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    Title: Finding descriptions of DITA attributes
    

    

  
  This can be done by direct processing of the common attr definitions file, with a bit of logic to make contextual differences more explicit (@type for example). Worth a follow up discussion perhaps related to other post-approval artifacts.

    Thanks Kris for submitting the review request.
    Don

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    ----- Reply message -----
    From: "Doug Morrison" <dmorrison@dita4all.com>
    Date: Thu, Oct 14, 2010 3:44 am
    Subject: [dita] Finding descriptions of DITA attributes
    To: <dita@lists.oasis-open.org>, <dita-adoption@lists.oasis-open.org>

    
    Hi Su-Laine,

    I completely agree with you. Perhaps this could be a priority item
    for the improvements to OASIS-sponsored DITA adoption websites.

    (Thank you for not suggesting changing all attribute names to
    something unusual like "xtrf". I have a strong suspicion that some
    nitpickers would regard this as a substantive change to the DITA 1.2
    draft! ;) )
    Regards,

Doug Morrison
Information Architect
http://dita4all.com


    On 14/10/2010 01:41, Su-Laine Yeo wrote:
    
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    Hi everyone,
    
      
    (Please note
            that this is not a request to change the DITA 1.2 draft :) )
    
      
    It has come
            to my attention that if you are trying to understand the
            purpose of a particular DITA attribute, the language
            reference leaves something to be
            desired. If you want to know more about a particular
            element, there is an alphabetical list of elements.
            For attributes, there is no alphabetical list, and the
            documentation is in organized according to what the
            attributes are used for. So you
            sort of have to already know something about what an
            attribute is used for in order to find out what it is used
            for.
    
      
    Doing a
            plain-text search on the attribute name is
            useful, if circuitous, for attributes with odd
            names like "xtrf". It is a
            lot less useful
            for attributes with English names like "base". 
    
      
    A hyperlinked
            alphabetical list of DITA attributes
            would be very helpful. Does anyone know
            of a quick way to generate one? 
    
      
    Regards,
    
      
    Su-Laine
    
      
    
      
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