RE: [dita] Conformance and interoperability

From
Michael Priestley <>
Date
2009-07-07T13:40:03+00:00
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RE: [dita] Conformance and interoperability
Hi Jeff,

>My problem with "must" for the design
patterns, is that the spec doesn't 

>seem to be specific enough about the details of
the design patterns 

>to make them such a strong requirement.  

I thought the design patterns were very
specific:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.1/OS/archspec/dtdmod.html

Michael Priestley, Senior Technical
Staff Member (STSM)

Lead IBM DITA Architect 



http://dita.xml.org/blog/25

"Ogden, Jeff"
<> 

07/07/2009 09:14 AM

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"Eliot Kimber" <>,
Michael Priestley/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA, "Dana Spradley" <>

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"dita" <>

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RE: [dita] Conformance and interoperability

I'm more comfortable with "should" rather
than "must" here. 

My problem with "must" for the design patterns, is that the spec
doesn't seem to be specific enough about the details of the design patterns
to make them such a strong requirement.  

Has this changed in the DITA 1.2 drafts?

And while "should" isn't a strong as "must" it is still
pretty strong and much stronger than other options such as "may".

   -Jeff

-----Original Message-----

From: Eliot Kimber [mailto:]

Sent: Tue 7/7/2009 7:31 AM

To: Michael Priestley; Dana Spradley

Cc: dita

Subject: Re: [dita] Conformance and interoperability

 

On 7/6/09 6:26 PM, "Michael Priestley" <>
wrote:

> I'm not sure about the should vs must being a typo. I think it's currently

> must, and on purpose.

Doh! You're right--I was confusing the requirement to have documents with

DTDs or schemas (should) with the design pattern (must).

My apologies for any confusion. Too many hours spent reviewing/writing
too

many pages of this spec.

Cheers,

E.

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