inherited attribute values in a DITA relationship table

From
Oaul Frosso <>
Date
2006-10-23T16:41:00+00:00
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inherited attribute values in a DITA relationship table
This issue/question remains open.
 
paul


  
  
  From: Grosso, Paul [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, 2006 October 11 09:05
To: 
  
Subject: [dita] inherited attribute values 
  in a DITA relationship table


  
  
  In 
  the DITA 1.1 Architecture Spec, on 
  page 21 toward 
  the end of the section on “Inheritance of attributes and metadata” it 
  says:
   
              
  Tables can be particularly useful for attribute and metadata management, since 
  they 
  can be applied to 
  entire columns or rows as well as individual cells.
   
  Elements within a cell inherit 
  default attribute values much as the same elements outside of a table.  
  And within a table the order of inheritance goes from elements in a relcell to 
  the relcell to the relrow to the reltable and then on up to the map 
  element.  What isn’t clear is where inheritance by column (relcolspec) 
  fits into the above list and how conflicts between relrow and relcell values 
  are resolved.
   
  We 
  need to figure out the answer and make it clear in the 
  spec.