Re: Anchors in Mallard

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt postinbox com>]

Shaun McCance wrote on 27/01/10 13:06:

> Mallard is missing a feature that was planned from the
> beginning.  We need a way for a page or section to own
> an ID other than its own.  This really is important for
> maintaining a stable set of IDs as documents grow.
>...
> <page id="new-hotness">
>   <info>
>     <anchor id="old-and-busted"/>
>   </info>
> </page>
>...

This might be easier both to remember and to write:
<page id="new-hotness" replaces="old-and-busted-1,old-and-busted-2">

>...
> I bring this up now because it occurs to me that this
> could be used as a means to remove content, which is
> something that's been mentioned lately on ubuntu-doc.
> If we consider anchors to have a higher priority than
> real IDs (and it's an open question whether we should),
> then you could effectively remove a page by claiming
> its ID in another page. 
>...

Nifty. :-)

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Matthew Paul Thomas
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