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Re: [docbook-apps] how to add "extra" meta-info to a docbook document
- From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at mindspring dot com>
- To: Denis Bradford <denis dot bradford at verizon dot net>
- Cc: docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 22:56:06 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] how to add "extra" meta-info to a docbook document
On 28 Aug 2003, Denis Bradford wrote:
> Seems to me you're overloading the condition attribute, which is
> intended for effectivity. Could what you need be as simple as assigning
> the value you want to a "spare" attribute, and let your stylesheet figre
> out how to handle it?
>
> For example, instead of <section condition="webpagestuff">
> <section role="webpagestuff">
>
> I use role like this because (as Norm suggests in the DB Guide) it's not
> part of the common attributes parameter entities, and so is not likely
> to be needed for something else.
i think that's the best bet. the cleanest solution seems to
be to bury that stuff in the <bookinfo> section (being the meta
data that it is), and just choose a bookinfo child element to
represent it. seems like <abstract> is the most appropriate.
thanks.
rday
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