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Subject: Footnotes
My personal take on the state of footnotes in DITA ... Your
mileage might vary. Please post to the list; this was a general
action item for everyone coming out of last week's call.
Re #3, users struggle to figure out WHERE to place the
<xref> elements; they are fine with placing the <fn>
elements at the point in the text where the super scripted
footnote indicators will appear -- That makes sense to them,
although some chafe over the way the <fn> element disrupts
the visual flow of the topic in the authoring environment. And
others struggle withe the need to use conref to reference common
footnotes. But the fact that the <xref> elements can go anywhere in
the topic that contains the <fn>; many writers really
struggle with that. And then they forget to specify type="fn". --
Best, Kris Kristen James Eberlein Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting www.eberleinconsulting.com +1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype) |
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