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Re: [docbook] Ruminations on the future of DocBook


Jirka Kosek wrote:

Tobias Reif wrote:

It will satisfy most of the requirements, yes.
(Note that Norm lists one shortcoming:
http://norman.walsh.name/2003/05/21/docbook
"A future version of RELAX NG might give us back our exclusions.")

This is not shortcoming,


Obviously, a mechanism for exclusions is not a shortcoming, and I didn't say it would be. The lack of exclusions in current versions of Relax seems to be a shortcoming, no?

but profit.


Exclusions are quite useful


Yes, that's why Norm wants to see this mechanism in futire versions of Relax, AFAICS.


mechanism known from SGML DTDs but missing in XML ones. Exclusions allow you to remove some elements from content model without needing to change this content. This is useful for complex DTDs where you have content models stored in parametric entities.


I think you misunderstood me again, as so many times before.

If I understood Norm correctly, the lack of (a mechanism supporting) exclusions in the current version of Relax is a limitation, especially regarding his requirements.


Tobi


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