Because it's only on <fn>, I think we should mention this in detail
in the lang spec for <fn> and in the arch spec discussion of @id just
briefly mention that there is a special behavior associated with <fn> and
details are provided in the lang spec for that element.
Alternatively, since this is arguably arch spec content, have a dedicated
section in the @id topic that describes this special behavior of the <fn>
in detail, and have the lang spec topic for <fn> call out the need to read
the arch spec @id topic for details of the special @id
behavior.
--
Gershon
From: Ogden, Jeff [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:40 PM
To: Bruce Nevin
(bnevin);
Subject: RE: [dita] Presence of
@id affects processing?
Sure.
Not sure where it should
go. In the <fn> description or in the @id description or
both.
My own view is that systems that
put an id on every element are evil and should be discouraged, but that isn’t an
appropriate comment for the DITA spec. :-).
-Jeff
From: Bruce Nevin
(bnevin) [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009
9:59 AM
To: Ogden, Jeff;
Subject:
RE: [dita] Presence of @id affects processing?
For
tools that ID everything, one could in every instance use <xref
type="fn"> in combination with <fn id="foo">. Advice to that
effect might be appropriate?
From: Ogden, Jeff
[mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 6:49
AM
To:
Subject: RE: [dita]
Presence of @id affects processing?
Comments
below.
-Jeff
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
[mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:27
PM
> To:
> Subject: [dita] Presence of @id affects
processing?
>
> The 1.1 lang spec for <fn/> says that the
presence of the ID attribute
> on <fn/> affects how the footnote is
rendered. Is that true?
[JeffO:] Yes, it’s
true. In retrospect this might not be the best design, but we are stuck
with it now.
> If so, I think we need to mention it in the ID
attribute section of the
> archspec. I'm imagining a tool vendor providing an
option to
> "automatically generate IDs", not knowing that the
presence of the ID
> attribute has processing
implications.
>
> Are there other elements for which the presence of
@id has any effect,
> whatsoever?
[JeffO:] Not that I
am aware of, but it is hard to be absolutely certain without rereading the
entire spec. with this in mind.
>
>
> source: http://docs.oasis-
>
open.org/dita/v1.1/CD01/langspec/langref/fn.html
>
>
>
-seth
