DITA Technical Committee Meeting Minutes 21 July 2009 Chaired by Don Day Minutes recorded by Gershon Joseph The DITA Technical Committee met at 08:00am PT for 60 minutes. Roll call > We have quorum. Approve minutes from previous business meetings: * http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200907/msg00155.html (Eberlein, 14 July 2009) > Accepted by acclamation. Subcommittee reports : OASIS DITA Semiconductor Information Design Subcommittee > Seth Park addressed the TC: > We are trying to find other folks using it. At this time only Freescale is using > it. It's meeting all of our needs. Need others to use it before we sign off > on it. > Don suggested maybe a test activity to simulate the interchange of info > using the prepackaged toolkit processing and editor scenario (prototype) may > help to get the necessary validation. > Seth will take Don's suggestion to Bob. > Seth mentioned he is keen to use some 1.2 functionality in this work, e.g. > conaction, so is thinking of delaying the SC's work until 1.2 comes out. > Don suggested going ahead with a POC in the meantime before 1.2 comes out. > Next week is OASIS DITA for Enterprise Business Documents Subcommittee. Business: ITEM: Architectural specification * Progress of first review > Gershon updated the TC on progress. * Conformance statement: * http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/email/archives/200907/msg00123.html > Jeff's suggested conformance statement: * http://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/browse/wsvn/dita/conformance.dita > OASIS guidelines for writing conformance clauses: * http://docs.oasis-open.org/templates/TCHandbook/ConformanceGuidelines.html > ACTION: TC members to review the conformance statement for consideration next meeting. > Post comments and concerns to the list. > Revisit next week. * Tentative revised schedule * http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/email/archives/200907/msg00163.html > Kris reviewed the assumptions posted in her email. > JoAnn expressed concerned over the various packages of the written spec as > opposed to just having a single doc. > Michael: A single PDF of the entire spec would be huge (guessing over 1000 > pages). Suggest having a core PDF and a complete PDF. Then we can consider > whether it's worthwhile having additional divisions of content. > Kris suggested delivering the full prototypes as part of our 2nd review and > then we can decide whether they are suitable to move forward with. > The TC agreed to move ahead with 2nd review with the packages and scheduled > proposal per the above email. New ITEM: DITA Technical Communication SC resolution for creation * Proposed charter: * http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/email/archives/200906/msg00144.html > Gershon read the charter and mentioned he and JoAnn are willing to be chairs. > Don moved to make the motion to form a DITA Technical Communication Subcommittee. > Kris seconded. No objections. > DECISION: Form a new DITA Technical Communication SC. > ACTION: Gershon to work with Mary to move this activity forward. Announcements/Opens > Su-Laine mentioned the list of translation attributes in the spec that has > not been updated with the new 1.2 changes. > Kris requested another authors meeting to ensure we address review comments > appropriately. > Paul mentioned difficulty in locating the review Wiki pages. > ACTION: Gershon to add link to front page to Wiki to comments page. Meeting adjourned.