RE: [docbook] Why are the content models of orgname and corpname so different?

From
Mauritz Jeanson <>
Date
2008-05-19T16:10:07+00:00
ID
000001c8b9ca$c9297990$71ea1a51@D7MZ171J
Thread
RE: [docbook] Why are the content models of orgname and corpname so different?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jean Jordaan 
> 
> I'd like to markup the names of vendors like Microsoft and Dell when I
> use them in my documents. However, I find that corpname is restricted
> to biblio* and *info environments. Surprisingly, orgname is not
> similarly restricted, and can be used in para and elsewhere as well.
> It seems that I should use orgname. Is there a reason why this makes
> more sense than allowing corpname in the same places as orgname?


In DocBook 5, corpname has been removed in favour of orgname. I suppose that
this settles the matter...

See http://www.docbook.org/docs/howto/#changes-renamed (I must say that find
the "Renamed elements" table a little confusing, since several elements in
the "New name" column are not new in DocBook 5).

/MJ