RE: [dita] Is this correct?

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Paul Prescod <>
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2006-03-08T19:01:24+00:00
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RE: [dita] Is this correct?
> From: Robert D Anderson [mailto:] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 10:57 AM
> 
> I know of one case where <object> is used with the name 
> attribute -- you can find it in the Java Apiref 
> specialization plugin for the toolkit, in the doc/ directory. 
> Here's an example from those files:
> 
> <object
>    classid="clsid:adb880a6-d8ff-11cf-9377-00aa003b7a11"
>    codebase="hhctrl.ocx#Version=4,73,8412,0"
>    codetype="VIEWASTEXT"
>    height="100"
>    id="hhctrl"
>    name="Sample"
>    type="application/x-oleobject"
>    width="100">
> 
> It's used this way several times. I don't know that I've seen 
> anybody else using the attribute.

But what does the name attribute _do_?

According to the DITA specification it is for forms, but DITA does not
have forms.

http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.0/langspec/object.html

 Paul Prescod