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Re: [docbook] Prosposed changes to Programlisting
- From: steven dot cogorno at sun dot com (Steven Cogorno)
- To: "Justus H. Piater" <Justus dot Piater at ULg dot ac dot be>
- Cc: Steven Cogorno <steven dot cogorno at sun dot com>, docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:38:00 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: [docbook] Prosposed changes to Programlisting
- Reply-to: steven dot cogorno at sun dot com (Steven Cogorno)
Justus H. Piater said:
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> steven.cogorno@sun.com (Steven Cogorno) wrote on Wed, 18 Feb 2004
> 04:58:13 -0800 (PST):
>
> > The DocBook TC has received a request to create a new element to contain the
> > contents of files. Currently the recommended tagging for this content is
> > programlisting or literallayout. However, these elements don't convey any
> > semantic meaning.
>
> <programlisting> does convey semantic meaning, doesn't it?
> <literallayout> doesn't.
Programlisting does convey semantic meaning for program data. The issue is
that it isn't an accurate semantic description of the contents for files.
Steve Cogorno
Sun Microsystems
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