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Requirements thread: <xref>

Forum topic: Submitted by bnordgren on Wed, 2009-02-25 22:20.

Please use this thread to discuss how you would like <xref> to behave. <xref> is, in the opinions of some, underspecified. Please show here how you would like to use it. We will discuss implementation issues on another thread.

To start:

On the Separation of Authors and Content

Blog entry: Submitted by bnordgren on Wed, 2009-02-25 00:29.

Preface

This is an open letter to the DITA TC regarding something which is in my view a fatal flaw with the design of several DITA elements. The realization crystalized when I was told by someone on the DITA users email list that there is no provision for users to specify captions for their exhibits (figures, tables, etc.) or specify the text of their section headings. In short...<title> doesn't do what intuition says it will do...