I'll put that on the list of things to clarify
as we work on the next edition.
Dick
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Norman Walsh [mailto:]
> Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 6:00 AM
> To: Dave Pawson
> Cc: Dick Hamilton; 'docbook'
> Subject: [docbook] Re: literal element db v5
>
>
> Dave Pawson <> writes:
>
> > On 04/09/09 17:28, Dick Hamilton wrote:
> >> Dave,
> >>
> >> role is a valid attribute on literal and is a common
> >> attribute.
> >
> >> Since role is user-defined, creating separate names for
> >> each element lets customizers define the contents of
> >> role independently for different elements.
> >>
> >> So, it's a common attribute by virtue of being common,
> >> but is defined separate from db.common.attributes so
> >> that it can be customized.
> >
> > So it is a tdg omission then?
>
> Well. At the very least, it's not very clear :-)
>
http://docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/ch05.html#ch05-classrole
Be seeing you,
norm
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