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RE: Help project structure
At 14:54 19/03/2002 -0500, Nancy (Paisner) Harrison wrote:
>Toolsmiths, including authors who are toolsmiths, tend to prefer 'ease of
>processing;' authors who aren't toolsmiths generally prefer 'rules that
>make sense.'
<chuckles/>
>>In which case is it another rule that topics should be 'standalone',
>>i.e. need no glue?
>
>The same topic might need glue in a print context but not in an online
>context. Even if a topic is standalone, if you put it in a linearly
>oriented book you may have to introduce it or connect it to something. As
>always, the medium is the message, or at least the medium has a high
>impact on the message.
Hence the question. Is it truly a topic (DITA wise) if its not standalone?
Regards DaveP