Re: [docbook] Add topic element to DocBook?

Melanie Kendell <>, 2006-10-27 09:52 +1000:

> But I don't like the idea that some authors may use section and some
> will use topic to mean the same thing.

It's hard to think of anything that could be done to prevent that.

> As for <tasktopic>, didn't someone say you would be able to specifiy a
> topic type? So why not <topic topictype=task>?

A Task has a different content model than a generic Topic.

  --Mike