norman.walsh.name: Comments on /2006/10/26/docbook50b9http://norman.walsh.name/2006/10/26/docbook50b9/comments.atom2012-05-23T11:24:33.76338ZComment 1 on /2006/10/26/docbook50b9http://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00012006-10-26T21:01:13Z2006-10-26T21:01:13ZJohn Cowanda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Just to be annoying, I'll comment here rather than on the list, but feel free to repost this to the list.

1) Allowing foreign elements and attributes is a Good Thing. Specific element wrappers for them are an Unnecessary Thing; processors that don't understand foreign elements and attributes should quietly ignore them.

2) I don't know if this fits the spirit of DocBook or not, but how about a marker attribute ("topic", presumably) that indicates that this section or sect1 or simplesect or task is a topic? All descendants would be part of the same topic until we find another marker. That way, those who care about topics can readily find and process them, and those who do not, need not do anything with them.

Comment 2 on /2006/10/26/docbook50b9http://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00022006-10-30T16:25:24Z2006-10-30T16:25:24ZMohamed Zergaouida39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

John,

I'm afraid your second point look like a DITAization of DocBook ! Is it ?

Mohamed

Comment 3 on /2006/10/26/docbook50b9http://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00032006-10-30T16:31:22Z2006-10-30T16:31:22ZNorman Walshda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Mohamed, follow the "topics" link above for the thread to which John's comment applies.