RE: [dita] Attributes when using conref

I feel that this is not an issue that implementors should 
be making based on mailing list feedback but is part of the DITA Processing 
Model that should be part of the DITA specification. Whether or not we start a 
full-fledged activity to document the full model, every time we answer a 
question like this below we should vote to transcribe the answer into the DITA 
specification so that interoperability arises through careful specification 
reading and not mailing list archeology.

 

Therefore I have two concrete 
proposals:

 

 1. This particular question should be considered a 
1.1 issue to be answered in the 1.1 specification.

 

 2. That we create a sub-committee responsible in 
general for documenting the DITA processing model. I may be able to find someone 
within Blast Radius to be the editor for such a sub-specification. 

  

  
  From: Michael Priestley 
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Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:05 
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To: France Baril
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Subject: Re: [dita] Attributes when using 
  conref

  

I'm in favour of using both, with 
  the source's attributes winning in a pitched battle. IE, the conreffing 
  element can override attributes on the target, where necessary (eg adding a 
  conditional property, or an outputclass value...) 

Michael Priestley
IBM DITA Architect
SWG 
  Classification Schema PDT Lead
 

  
    
    

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I could not find this in our doc: 
  
  
When I conref an element, should I used the 
  attributes from the source or from the target? My first idea is to use the 
  target's attributes. 
  
What do you think? 
  
  
France Baril 
  
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