RE: [docbook-apps] xref parent elements

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donna Robinson 
> 
> Is there a good reason why <option> and <computeroutput>
> should not be able to contain <xref linkend .../>
> 
> <programlisting>, <literallayout>, <screen> are all 'legal' parents, 
> so why not these two ?


I don't really know why, but in DocBook 5.0 (working draft, not yet stable)
this has changed. Both <option> and <computeroutput> can now contain <xref>.
See http://docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/docbook.html.

/MJ