I assume this would also allow us to remove <index-base>. It's one of those "only there for specialization" elements, put in so that we could specialize the see + see-also + sort-as elements while adding only one base element. I've never heard of it being used for anything else -- has anybody else?
Having index-base does (theoretically) let us say "This is only one base element and other things are just domains", Practically though -- if you're not using indexing, you never see any of these elements (because they only show up after you've added an index term). For those who are using indexing, index-base is a confusing element to see, and I've heard that for some it's standard practice to set up constraints to keep it out.
I like the idea here - I think it simplifies the architecture, gets rid of redundant elements, and (bonus) will make the specification much simpler by letting us describe all of the index functions as a single core part of the spec.
Robert D Anderson
IBM Authoring Tools Development
Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit (http://dita-ot.sourceforge.net/)
Kristen James Eberlein ---06/08/2019 01:04:29 PM---Back history: <indexterm> was part of DITA 1.0 The indexing domain (<index-see>, <index-see-also>, a
From: Kristen James Eberlein <>
To: DITA TC <>
Date: 06/08/2019 01:04 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [dita] Stage one proposal: Changes to indexing
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Back history:
<indexterm> was part of DITA 1.0
The indexing domain (<index-see>, <index-see-also>, and <index-sort-as>) and <index-base>was introduced in DITA 1.1.
In DITA 1.3, we added <sort-as>.I want to suggest that we clean this up for DITA 2.0:
Remove the indexing domain, and add <index-see> and <index-see-also> to the base
Remove <index-sort-as> and just use <sort-as>--
Best,
Kris
Kristen James Eberlein
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
www.eberleinconsulting.com
+1 919 622-1501; kriseberlein (skype)
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