20 March 2023
Lightweight DITA Subcommittee Meeting Notes

ATTENDEES
- Mark Giffin
- Michael Priestley
- Frank Wegmann
- Jenifer Schlotfeldt
- Kris Eberlein
- Regrets: none

NOTES
1. Approve minutes of previous meeting
o 23 January 2023, submitted by Dana Aubin (https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/70710/lwDITA_SC_minutes_23_January_2023.txt) Ð Approved 


2. On support for specialization in LwDITA
- https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202210/msg00007.htmlÊ(Eberlein, 6 October 2022)
- https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202212/msg00009.htmlÊ(Eberlein, 20 December 2022)
  * Proposal to remove <data> element from lwDITA. Kris proposed to remove data from lwDITA. Seconded by Mark. Motion approved. 
  * Note: Approved <othermeta> in a previous meeting. <othermeta> is now the equivalent to the xdita, but restricted to <prolog> or map (never available in the body).
  * https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202302/msg00003.htmlÊ(Priestley, 19 February 2023)
  * Domain specialization from attributes and props. DITA = topics, maps, and specializations, but do we need to let go of specializations for lwDITA 1.0 (with hopes to address specializations in a future release)? Specializations are mentioned briefly in the spec as originally drafted by Carlos, but users can still specialize xdita, which would require rewriting the DTDs (some entities are currently mentioned). If we decide to include specializations, we will need to rewrite DTDs. However, rewriting DTDs will delay the spec, which the SC has already been working on for ~10 years. Additionally, SC members have limited capacity to work on the spec at this time. Support for limited domain specialization and something else are already in the spec, so we should add a note that weÕre not adding support to the spec. Specializations are beyond the scope of this spec.
Link to lwDITA DTDs: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/dita-lwdita/tree/spec/org.oasis.xdita/dtd


3. Metadata elements in <prolog>
  a. Metadata elements in LwDITA
    * https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202212/msg00008.htmlÊ(Eberlein, 19 December 2022)
    * https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202301/msg00002.htmlÊ(Wegmann, 8 January 2023)
    * https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202301/msg00006.htmlÊ(Eberlein, 9 January 2023)
    * https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202302/msg00002.htmlÊ(Priestley, 19 February 2023)
  b. Rendering of metadata in <data>
    * https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202212/msg00010.htmlÊ(Eberlein, 22 December 2022)
    * https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202301/msg00008.htmlÊ(Wegmann, 10 January 2023)


4. Discussion on updated attributes list
  - https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202209/msg00025.htmlÊ(Eberlein, 30 September 2022)


5. Question on LwDITA map
  - https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202211/msg00001.htmlÊ(Anderson, 9 November 2022)
    * https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202211/msg00002.htmlÊ(Giffin, 9 November 2022)


6. Current state of XDITA DTD


ACTION ITEMS

Action Item: Add <othermeta> and remove <data> from lwDITA DTDs. Frank; Kris to review

Action Item: Add note to spec: ÒSpecializations are not defined in the current spec. lwDITA has not been extended to support specializations.Ó  Remove discussions of specializations in the spec for this version.

Action Item: lwDITA poll at the ConVEx. Mark to write questions about use of mdita, vendor vs. user, do you care about specializations, conref, keyref, maps. Jenifer can put together a digital survey. Dana to get a QR code of the link. Mark and Dana to socialize at ConVEx.


LwDITA specification work
The current working draft is available at the following locations:
* Official PDF, draft #6 (Eberlein, 2022-11-28, seeÊhttps://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=70571&wg_abbrev=dita-lightweight-dita)
* UnofficialÊWebHelpÊversion of all DITA specifications is available atÊhttps://dita-lang.org/, driven by Jarno Elovirta. (https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202210/msg00012.html)

Work items are trackedÊhere.

The material from Kris' presentation on reuse between the DITA and LwDITA spec is referenced atÊhttps://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202210/msg00004.html.