discuss: Maintainer Tag?
Subject:
Re: Maintainer Tag?
From:
Randy Kramer ####@####.####
Date:
24 Jul 2001 15:47:48 -0000
Message-Id: <3B5D9686.43C6@fast.net>
I see usefulness to the following information relevant to authorship and
maintainership:
-the original author(s)
-all past authors
-the current author (if any)
-all past maintainers
-the current maintainer
(This is in addition to people like contributors, editors, etc.)
In some cases a maintainer plays a very different role than an author --
he may be an editor, a coordinator, and/or a contributor, but that is
not the same as an author, and a maintainer should not necessarily be
listed as an author.
A current author would only exist if the document is undergoing a
significant rewrite, either for content or language. A significant
rewrite for language should be distinguished from an edit (by an editor)
(and a translation, by a translator).
DocBook should provide "mechanisms" to support the five categories of
information listed above.
David Lawyer wrote:
> So I'm not convinced that we need a maintainer tag since there still
> may be multiple names under the author tag.
>
> > IIRC, a 'maintainer' tag was asked and refused by the DocBook TC. You
> > > can browse RFEs at DocBook official page, at OASIS.
> > >
> > > If you _really_ feel it's needed a new element, could you elaborate
> > > some explanation on why none of the existent tags (+ classes + DSSSL
> > > customizations, etc.) can't be used?
It's on my list of things to do, but if someone else wants to provide
some insight, that would be appreciated.
regards,
Randy Kramer
