Hi there,
I encounter these issues with almost every client I support and wanted to “vote” for the importance of a solution for this. I’m sorry that I was unable to attend the meeting this morning, but have read the minutes and see that there isn’t any easy answer. If there is another call about this subject, I will try to attend.
Thanks,
Amber
Amber Swope
dita specialist
<dita strategies>
503.922.3038
From: [mailto:] On Behalf Of Kristen James Eberlein
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 10:43 AM
To: DITA TC
Subject: [dita] Product names and reuse
A thread about difficulty in reusing products names has cropped up on the dita-users list.
Problem descriptions
1) Information architects or editors design a reuse strategy that revolves around using the <ph> element to hold product names. They then discover that they cannot put a <ph> element within any of the following elements:
<uicontrol>
<wintitle>
2) Another team decides to use <keyword> to hold their product names -- better choice -- but they also discover that they cannot put a keyword element within a <wintitle> element; they have to duplicate their product names within <text> elements for use within <wintitle> elements. And the <tm> element is not available within <text>.
3) Yet another team is stymied because their product name contains typographic formatting (superscript, subscript, bold or italic formatting, an inline image) that cannot be contained in either the <keyword> or <text> element. And while the text element can nest, the @outputclass attribute is not available.
Architects and the writers are caught between a strong desire to reuse content and ensure that product names are consistently used, and a need to have their company's name render correctly.
Thoughts about how we might try to address this problem? And sense about how big (or small) this problem is?
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Best,
Kris
Kristen James Eberlein
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
Co-chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
Charter member, OASIS DITA Adoption Committee
www.eberleinconsulting.com
+1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)
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