Re: [dita] Lists in hazard statements

[Kristen James Eberlein <kris@eberleinconsulting.com>]

Hi, Jang.

Please be sure and read through how we will handle DITA 2.0 proposals. 
Look at https://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita/DITA_2.0_Proposal_Process_DRAFT.

Best,
Kris

Kristen James Eberlein
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
www.eberleinconsulting.com
+1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)

On 3/10/2017 2:07 AM, Jang wrote:
> Hello Dawn,
>
> Good point and I will certainly take this into account in my redesign. I am working on that now but it might take another month or two to finish, as I do want to have a complete proposal for the new markup with a reference implementation for DITA-OT.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Jang
>
> > On 10 Mar 2017, at 01:48, Dawn Stevens <dawn.stevens@Comtech-serv.com> wrote:
> >
> > Forgive me if this has been discussed before, but I am wondering if there
> > is a specific reason that the only list type allowed in <howtoavoid> is
> > <sl>. By definition, the <sl> element says it "contains a simple list of
> > items of short, phrase-like content² and that there is an "assumption that
> > each item is short enough to fit on one line, and needs no additional
> > differentiation from its neighbors.² However, there is often more than one
> > way to avoid a hazard and discussion of each way is frequently more than a
> > short phrase and may in fact require several lines.
> >
> > I often have clients who want to disallow <sl> overall in their model, but
> > who are forced to keep it solely for the purpose of their hazard
> > statements.
> >
> > Would it be appropriate in 2.0 to expand the elements allowed in
> > <howtoavoid> to include <ul> and <ol>? Perhaps this will fall under Jang¹s
> > forthcoming recommendations regarding the hazard statement?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dawn
> >
> >
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