RE: [dita-adoption] DITA Compliance Scheme

["Grosso, Paul" <pgrosso@ptc.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Self [mailto:tself@hyperwrite.com]
> Sent: Monday, 2010 April 26 1:52
> To: dita-adoption@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [dita-adoption] DITA Compliance Scheme
> 
> Greetings colleagues
> 
> I have extended the page in the Wiki about selecting tools
> (http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita-adoption/factSheet) to a linked sub-
> page
> discussing the possibility of a third-party compliance certification
> scheme.
> The new page (http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita-
> adoption/ComplianceScheme)
> also has the start of a matrix of features that might be used to
define
> compliance.
> 
> This is obviously very much a work-in-progress, but please contribute,
> add or comment as you see fit.

DITA compliance is defined by the DITA standard, not by
the Adoption TC.

The Adoption TC could, in theory, I suppose, develop some
kind of "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval" for DITA
implementations, but I highly recommend against doing that.

This kind of suggestion has come up repeatedly since the
beginning of SGML in 1986, and it has never been successful.

paul