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Alexey Chumakov wrote:
> Using the link in the document itself ls like any decentralized way:
> + efficiency -- no need to parse metadoc for each page
> + reliability -- no broken links on metadoc failure
> + flexibility -- works with non-metadoc project docs
> - human factor -- document maintainer is responsible for the link
> - need to update path in several places if source moves
- redundance -- exactly same information is duplicated in several places
> Using metadoc, the pros are:
> + clearness for the lead translator (...or actually not?)
> + simplicity of batch update (isn't often?
> Cons are the opposite.
>
> Are we centralized or not? :-)
/me is by no means XML guru, but I always thought that metadoc.xml was
made for something like that...
Cheers,
-jkt
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