RE: [dita] On the DITAVAL file

Chris,

I too think that the DITAVAL file as it is with the ability 
to do revision marking and flagging. We get a lot of questions from clients who 
would like to do that and see the benefit of it. I also would like to use it and 
would do so if we can get the transforms in the open toolkit to work correctly 
out of the box.

 

I do see a great need for this functionality 
though.

Jen

 

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From: Chris Wong [mailto:] 

Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 10:23 AM
To: DITA-TC 
(E-mail)
Subject: [dita] On the DITAVAL file

What do we want to 
accomplish with the DITAVAL file? I see it as useful for specifying deliverable 
content, much like a DITA map, but this is only the filtering part of the file. 
When we (Idiom) discussed supporting DITAVAL, it just seemed overengineered when 
all people were asking for was conditional text. Nobody was requesting flagging 
nor revision marking.

 

Is anyone using 
the revprops part of DITAVAL? Or flagging? These parts determine appearance, not 
content. I'm just trying to get a handle on the different applications 
of DITAVAL.

 

Chris