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RE: [dita] Keywords in DITA

  • 1.  RE: [dita] Keywords in DITA

    Posted 03-08-2005 21:30 
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    Subject: RE: [dita] Keywords in DITA
    







    



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    Paul, 
I do not support your proposed definition of a keyword. I find it too 
restrictive. 
    

     
    

    Not 
all topics are about software languages or user interfaces. Yet, keywords 
are always important to identify the topics' most important terms or 
concepts. For example, I am currently documenting a product that aggregates news 
content for automated press clipping activities. Some of my keywords are "news", 
"articles", "biographies", "press clipping", "news monitoring", 
"embargo", etc.
    

     
    

    Basically, I think our definition of keyword should be closer 
to: "Keyword is an element that identifies terms that define 
or are closely related to a topic's content". However, I can see how 
keyword could be specialized to become more restrictive and identify only words 
from a software language or gui items.
    

     
    

     
    

    
  
    
  

    
                                                
    
					
                                                    

        
                                                
				
    
                                                
    
                                                    
                                                
    
                                                
                                            
    
                                        

                                        
                                        

                                    
			

                                    
                                

                                
                                
    
                                
    
                            
		
                
        
    




            
        
    


	
    


    
    
         
    
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