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Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 16:25:11 +1100
From: Jeff Turner <jefft@apache.org>
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Subject: Re: Allow "role" attribute in document DTD
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+1 for the general idea.

Perhaps 'class' (as in HTML) instead of 'role'?  Is there a difference?

--Jeff

On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 11:00:31PM -0400, Ross Gardler wrote:
> I recall a discussion about moving to XHTML as an intermediate document 
> format rather than the document DTD so the answer to this question may 
> be something bigger than I expect, but I'll take that risk ;-)
> 
> In my skin I have turned of validation so that I can add a role 
> attribute to sections. This is because some sections get rendered by my 
> skin in a slides view, whilst others are rendered as normal. In a skin 
> without knowledge of these roles the slides get displayed as normal 
> sections.
> 
> I also use the role attribute in links to denote glossary entries, 
> cross-references and citations (these get rendered as special links into 
> the relevant pages).
> 
> I think that a role attribute in many elements within the DTD would make 
> sense. I therefore propose that we add it to the Document v2.0a DTD.
> 
> Does anyone have a problem with this, or perhaps an alternative 
> suggestion on how to achieve my goal (XHTML as intermediate format)?
> 
> Ross
> 
>