Publication templates

[Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>]

Hi Mary,

In preparation for publications in the new year, I've been looking
over the most-recent process document again. The first thing that
strikes me is probably not new but I think I've lost track of the
current state of affairs.

Section 2.18 says, in part:

  All document files must be written using the OASIS document
  authoring templates, which shall be maintained and made available by
  the TC Administrator.

Where can I find the most recent templates?

What, for that matter, constitutes a template? Do you have a
publication specification that describes the layout necessary in PDF
and/or HTML formats that I generate from my "editable format"? Where
can I find those publication specifications?

If you're not providing a pub spec, are you instead simply requesting
specific markup in DocBook and/or DITA, for example, that your
publication system will be able to use to produce the output format
that is desired? (Since I doubt OASIS has the resources to manage the
publication process, I'm assuming you've got a pubspec but, hey, if
you wanted to take over the formatting process ... :-)

If you don't yet have a publication spec ready, when might one be
available? It occurs to me as I write this that it might be very nice
if the pubspec was itself an OASIS Standard. That would assure that it
got adequate review by all of the members that find themselves in the
position of having to conform to it. Just a thought...

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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