Re: [dita] Why does <glossgroup> not allow <titlealts>?

On 2/8/12 4:01 PM, "Eliot Kimber" <> wrote:

> In general, we need to be very careful not to impose any constraints that
> are very strongly motivated.
 
Are *not* not very strongly motivated.

Cheers,

E.


> On 2/8/12 3:47 PM, "Robert D Anderson" <> wrote:
> 
>> My memory is that the <glossgroup> was envisioned pretty much as a
>> container for glossary entries, with no extra content -- title because it
>> is required, and metadata because it lets you set the metadata once for all
>> the entries. So there was no reason seen for titlealts, shortdesc, or body
>> content. Those optional content elements were all left out, because nobody
>> suggested a reason for them.
>> 
>> No opinion offered here on whether that is still true, I'd be interested to
>> see some reasons on how titlealts can / should be used.
>> 
>> Robert D Anderson
>> IBM Authoring Tools Development
>> Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit
>> 
>> <> wrote on 02/08/2012 16:31:22:
>> 
>>> From: Eliot Kimber <>
>>> To: dita <>
>>> Date: 02/08/2012 16:33
>>> Subject: [dita] Why does <glossgroup> not allow <titlealts>?
>>> Sent by: <>
>>> 
>>> I just noticed that <glossgroup>, which is is a topic specialization,
>> does
>>> not allow <titlealts>.
>>> 
>>> Is this a bug or was there some considered reason for leaving <titlealts>
>>> out?
>>> 
>>> Off the top of my head I can't think of any reason to leave it out and
>> many
>>> reasons to require it.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> E.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Eliot Kimber
>>> Senior Solutions Architect
>>> "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together"
>>> Main: 512.554.9368
>>> www.reallysi.com
>>> www.rsuitecms.com
>> 
> 
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> Eliot Kimber
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Eliot Kimber
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