Philippe Nobili wrote: > Hussein Shafie wrote: >> >> (This is our current idea: we haven't started working on the "Link tool" >> yet.) >> > > The "Link tool" is a very promising idea, something that would really > help to manage complex, modular or inter-related XML documents (our > current process works fine but is somewhat 'rustic'...). > > Two short questions in connection with this: > > 1) Is there a place where we could find a rough description or just a > draft of the scope and purpose of this tool ?
No. The scope and purpose of this tool are quite clear: Creating links between ``document modules'' is currently slow and error prone. The "Link tool" must drastically change this situation. What is a ``document module''? Examples: * A DocBook chapter which is intended to be included in a DocBook book. * A DITA topic. * A DocBook document which has links to other DocBook documents (olink). A document module must be recognized as such (without having to create ``project'' for that, like what's done in IDEs). In order to do that, the "Link tool" will allow to specify one or more ``master documents''. (This is done once for all.) The contents of these master documents will be automatically and dynamically scanned to detect the fact opened document A is a module of master document B (opened in XXE or not). > 2) Is there place where we could contribute with suggestions/ideas for > this tool ? Or have you already collected ideas and feedback from your > customers about it ? > This mailing list. In fact, the whole idea of a "Link tool" (similar to the "Include tool" but for links) was suggested by an XXE user (Jean Jordaan - http://www.xmlmind.com/pipermail/xmleditor-support/2007-December/006072.html) After a lot of thoughts about the aforementioned problem, we are now convinced that Jean Jordaan's idea is the best way (in terms of usability) to solve the problem.
