New title-less topic

[robander]

Based on stage 1 proposal from Eliot: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/201801/msg00056.html

Discussed at TC January 30, 2018. Much support for title-less topic, Robert expressed some concern about the reference, others expressed similar concern (intent for reference is to support legacy; concern with beginning DITA 2.0 with a new convenience element intended solely for legacy, when DITA 2.0 supports the function natively). Left at Stage 1 for now.

Discussed at TC July 10 and assigned to Dawn Stevens.

Discussed August 21, aim for proposal two weeks out.

Discussed again Sept 18: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/201809/msg00036.html

Discussed again Dec 4.

[lionelmoi]

After reading through the TC conversation around the subject I must say that I am not convinced by the idea of adding an attribute.

From my point of view the idea of a title-less makes sense from an authoring point of view. If I am writing micro-content, giving a title to my topic makes no sense.

Currently the workaround would be to put micro-content in a section within a topic and then conref this section... But this means losing the benefits of having an independent chunk of content.

Adding an attribute to the title so it is not processed adds complexity for authors who know they do not need a title there. I'm thinking about in-app doc text for example, or embedded content in an IoT context.

That's my two cents on the subject.