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    Posted 04-03-2006 20:07
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    Subject: Book title in bookmap


    
    Don and I were working on the bookmap DTD, and ran in to a problem. When we
    originally put the proposal together, we were planning for one large
    release rather than the current 1.1 and 1.2 releases. As part of the
    design, we counted on proposed feature number 11, which had already been
    approved:
    http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/13734/IssueNumber11.html
    
    This is the proposal to make translatable attributes into elements. One of
    the items in that proposal is to add a <title> element to map, to be used
    instead of the title attribute. The book model really needs this title
    element in order to allow for more structured book titles, such as title +
    library information. Unfortunately, feature #11 was moved to 1.2, so it
    will not be released with bookmap. I see three possibilities:
    1. We force the title into the bookmeta element. This could work, but will
    cause conflicts with the title element once 1.2 is released (and bookmap is
    updated for the change).
    2. We do that one part of #11 in 1.1 -- we just allow the title element
    inside map. Leave the others for 1.2.
    3. We let the 1.1 scope creep to include all of #11
    
    I would vote for #2 - the partial implementation that brings the title
    element into maps. Any other thoughts?
    
    Robert D Anderson
    IBM Authoring Tools Development
    Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit
    (507) 253-8787, T/L 553-8787
    
    


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