I would strongly prefer that locktitle is NOT inherited, just as
navtitle is not inherited.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert D Anderson [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 7:24 AM
> To: Paul Prescod
> Cc:
> Subject: RE: [dita] Navtitle and locktitle
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> Hi Paul,
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> You're right that the spec does not list @locktitle as inheritable.
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> The DITA Toolkit's code (from the days before sourceforge and
> OASIS) does treat it as inheritable. I know of at least one
> good-sized group of users that, for better or for worse,
> often sets the value to "no" on the map element. This lets
> them be sure that map always reflects what they will see in
> the navigation.
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> So, I'd like to ask -- should this be an inheritable
> attribute? Is anybody else making use of the locktitle
> attribute today, and following the spec for behavior? For
> people using the toolkit, changing to meet the spec will
> break the expected behavior. If the TC feels that it should
> be left as-is, I'll need to start preparing users for the
> change in behavior, so it comes as less of a shock.
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> Thanks-
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> Robert D Anderson
> Authoring Tools Development
> Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit
> (507) 253-8787, T/L 553-8787
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> "Paul Prescod"
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> I do not believe that locktitle is inherited in DITA 1.0:
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> http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.0/archspec/dita_spec_23_map
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> This also pertains to the other email where you discussed the
> pernicious effects of inheritance in one context.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert D Anderson [mailto:]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 12:09 PM
> > To: Paul Prescod
> > Cc:
> > Subject: Re: [dita] Navtitle and locktitle
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> > Hi Paul -- yes, that has also been my understanding. For
> our users in
> > IBM, we've created an editor macro that goes through to
> refresh all of
> > the navtitles in a map, though we do not do it
> automatically. As with
> > your description, the macro does not update navtitles for anything
> > that sets or inherits locktitle="yes".
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> > Robert D Anderson
> > IBM Authoring Tools Development
> > Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit
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