RE: [dita] question on @locktitle for topichead and topicgroupelements

Title: question on @locktitle for topichead and topicgroup elements

Hi Su-Laine,

 

Nice Catch!

In fact, that makes me think the purpose of other attributes for
these elements.  Many attributes like @scope, @type, etc. do not have any
direct use for these elements. I think they just serve the purpose of
specifying the value at a higher level; so that it can get derived/used in all
the descendents where not specified explicitly.

 

Regards,

Tarun Garg | Adobe Systems | +91-120-2444711 | 

 

 

From: Su-Laine Yeo
[mailto:] 

Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 2:34 AM

To: dita

Subject: RE: [dita] question on @locktitle for topichead and topicgroup
elements

 

Thanks Bruce. I've added an item requesting doc clarification to
http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita/DITA_1.3_Proposals

 

Bruce's point implies that @locktitle is there only because it's
part of a group of attributes, i.e. it is there for the convenience of the DTD
developer, but has no defined purpose. If that is case, then the spec should
say explicitly that attribute x on element y has no defined purpose. Otherwise,
we're making the user think about what possible uses an attribute could have,
and then reaching the correct conclusion that there is no purpose via the
process of growing weary of thinking about it. 

 

Su-Laine

 

From: Bruce Nevin
(bnevin) [mailto:] 

Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 6:31 PM

To: dita

Subject: RE: [dita] question on @locktitle for topichead and topicgroup
elements

 

Is there anything in the topicref-atts group that is needed there?
Presumably inclusion of the topicref-atts group is the reason we see
topicref-atts in these elements. Or is there some function of @locktitle other
than overriding the title found in referenced content?

 

For reference, the topicref-atts attribute group includes
collection-type, processing-role, type, scope, locktitle, format, linking, toc,
print, search, and chunk.

 

From: Su-Laine Yeo
[mailto:] 

Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 8:55 PM

To: dita

Subject: [dita] question on @locktitle for topichead and topicgroup
elements

Hi everyone,

This is more out of curiosity
than anything: In <topichead>
and <topicgroup> elements, does the @locktitle attribute do anything?

If yes, what does it do?

Su-Laine

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