit
    
    
                                                                               
                 Sharon Read Veach                                             
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                                           [dita] Comments on Suggested        
                 Please respond to         Updates to DITA 1.0 Specification   
                 Sharon Read Veach                                             
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
    
    
    
    
    I appreciate the careful editor's eye to the 1.0 spec.
    I have a couple of questions:
    
    --A Change entry says:
       Header says to see license.txt for disclaimers/permissions
    
    My comment:
       What is the fix?  Remove reference to license.txt?
    
    --A Change entry says:
       Update version number in the header
    
    My comment:
       If you mean to backdate the version from 1.3 to 1.0, then
       "Correct version number" would be less confusing.
       Unless, of course, you mean to make the 1.0 files into 1.3 versions ...
    
    --A Change entry says:
       The name for every element is "Bold"
    
    My comment:
       What is the fix here?
    
    
    --A Change entry says:
       "Code phrase"
    
    My comment:
       Should this be "Code Phrase" (a la "Group Composite").  Or is there
       no Initcaps convention here?
    
    Thank you for putting this together,
    Sharon
    
    
    
    


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