Hi, Tom.
I've looked at the two comments that you made in DITAweb. In both cases, you identified a problem with the DITA source:
This is exactly why we conduct reviews. Thanks for catching these errors.
I started making comments on DITAweb about some inconsistencies I (thought I) was seeing in the Errata, but now I've seen enough of them that I'm really beginning to wonder whether:
a) I'm looking at the wrong documents or
b) I have some kind of fundamental misunderstanding or
c) The wrong documents are in the wrong places or
d) Something's badly wrong with the documents
The problems I'm seeing: Changes are listed in the big table in the errata (XHTML version), but when I look at the corresponding topics in the Spec+Errata (XHTML version) I'm seeing different things (or I think in one case no thing) marked with the little red triangles.
Both the Errata and the Spec+Errata that I'm looking at are from this ZIP that was linked in Alan's message below:
1.3Errata02xhtml_all_11dec17
I'm looking at the Errata in this folder:
xhtml/dita-v1.3-errata02-csprd01-html
And I'm looking at the Spec+Errata in this folder:
xhtml/dita-v1.3-errata02-csprd01-part3-all-inclusive-complete-html
For a couple of specific examples, see the comments I've already made on DITAweb.
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Colleagues,
The DITA 1.3 Errata 02 is available on DITAweb for TC review. This is our final opportunity to review the errata before public review. This is a short review; comments are due by Monday, January 15.
Be sure to review the draft in XHTML or PDF, then enter any comments into DITAweb. (DITAweb can introduce formatting glitches; it is only the review platform).
PDF (Errata + Spec w/Errata incorporated):
https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/download.php/62282/1.3Errata02pdf_all_11dec17.zip
XHTML (Errata + Spec w/Errata incorporated):
https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/download.php/62281/1.3Errata02xhtml_all_11dec17.zip
Objectives of the review
Ensure that:
- The errata document does not contain any typos or glitches.
- All changes listed in the errata document are clearly change marked in the the DITA 1.3 Errata 02 spec.
- All changes marked in the body of the DITA 1.3 Errata 02 specification are listed in the errata 02 document.
Using DITAWeb
When you authenticate to https://ditaweb.com/oasis-dita, you should see the errata in the Publications pane under "Open reviews". Your DITAweb user ID should be <first initial><family name>.
If you don't have a DITAweb account, or need DITAweb assistance, let me know.
Thanks to Congility for providing DITAweb and DITAweb support to the TC!
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Alan Houser
Group Wellesley, Inc.
Consultant and Trainer, Technical Publishing
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