Re: [docbook] Annotations?

I added the descriptions to the documentation source, so it should be in 
the next release.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "nico" <>
To: "Bob Stayton" <>; <>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [docbook] Annotations?


> On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 15:15:06 -0800, Bob Stayton <> wrote:
>
>> To understand how the annotations mechanism was supposed to work, you 
>> might want to read through my original annotation proposal and followups 
>> that the DocBook Technical Committee based that feature on:
>>
>> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-tc/200504/msg00012.html
>>
>> The TC minutes containing the decision are here:
>>
>> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-tc/200504/msg00029.html
>>
>> The committee adopted it on an experimental basis to see how it would be 
>> used.  Feel free to implement annotations to meet your needs.
>
> Ok, thanks for the pointers. I'll see what I can do.
>
>> I guess I thought that Norm had incorporated some of the explanation 
>> into The Definitive Guide, but it looks like not.  I have access to 
>> source, though, so I can add it.
>
> Yes, an ovierview of the mechanism, as you explained here, would be fine. 
> Moreover the annotations attribute is not listed in the common attribute 
> table. Shouldn't it be the case?
>
> Thanks,
>
>