lwDITA Subcommittee Notes, 3 April 2023

1. Roll Call
   -  Jenifer Schlotfeldt
   - Frank Wegman
   - Mark Giffin
   - Michael Priestley
   - Regrets: None

2. Approve minutes of previous meeting
   - 20 March 2023, submitted by Dana Aubin (https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/70874/lwDITA_SC_minutes_20_March_2023.txt)
https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202304/msg00000.html (Wegmann, 03 April 2023)
   - Move to approve by Frank; seconded by Michael. Confirmed by Frank, Mark, and Michael that subcommittee is open to concept of extensions/specializations for markdown/DITA in next round.

3. Preparing a poll on LwDITA (specialization) for the upcoming ConVEx
   - https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202303/msg00008.html (Giffin, 20 March 2023)
   - https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202303/msg00010.html (Wegmann, 21 March 2023)

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Survey questions
1. Are you interested in using Lightweight DITA (LwDITA) or already using it?
Yes, IÕm already using LwDITA.
Yes, IÕm not currently using LwDITA, but IÕm interested in using it.
No, IÕm not interested. 

2. What industry are you in?
Computer hardware
Financial
Machinery
Medical
Semiconductor
Software
Telecommunications
Other (please specify)

For anyone using or interested in LwDITA:

XDITA
3. Are you currently using XDITA?
Yes, IÕm currently using XDITA
No, but IÕm interested
No, IÕm not interested


4. Do you need specialization for XDITA?
Yes
No

5. For which domains do you use  (or want to use) XDITA?
Dev docs
Product documentation
Training
Marketing
Other (please specify)

MDITA
6. Are you currently using MDITA?
Yes, IÕm currently using MDITA
No, but IÕm interested
No, IÕm not interested

7. Do you need specialization for MDITA?
Yes
No

8. For which domains do you use (or want to use) MDITA?
Dev docs
Product documentation
Training
Marketing
Other (please specify)

HDITA
9. Are you currently using HDITA?
Yes, IÕm currently using HDITA
No, but IÕm interested
No, IÕm not interested

10. Do you need specialization for HDITA?
Yes
No

11. For which domains do you use (or want to use) HDITA?
Dev docs
Product documentation
Training
Marketing
Other (please specify)

Other formats
12. If you could add one format, what would it be (for example, JSON or AsciiDoc)?

13. Do you need specialization for the format?
Yes
No

14. For which domains do you use (or want to use) format?
Dev docs
Product documentation
Training
Marketing
Other (please specify)

15. Please share any comments you have for us. 

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4. Question on LwDITA map Š Postpone discussion
   - https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202211/msg00001.html (Anderson, 9 November 2022)
   - https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202211/msg00002.html (Giffin, 9 November 2022)

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

Action items
   - 20 March 2023:
      * Add <othermeta> and remove <data> from LwDITA DTD (Frank, Kris to review)
      * Add note to spec that specialization is not defined in the first version (Frank)
      * Prepare LwDITA poll at ConVEx (Mark) IN PROGRESS

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

Work items are tracked here.
The material from Kris' presentation on reuse between the DITA and LwDITA spec is referenced at https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-lightweight-dita/202210/msg00004.html.