> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael(tm) Smith [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 1:26 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [docbook] Add topic element to DocBook?
>
> "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.
>
So a topic is indivisable and cannot have any sub-topics or
sub-sections?
> > > 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
>
