Re: [dita-help] Name for Best Practices Document

[Scott Prentice <sp@leximation.com>]

Thanks Sebastian.

In that case, I like Chris' suggestion for a title .. "DITA Help 
Technology Guide" .. since it uses the term DITA Help more as a 
technological concept than a specific implementation. Just my 0.02.  :)

...scott



Sebastian E Fuhrer wrote:
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> It is clearly defined in the document:
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> *Definition of DITA Help*
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> This topic details how the OASIS DITA Help Subcommittee defines the 
> term DITA Help.
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> /DITA Help/, as defined by the OASIS DITA Help SC (DHSC), is:
> A set of recommendations for the design and implementation of commonly 
> recognized user assistance components using
> the DITA architecture. These components include, but are not limited 
> to, navigation components, context-sensitive
> linking, embedded Help, browse sequences, associative links and window 
> definitions. These recommendations can be
> used as a foundation for the development of authoring models and tools 
> to support solutions in a variety of formats and
> for a variety of platforms.
>
> Sebastian E Fuhrer
> IBM User Technologies
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> "When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to 
> stop living. " ~James Baldwin
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> *"Joe Welinske" <joewe@writersua.com>*
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> 01/22/2009 11:22 AM
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> We had an earlier discussion about the DITA Help label. I don't know if we
> have minutes for it. My position was that we are in a position to
> appropriate that name and define it as we see fit. And I think we did 
> define
> it in the guide. I don't have it in front of me at the moment.  
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> Joe Welinske, WritersUA
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> From: Scott Prentice
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> Subject: Re: [dita-help] Name for Best Practices Document
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> Well .. not to beat this horse too much .. but if we call this something
> like "DITA Help Implementation Guide", are we implying that the guide
> provides information on implementing "DITA Help"? Have we defined what we
> mean by "DITA Help"? There isn't really an output or deliverable 
> called DITA
> Help .. right? This might be more accurately called "DITA-Based Help
> Implementation Guide" .. no I don't really like that as a title, but it is
> more accurate, no?
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> ...scott
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