Based on the feedback in email and at the TC meeting, here is a revised version of the recommendation on how authors can map the removed elements. This content will end up in the DocBook V5.0 How-to as a table.

I believe I have captured the changes discussed in email and in the TC meeting; if not, or if anyone has additional feedback, please let me know. I plan to complete this by the middle of next week unless there are major concerns that need to be addressed.

Dick Hamilton rlha...@frii.com ======================================================================== ====== The following elements were removed from DocBook V5.0 without direct replacements: action, beginpage, highlights, interface, invpartnumber, medialabel, modespec, structfield, structname. If you use one or more of these elements, here are some suggestions as to how to re-code them in DocBook V5.0.

Table 2. Recommended mapping for removed elements

Old name Recommended mapping action Use <phrase remap="action">. beginpage Remove: beginpage is advisory only and has tended to cause confusion. A processing instruction or comment should be a workable replacement if one is needed. highlights Use abstract. Note that because highlights has a broader content model, you may need to wrap contents in a para inside abstract interface Use one of the "gui" elements (guibutton, guiicon, guilabel, guimenu, guimenuitem, or guisubmenu) invpartnumber Use <biblioid class="other" otherclass="medialabel">. The productnumber element is another alternative. medialabel Use <citetitle pubwork="mediatype">, where mediatype is the type of media being labeled (e.g., cdrom or dvd). modespec No longer needed. The current processing model for olink renders modespec unnecessary. structfield, Use varname. If you need to distinguish between the two, structname use <varname remap="structname or structfield">.