Property tables: summary of responses on dita-users

No one who replied is using them. Most mentioned the following
      reasons:

    

    
      
Content model is too restrictive

      

      
Difficulties in reusing properties tables

    
    
Simon Bates (Scriptorium) also commented:

    
"I'm also not fond of the
        non-structural approach suggested in the spec for representing
        multiple values for a single type. Yes, I can use an XPath to
        find the correct proptype element, but it's certainly not
        elegant." 

      

    
See http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/dita/v1.3/csprd01/part3-all-inclusive/langRef/technicalContent/properties.html#propertiesÂ
        (shortdesc and example) for what Simon is referring
      to.

    
However, reading through the slides from the recent conference
      shows that at least one company other than IBM (Tridium) is using
      property tables.

    

    
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Best,

      Kris

      

      Kristen James Eberlein

      Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee

      Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting

      www.eberleinconsulting.com

      +1 919 622-1501; kriseberlein (skype)