07 May 2008 — OASIS DITA Semiconductor Information Design Subcommittee teleconference minutes
| Name | Company | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Beims | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Chair |
| Tom Cihak | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Member |
| Seth Park | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Member |
| Alan Ratliff | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Member |
| Duane Becker | IBM | Member |
| Jae Sheddy | LSI Corporation | Member |
| Jeremy Ralph | Productivity Design Tools Inc. | Member |
| Sheila D'Annunzio | ST Microelectronics | Member |
| Quorum rule met: 6 of 9 voting members, 66% (51% required) | ||
Meeting highlights and SIDSC decisions.
Roll Call
Attendance was taken, see table above.
Minutes from 23-Apr (and 13-Feb and 26-Mar) teleconference have not yet been posted, review and approval deferred.
Short discussion of potential alternatives to complete minutes ensued. Duane asked if as a quorum we could simply state "we had a meeting, we know what happened, no minutes will be published"? Bob suggested that such an approach might run afoul of OASIS requirements.
Duane: what about simply posting the audio file as the official minutes? Bob: Would definitely reduce the time required for administration, but would preclude text-based searches of records.
Bob will take the action item to follow up with OASIS regarding requirements for minutes.
Recap activities since 23-Apr teleconference
Discuss changes to v12 of the Register Element Normalization Worksheet
Bob shared the spreadsheet for collaboration, and the team talked through highlighted changes submitted by Jeremy Ralph. This activity consumed the bulk of the teleconference.
Bob will complete some of the discussed cleanup of the worksheet and post the new version to the OASIS site as soon as possible. These changes will result in a new version of the specialization work that Seth has started.
General Discussion
Sheila asked a general question regarding how the spreadsheet we're working on relates to DITA and the process of specialization. A short discussion followed regarding the issues the SIDSC is facing in creating a mechanism for interchanging information between the IP-XACT domain and the DITA domain.
Seth raised the concern that we should be careful to avoid reinventing the wheel that has already been designed by the IP-XACT community. The group is sensitive to this "problem" and is thus again reminded that we're really in the business of creating documents from information that begins in an EDA tool.
Jeremy suggested that we have a "live demo" session to see the work we're doing in action. Seth suggested that Freescale is reasonably close to being ready to show such a demo.
The discussion then branched into a recap of the various information types that the committee has identified as appropriate for specialization and why we chose register information as the first type to tackle.
Seth suggested that during the next teleconference we do a quick "show and tell" of the state that things are in, with a quick explanation of the state in which the specializations currently exist. Then move into a prioritization of the outstanding discussions concerning the spreadsheet so that Seth can determine what work he should be doing while the team is finalizing plans.
Bob suggested that he and Seth could create a "screen cast" demonstration of the specializations and post that to a web site. (This may have been superseded by later discussion, so will be reviewed during the next call.)
Other Business
Sheila suggested that she's had some trouble finding all of the documents that represent the work output of the subcommittee. Bob indicated that he's open to any and all suggestions to better organize the content on the SC site.
Sheila also suggested that she'll attempt to capture minutes of one of the past sessions when she can carve out a little bit of time.
Things to continue to think about:
Seth suggested that we "let the register stuff cook for a while" and tackle one of the other information types we'd identified early on so that we can regain some momentum. Tom concurred ("you took the words right out of my mouth").
Seth and Tom suggested that we do a "real time specialization" exercise during the next scheduled teleconference. This idea resonated with Sheila, and a motion was made by Tom (seconded by Sheila) and adopted by acclamation as the main agenda item for the next teleconference.
Adjourn
Motion to adjourn was adopted by acclamation.Bob: follow up with OASIS regarding the requirements and various options for posting minutes.
Bob: will make final updates to the register worksheet and post to the SIDSC members area. Everyone is strongly encouraged to resolve the open "discussion" issues in the worksheet via email dialogs.
All: if you have suggestions for tidying up the SIDSC area for more rapid assimilation of the goals, objectives and methods being used by the team as new folks join the group, please forward them to Bob.
Seth: prepare for "live specialization" walk-through during next teleconference.