> -----Original Message-----
> From: Melanie Kendell [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:52 PM
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> Subject: Re: [docbook] Add topic element to DocBook?
>
> > Essentially <topic> and <section> are the same, but not
> > interchangeable correct?
>
> I like the idea of adding <topic> as I have sometimes had
> trouble describing <section> to those writers for whom
> "Section" is conceptually between book and chapter rather
> than at a lower granular level.
>
> But I don't like the idea that some authors may use section
> and some will use topic to mean the same thing.
Way back in the tech hay days, our company went on a big information
mapping kick and now all of our documents have "blocks" as the base
level of structure. We are using <simplesect> as the blocking element
because blocks are atomic. Where does <topic> fit into this sort of
information chunking? Is a <topic> a block or is it a higher level of
structure?
> As for <tasktopic>, didn't someone say you would be able to
> specifiy a topic type? So why not <topic topictype=task>?
That seems like a much cleaner approach than the other suggestions.
>
> -Melanie
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