tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post3955322609731516123..comments2023-03-24T21:49:49.118-04:00Comments on Dubious Prospects: DITA: What's a Topic?Graydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-47574595739379632932009-08-07T00:58:56.374-04:002009-08-07T00:58:56.374-04:00Keith --
I think perhaps you have misunderstood t...Keith --<br /><br />I think perhaps you have misunderstood the definition I gave.<br /><br />It's one change, plus enough context to understand, _in the context of the scenario_. I shall hopefully be putting an example up sometime Friday. (Not going to assume I've caught all the typeaux now!)<br /><br />So your "one or two teaspoons" isn't going to be information unless Graydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-64300846884443333322009-08-05T15:22:31.098-04:002009-08-05T15:22:31.098-04:00So a recipe for lobster soufflé is going to a lot ...So a recipe for lobster soufflé is going to a lot of people: <br /><br />a) on a recipe card for, Chef Marcel, an experienced professional gastronome <br /><br />b) for the many and varied readers of a cooking weblog<br /><br />c) in a leveled cookbook for novice cooks<br /><br />So we have three different readers, and three different output formats for the information "How to Make a Lobsterjenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037166221209286178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-70386162256175573762009-08-05T12:01:03.105-04:002009-08-05T12:01:03.105-04:00I appreciate this definition, and yet as someone &...I appreciate this definition, and yet as someone "working in the field" I only find this marginally useful when it comes to actually working with DITA topics. <br /><br />A "significant unit of change" can be something as simple as changing "one teaspoon of sarsaparilla" to "two teaspoons of sarsaparilla". This is a significant change in a recipe (Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09759365311410410734noreply@blogger.com