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Subject: DITA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE -- MEETING MINUTES -- 17 AUG 2004
DITA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE -- MEETING MINUTES -- 17 AUG 2004 *** Please see Action Items and Decision Summary at the end *** ** Agenda ** ------------ 1. Roll call 2. Review/approve minutes from 10 August 3. Review/revise intro section for the initial specifications. - Content: - Latest versions: - http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/download.php/8636/dita spec-intro-08102004.chm - http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/download.php/8677/dita spec-intro-08102004.pdf - Schedule: - 17 Aug 2004 - First major milestone -- complete first draft of first section and send out for review. - Begin review of 1st section. - 07 Sep 2004 - Complete review/revision of 1st section; begin review of 2nd section. - 28 Sep 2004 - Complete review/revision of 2nd section; begin review of 3rd section. - 19 Oct 2004 - Complete review/revision of 3rd section; beginning of final review - 02 Nov 2004 - Complete final review - 16 Nov 2004 - Release 1.0 spec to OASIS 4. New tasks--discuss DTD cleanup for specification, for example: - Edit and normalize formatting, comments, copyrights, licenses, etc.. - Test the DTDs and Schemas - Test suites for conformance testing? methodologies for testing? - Implementation/interoperability tips for users, vendors 5. Progress on remaining issues currently in discussion. - Namespace for DITA? - Which version of CALS table model? - Conref and XInclude? 6. AOB? ** Minutes ** ------------- 1. Roll call - Members -- 14/28 >>> We have quorum. - Paul Grosso - Yas Etessam - Mike Wethington - Wendy Hambleton - Don Day - Paul Antonov - Mary McRae - Shawn Jordan - Eliot Kimber - Seraphim Larsen - Bruce Esrig - Rob Frankland - Stanley Doherty - Sharon Veach - Observers and visitors -- - David Brainard - Erik Hennum - Nancy Harrison - Eric Sirois - Karl Best 2. Review/approve minutes from 10 August - Some amendments captured in the TC list. - Action Items and Issues were reviewed. - Minutes approved as amended. 3. Review/revise intro section for the initial specifications. - Content: - Latest versions: - http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/download.php/8636/dita spec-intro-08102004.chm - http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/download.php/8677/dita spec-intro-08102004.pdf - Schedule: - 17 Aug 2004 - First major milestone -- complete first draft of first section and send out for review. - Begin review of 1st section. - 07 Sep 2004 - Complete review/revision of 1st section; begin review of 2nd section. - 28 Sep 2004 - Complete review/revision of 2nd section; begin review of 3rd section. - 19 Oct 2004 - Complete review/revision of 3rd section; beginning of final review - 02 Nov 2004 - Complete final review - 16 Nov 2004 - Release 1.0 spec to OASIS - Discussion -- - Discussion ensued about the use of the phrase "document type" in the specification. - We need to discuss this on the TC list and bring it to resolution. Erik Hennum to take this action. - Introduction -- - We need to clarify the term "domain". - MIME-type section -- - Is this necessary? - Erik -- Before discussing the coverage of the MIME type in the spec, shouldn't we discuss whether DITA should even have a MIME type? Is it a requirement for Spec 1.0? - Don -- Let's ask Michael to clarify it in the spec. - Namespaces and identifiers -- - Still issues to be resolved -- there's nothing here yet. - Move "definitions and background concepts" to the top of the list in the introduction. Also add the diagram that shows the relationship between the standard topic types. - Several people agree this is a good idea. - How to manage the source files? - Keep the master copy on the TC website? - Keep it there as a single zip file. 4. NOT COVERED -- New tasks--discuss DTD cleanup for specification, for example: - Edit and normalize formatting, comments, copyrights, licenses, etc.. - Test the DTDs and Schemas - Test suites for conformance testing? methodologies for testing? - Implementation/interoperability tips for users, vendors 5. NOT COVERED -- Progress on remaining issues currently in discussion. - Namespace for DITA? - Which version of CALS table model? - Conref and XInclude? 6. NOT COVERED -- AOB? ** Summary of Decisions ** -------------------------- - Approved minutes of 10 August. ** Action Required ** --------------------- 017 Shawn Jordan -- Post to the TC list his ideas about general extensibility and the creation of new elements not necessarily descended from the Topic element. Still open (not an immediate deliverable -- for post-1.0). 021 JoAnn Hackos, Michael Priestley -- Summarize the discussion of substitution and post to the TC list. Still pending as of 7/20/04. 022 Don, Michael -- Put together a "self-study" tutorial/demo, as per JoAnn's comments regarding the DITA sessions. Still pending as of 7/20/04. 024 Eliot -- Find out exactly how to entitle the subsections within the two specifications (as "sub specification", or as "Part 1, part 2, etc.", or in some other way). - Eliot sent email to specification support person, but no response back yet. (6/29/04) - Also Eliot should ask if OASIS can provide any examples of well-written specs (in regard to content, not format) - Carl recommends that we look at the SAML spec as a good example. The WSF is also a good example. DocBook is also in pretty good shape. (8/17/04) - Bruce Esrig looked at the OWL spec (Web Ontology) (W3C) and thought it was an excellent example. (Non-OASIS). (8/17/04) - Closed (8/17/04) 026 Michael -- See how Conref and XInclude contrast with SGML. Still pending as of 7/20/04. 027 Erik Hennum -- Wrap up his thoughts about Conref and XInclude and put them on the list. Still pending as of 8/17/04. 036 Shawn Jordan -- Investigate where to point the DITA namespace -- where does the URL point? Maybe an OASIS page that describes what DITA does, etc. Still pending 8/17/04. 037 Don -- Find someone to investigate the impact on those with legacy content of moving from the CALS model to the HTML model. Posted to TC list; closed 8/17/04. 040 Don -- Cull the past minutes and discussion list to create an inventory of all the things we need to close on in order to create the 1.0 spec. Create a list of these items and post it in the Documents area of the website. >>> This will be ongoing. 041 All -- Send comments on spec 1.0 to JoAnn this week. >>> Don posted something to the list. 042 All -- Consider need for and practicality of 2-3 day face-to-face meeting in late October in order to resolve final technical issues in advance of final editorial work. 043 Michael Priestley -- Add a straw-man audience statement to the introduction. 044 All -- Review the .chm file sent out by Michael Priestley located at http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/download.php/8636/dita spec-intro-08102004.chm and post comments to the TC list. 045 Erik Hennum -- Start discussion on the TC list about the use of the phrase "document type" in the specification. 046 Don? -- Incorporate review comments from today's discussion into the 1.0 draft (8/17/04). ** Issues to be Resolved ** --------------------------- 005 All -- What should the scope and length of the conceptual introduction be? >>> We'll get this from JoAnn. 006 All -- Should DITA specialization mechanism be documented in a separate specification in order to make it easier to use in other XML applications that otherwise have no relationship to topic-based writing? >>> Ongoing. 007 All -- Decide which version of the CALS table model to use -- either the full CALS model, or the CALS Exchange model. >>> On agenda for today. <END> ___________________________________________________________ Seraphim Larsen ICG Technical Publications Sr. Technical Writer Intel Corporation (480) 552-6504 Chandler, AZ The content of this message is my personal opinion only. 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