Re: [docbook] DocBook v5.1: No topic in appendix and chapter?

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

The very latest beta has chapter and appendix containing topic.  I have attached the 
file.  I'm not sure why Norm hasn't posted this to docbook.org yet.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Schraitle" <tom_schr@web.de>
To: <docbook@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 5:34 AM
Subject: [docbook] DocBook v5.1: No topic in appendix and chapter?


> Hi,
>
> according to the TDG's topic[1] description, "appendix, book, chapter, part"
> are the parent elements of topic.
>
> However, for the current 5.1 beta2 DocBook schema[2] this seems correct for
> book and part only, but not for appendix or chapter. Further investigation
> lead to the following definitions in the schema:
>
> db.chapter =
>    ## A chapter, as of a book
>    element chapter {
>      db.chapter.attlist, db.chapter.info, db.component.contentmodel
>    }
>
> db.component.contentmodel =
>  db.navigation.components*,
>  db.toplevel.blocks.or.sections,
>  db.navigation.components*
>
> db.navigation.components =
>  notAllowed | db.glossary | db.bibliography | db.index | db.toc
>
> db.toplevel.blocks.or.sections =
>  (db.all.blocks+, db.toplevel.sections?) | db.toplevel.sections
>
>
> Same for appendix. Futhermore, the RFC "add a topic element"[3] states:
>
> 7. Allow topic as a child of chapter or appendix, but not
>    as a sibling of section. [...]
>
>
> Is this an oversight? Which one is correct, the documentation or the DocBook
> schema?
>
>
> Thanks,
>  Tom
>
> ------
> [1] http://www.docbook.org/tdg51/en/html/topic.html
> [2] http://www.docbook.org/xml/5.1b2/rng/docbook.rnc
> [3]
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&group_id=21935&atid=384107&aid=2820190
>
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