I'm coming into this in the middle, so please feel free to shout me down
if I'm getting off topic.
I agree strongly with JoAnn's statement that controlled lists are
critical. Many such controlled lists will be industry-wide, and can be
specializations. Others will be company-specific: lists of products,
lists of facilities, authorized signers, etc.
Making those kinds of lists extensions in the DITA types seems
exhausting.
I would prefer to see something in the type definitions that says, "This
object expects authors to enter one item selected from a set of things
of the class FOO." (or zero or one, or one to n or zero to n...)
Then, the authoring software could be *configured* such that there is a
list of FOOs that can be selected where needed.
Best of both worlds?
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Joel Finkle
Director, Regulatory Informatics
Image Solutions, Inc.
100 South Jefferson Road
Whippany, NJ 07981
T: 847.989.6028
