RE: [dita] questions about metadata elements

I should have 
said

 

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topicmeta is the union of prolog 
and metadata (that is, children of prolog plus children of metadata), 
plus 
metadata itself
plus linktext, searchtitle, shortdesc, navtitle, 
exportanchors
(in bookmap: plus authorinformation as alternative to 
author)
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Anyway, the question is about 
those ten metadata(-ish) elements that are not discussed with the others in 
*.Elem.dita files.

  

  
  From: Bruce Nevin (bnevin) 
Sent: 
  Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:05 PM
To: DITA TC
Subject: 
  [dita] questions about metadata elements

  

  
pubMetaElem.dita 
  talks about:
author, publisher, copyright

  
 

  
mgtMetaElem.dita 
  talks about:
source, critdates, permissions, resourceid

  
 

  
metaQualElem.dita 
  talks about:
audience, category, keywords, prodinfo, othermeta, 
  data

  
 

  
These are the only 
  *Elem.dita topic files. The following are not mentioned in them:

  
 

  
metadata, 
  data-about, foreign, unknown
linktext, searchtitle, 
  shortdesc
authorinformation
navtitle, exportanchors

  
 

  
Are they discussed elsewhere in the Architecture Spec? If 
  not, should they be treated on a par with the above as metadata elements? Or 
  are they set aside for a reason?

  
 

  
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topicmeta is the 
  union of prolog and metadata, 
plus children of metadata
plus linktext, 
  searchtitle, shortdesc, navtitle, exportanchors
(and in bookmap: plus authorinformation as 
  alternative to author)
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As to including metadata as a peer of its own children, 
  isn't backward compatibility wonderful!  !->

  
 

  
    /Bruce