Re: [dita-learningspec] Groups - DITA Learning Content SC Meeting modified

[john_hunt@us.ibm.com]

John,

Glad to see you're exercising these
topic types! (And for all to know - John and Reuben are planning to use
the learning content types for the overview sections, including an assessment,
which is very exciting.)

I like this suggestion about making
<section> available in the learningContentbody. So much so that I've
updated the learningContent.mod in the working plugin DTDs to make one
or more <section>s available in the learningContentbody.

Go here and see how it works - http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-learningspec/download.php/25652/learningsc_plugin.zip.

As for making a generic concept available
within the learningContentbody, that would only be possible if we were
specializing learningContent from concept. Others might make an equally
valid case for specializing learningContent from task. 

So, the best resolution to me seems
to be what we've done - make <section> available in learningContentbody,
which lets you include any kind of generic content you'd like, plus make
specialized concept, task, and reference (as well as provide an easy extension
point to additional a specialized types) available for inclusion in a learningContent
topic as nested child topics. I think this provides maximum flexibility
- you can include generic content directly in the learningContentbody with
section, and you can include specialized, more specifically structured,
content as nested topics.

John Hunt

From:	John Accardi <John.Accardi@Sun.COM>
To:	john_hunt@us.ibm.com
Cc:	dita-learningspec@lists.oasis-open.org
Date:	10/11/2007 08:47 AM
Subject:	Re: [dita-learningspec] Groups - DITA Learning Content SC Meeting modified

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Hi John, Team,

   When working with learningContent.dtd the past few days I was trying
to put all my spec content into learningContentBody and was trying to 
insert <section>s which were not allowed.  I had to end my 
learningContentBody and create a sibling concept below it to get the 
<section> involved like I wanted.  Can you comment as to whether
this is 
an intended/desirable restriction to the contents of 
learningContenBody?  I would think that anything that is allowed in
concept would also be allowed inside learningContentBody.  At the
very 
least I would think that a generic concept, should be allowed itself as
a child of learningContentBody.  Intuitively a generic concept should
be 
part of the body of learning content?

   Thanks for any insights.
   John

john_hunt@us.ibm.com wrote:
> I hope you'll be able to join our discussion about the status of the
DITA
> design for learning and training content.
>
> If you're unable to attend the meeting, please offer your input and
> comments about the status of the designs and language reference to
the
> dita-learningspec@lists.oasis-open.org email list.
>
>
>
>  -- John Hunt
>
>
> DITA Learning Content SC Meeting has been modified by John Hunt
>
> Date:  Thursday, 11 October 2007
> Time:  All Day
>
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> Agenda:
> See latest agenda in our wiki - 
> http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita/LearningContent/11Oct2007Agenda
>
> The latest designs, samples, and language spec are available with
the learningsc_plugin -      http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-learningspec/download.php/25497/learningsc_plugin.zip
>
> And the language spec is available by itself -
> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-learningspec/download.php/25496/draft1_dita_learning_spec.zip
> 1. Are there issues to discuss about the following designs?
>
>     * learningOverview topic type elements
>     * learningContent topic type elements
>     * learningSummary topic type elements
>     * learningAssessment topic type elements
>     * learning map domain elements elements
>     * learning interactions domain elements 
>
> 2. Status of Overview sections - John A. and Reuben T.
> 3. Status of learning Plan topic - Wayne
> 4. Status of the DTDs and XSDs - John H.
> 5. Some issues to discuss with interactions - John H.
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