I'm trying to hold true to the semantics of sidebar, in that this
content is outside the narrative flow. It is indeed a side-feature, and
should not be assumed to be a sibling-level section.
We could certainly use the section approach, but it felt more like a
workaround, rather than being semantically accurate.
The problem isn't the sidebar, but the fact that this sidebar content
has sub sections with titles, and the current model doesn't support that.
Best regards,
--Scott
Colin Shapiro wrote:
Perhaps I am not fully understanding this problem, but I fail to see why
this kind of content would *need* to be in a sidebar.
Would something like <section role="side-feature"> really be
inappropriate? Take a look at the sidebar example from the Guide:
<sect1>
<para>Some narrative text.</para>
<sidebar>
<title>A Sidebar</title>
<para>Sidebar content.</para>
</sidebar>
<para>The continuing flow of the narrative text, as if the sidebar was
not present.</para>
</sect1>
Here, the sidebar content is understood to be outside of the narrative
flow. Why would this be conceptually different on a larger scale...
<section>
<para>Some narrative text.</para>
<para> Some more narrative text.</para>
</section>
<section role="side-feature">
<para>Text outside of narrative flow.</para>
<para>More text outside of narrative flow.</para>
</section>
<section>
<para>The continuing flow of the narrative text, as if the sidebar was
not present.</para>
</section>
...?
Then, put [EMAIL PROTECTED]'side-feature'] in a block-container or
something and position it as you please.
Maybe I'm still misunderstanding, though.
Colin
On 4/12/07, *Keith Fahlgren* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
On 4/11/07, Scott Hudson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> Unfortunately, this is content that is outside the narrative flow
of the
> main text, and is about a page or two long. It's more like a
"feature"
> that you might see in many Trade publications...
Yeah, I immediately thought of the comparable material in some of our
more layout-intensive titles. Perhaps this sort of content would be a
good thing to discuss at the DocBook SubCommittee for Publishers....
Keith
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