Re: [dita] Groups - 13059-MetadataCascadeHtml uploaded

[Robert D Anderson <robander@us.ibm.com>]

Hi Chris,

I originally hadn't considered that case, but when I followed up with Dave
Helfinstine about the current PTC implementation, he pointed out this
wording in the description of the platform attribute:
If no value is specified, but the attribute is specified on an ancestor
within a map or within the related-links section, the value will cascade
from the closest ancestor. The attribute takes a space-delimited set of
values.

He indicated that they've taken this to mean values don't cascade/merge
within normal section content, and seems to me like an interpretation that
will generally fit with user expectations. Of course my mind is tied in the
DITA-OT, and I know we don't currently *implement* any cascade / merging
within topics, so my focus from the start was really on maps -- the OT
creates a new copy of the map with those values cascaded everywhere,
something that would rarely or never make sense in the topic body. Probably
something good to discuss at our call; if there is general consensus that
the cascade value should appear everywhere, then I can probably go along
with that.

Robert D Anderson
IBM Authoring Tools Development
Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit (http://dita-ot.sourceforge.net/)



From:	Chris Nitchie <chris.nitchie@oberontech.com>
To:	Robert D Anderson/Rochester/IBM@IBMUS,
Cc:	dita@lists.oasis-open.org
Date:	06/09/2013 11:26
Subject:	Re: [dita] Groups - 13059-MetadataCascadeHtml uploaded
Sent by:	<dita@lists.oasis-open.org>



Robert,

My only concern with this proposal is that it's limited to maps and
topicrefs by virtue of only existing on topicref-atts. But this is a
problem within topics, as well, and not just in related-links. Consider:

<section platform="mac linux unix">
  <p>This section covers unix-based platforms.</p>
  <note platform="mac">But this note is mac-only.</note>
</section>

It seems to me that the merge/no-merge specification needs to happen within
this topic, and maybe even on the <section> or <p> tag. Unless I'm missing
something, the proposal doesn't cover this case.

Chris

On Jun 7, 2013, at 10:06 AM, Robert Anderson <robander@us.ibm.com> wrote:
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|Document Name: 13059-MetadataCascadeHtml           |
|Description                                        |
|Proposal 13059 for managing how metadata attribute |
|values cascade and merge                           |
|(or do not merge) with other values (HTML version) |
|Download Latest Revision                           |
|Public Download Link                               |
|Submitter: Mr. Robert Anderson                     |
|Group: OASIS Darwin Information Typing Architecture|
|(DITA) TC                                          |
|Folder: Drafts                                     |
|Date submitted: 2013-06-07 07:06:43                |
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