Re: [dita] Proposal 13112: RelaxNG for Vocabulary

Title: [dita] Proposal 13112: RelaxNG for Vocabulary

Eliot,

I agree entirely.

I would be happy to help review the models or assist in any way with this effort.

--Scott
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On Jun 19, 2013, at 3:18 AM, "Eliot Kimber" <> wrote:

I have posted Stage 2 proposal 13112 to the OASIS Kavi. This is the

long-awaited proposal to use RelaxNG as an alternative to DTD and XSD.

The Stage 2 proposal explains RelaxNG generally and outlines the general

markup approach. The full formal coding requirements will be defined in the

Stage 3 proposal. I'm starting to work those out now as I gain more

experience using RelaxNG for creating new vocabulary.

We are making progress implementing a RelaxNG-to-DTD converter. You can

track progress on the dita-ng project: https://code.google.com/p/dita-ng/

Unless somebody wants it more, I fully intend to take on the task of

preparing the official RelaxNG versions of the DITA 1.3 vocabulary. George

Bina has done most of the work already by generating the current set of

RelaxNG files from the DITA 1.2 DTDs. I've been creating RelaxNG versions of

all of my 1.3 proposals and will be happy to do the same for any other

proposals that define new vocabulary. For the 1.2 vocabulary, the main job

will be making sure that all the filenames are consistent and correct and

adding the appropriate comments or documentation annotations.

We will of course have to carefully inspect and test the RelaxNG versions of

the 1.3 vocabulary, but since the declarations are largely generated I don't

anticipate any significant issues there. The value of having the RelaxNG as

the authoritative source for all vocabulary is so high that almost any

amount of work to get there would be worth it.

Cheers,

Eliot

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