"Johnson, Eric" <>, 2006-10-26 20:06 -0400:
> 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?
I think it's identical to your "block". It's a unit or module of
content that can be reused in different combinations with other
units/modules.
> > 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.
Not if the content model of a task differs from that of a generic topic.
--Mike
