Re: [docbook] Add topic element to DocBook?

Chris Chiasson <>, 2006-10-26 13:26 -0500:

> I think I missed something. What does <topic> better allow the author
> to express semantically than <section> or <chapter>?

Both Chapter and Section aimply some larger document or sequence
that they're a part of. A chapter is a part of a book. A section
is a part of something that's divided into sections.

Topic lacks those semantics.

  --Mike