Re: <fallback> (was Re: [dita] Updated status of DITAweb review of multimedia domain -- Deadline 05 August 2019)

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

Good points:

• This review is of the multimedia domain topics as they would be published in the DITA 2.0 spec.
• If we publish a committee note with info about the multimedia domain -- as an extension to DITA 1.3, then the <fallback> element cannot be included. References about the <fallback> element will need to be filtered out.

I am wondering now ...

The original purpose of publishing an committee note about the multimedia domain was to ensure compatibility between DITA 1.3 and Lightweight DITA. I doubt that Lightweight DITA will be approved as a specification before DITA 2.0, so perhaps the committee note is not needed.

Best,
Kris

Kristen James Eberlein
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
www.eberleinconsulting.com
+1 919 622-1501; kriseberlein (skype)

On 7/30/2019 10:12 PM, Alan Houser wrote:

Sure, but the multimedia domain is intended to be compatible with DITA 1.3, no? And we will publish the multimedia domain as a committee note? Or is this review specific to the DITA 2.0 spec?

On 7/30/19 10:08 PM, Kristen James Eberlein wrote:

Hi, Alan.

<fallback> is not in DITA 1.3.

It is in DITA 2.0, but in the base -- not part of the multimedia domain.

Look in the PDFs of the DITA 2.0 draft spec.

Best,
Kris

Kristen James Eberlein
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
www.eberleinconsulting.com
+1 919 622-1501; kriseberlein (skype)

On 7/30/2019 10:05 PM, Alan Houser wrote:

Perhaps I'm missing something, but I see no mention of <fallback> in the 1.3 spec w/errata. Nor does it appear in the "All DITA elements, A to Z" topic --

http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/dita/v1.3/dita-v1.3-part3-all-inclusive.html

http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/dita/v1.3/errata02/os/complete/part3-all-inclusive/langRef/quick-reference/all-elements-a-to-z.html#alldita1.2element_a_to_z

This observation motivated my DITAweb comment.

-Alan

On 7/30/19 7:02 PM, Kristen James Eberlein wrote:

Absence of a <fallback> topic -- <fallback> is part of the base and not the multimedia domain!