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1. Roll Call:
   • Regrets: David Helfinstine, Paul Grosso
2. Review and accept minutes from previous meeting (22 August 2011)
   • minutes?

3. Next meeting Monday 3 October 2011 at 11 a.m. ET

4. Review actions from previous meetings:

   • http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-techcomm/members/action_items.php

5. Business
   1. Troubleshooting documentation
      • Continue discussion of new troubleshooting topic
        • Deep dive into info model of sections
        • Hash out whether to use shortdesc for the symptoms or some other mechanism
      • Adding a troubleshooting section to the task topic (awaiting functional spec from Gershon)
      • Adding a step-troubleshooting element to the task topic (awaiting functional spec from Gershon)
      • References:

        • Troubleshooting Wiki Page

        • Troubleshooting specialization (IBM)

        • http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-techcomm/email/archives/201011/msg00002.html

   2. ITEM: Discuss change tracking (review management)

      • Reminder: Add use cases to Change Tracking and Control wiki page

   3. ITEM: Release management issues (time permitting)
      • Information sent to SC members with the URL of the webinar recording.
      • Discuss possible impact on the DITA standard.To access the recording of this webinar you will need the following information:

      • http://www.comtech-serv.com/webinar/ReleaseManagement/rel_man.php

      • Username: CIDM
      • Password: 12011relcidm
   4. FUTURE ITEM: Discuss items this SC would like to address. Possible items include:
      • Command Line Interface (CLI) documentation
        • Are the current set of DITA elements adequate? (Cisco is not finding them adequate.) If not, we need to recommend changes to DITA TC.
        • Do we need to document the current set of elements more clearly?
        • Do we need to disseminate best practice information about documenting CLIs using DITA?
        • Who in the community is using DITA to document CLIs, other than IBM and Cisco?
        • Do we need kwdname to compliment varname?
        • Do we need fn in synph?
      • Quick Reference Guides
      • Multimedia solutions
        • Support for multiple image/multimedia objects
        • Are there Tech Comm deliverables that your company needs to produce that might need unique markup or output considerations? How would you describe such deliverables?
      • FAQ (RobH, GershonJ)
6. Open / Announcements
7. Adjourn

• OASIS Open (General Membership)
• General Public
• OASIS Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) TC