Re: [dita-learningspec] [Fwd: Formation of DocBook Subcommittee for eLearning]

[Mary McRae <marypmcrae@gmail.com>]

Just a sidenote here on procedures. The actual subcommittee has not  
yet been created - while the TC has voted/approved, the Kavi group is  
not yet set up. Once it is, anyone who wishes to participate will  
first need to join the DocBook TC as a member, and then join the  
eLearning subcommittee. A note will be sent to the DocBook TC once the  
group is officially created.

Regards,

Mary

On Oct 22, 2009, at 11:33 AM, Scott Hudson wrote:

> Folks,
>
> as many of you have experience with eLearning standards and  
> products, I would like to formally invite your participation on the  
> DocBook Subcommittee for eLearning. I've included the approved  
> charter and initial membership below. Experience with the DocBook  
> standard is not required to participate, as we are looking for  
> expertise in learning content best practices.
>
> It would also be great to work on alignment/compatibility of DITA  
> and DocBook in the eLearning space.
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions or are interested in
> participating. We are planning to meet The 2nd Tuesday of the month at
> 14:00:00 UTC, which would be Tue 4:00 PM in Prague, Tue 10:00 AM  
> Eastern
> and Tue 8:00 AM Mountain. Due to a conflict I have in November, we  
> will
> actually kick off the SC on Nov 3rd, then resume the regular schedule.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
> --Scott Hudson
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Formation of DocBook Subcommittee for eLearning
> Date: 	Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:35:10 -0600
> From: 	Hudson, Scott <Scott.Hudson@flatironssolutions.com>
> To: 	tc-admin@oasis-open.org <tc-admin@oasis-open.org>
> CC: 	Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>
>
>
>
> Per the OASIS process 2.14, the DocBook Technical Committee has  
> approved the formation of a DocBook Subcommittee for eLearning on 21  
> Oct 2009.
>
> This is documented in the minutes at:
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-tc/200910/msg00022.html
>
> The approved charter and initial members are listed below:
>
> **OASIS DocBook Subcommittee for eLearning**
>
> *Background*
>
> For more than a decade, DocBook has provided a structured markup  
> vocabulary for hardware and software documentation. DocBook is now  
> widely used in both commercial and Open Source environments. DocBook  
> has a very broad element set, and applies to much more than just  
> technical documentation. The DocBook TC is engaged in evolving the  
> suite of DocBook specifications. The community benefits from having  
> a standard, open, interchangeable vocabulary in which to write  
> structured content. DocBook has been, and will continue to be,  
> designed to satisfy this requirement.
>
> The OASIS DocBook SubCommittee for eLearning is chartered to develop  
> and maintain official variants of DocBook in support of the  
> eLearning industry. Specifically, the subcommittee will focus on  
> schema and stylesheet customizations to support:
>
> 1. Develop and design a DocBook-based method for creating reusable  
> learning objects, and the learning content types needed to support  
> them. Some specifics of the design for learning content include:
>
>  1. learning types, including assessments and exercises
>
>  2. a content assembly for structuring, sequencing and managing the  
> learning types as reusable learning objects
>
>  3. linking and relationships between learning objects
>
>  4. interactions
>
> 2. Establish guidelines that promote best practices for applying  
> DocBook markup to learning content
>
> *Scope of Work*
>
> This subcommittee will submit additional enhancements back to the  
> full DocBook standard as appropriate. The scope of this DocBook  
> subcommittee is eLearning content. Broadly, this includes online  
> learning, instructor-led training and other related educational  
> materials.
>
> This effort will deliver on the following goals:
>
> * Build official DocBook variants, based against the DocBook v5.0  
> schemas.
>
> * Address issues and enhancement requests that have arisen from  
> experience with real-world DocBook and eLearning implementations.
>
> * Add support for features specific to the eLearning industry.
>
>
> Interested/prospective members include:
> Scott Hudson (proposed Chair), Flatirons Solutions
> Tim Arnold (proposed Secretary), SAS Institute
> Emma Hogbin, HICK Tech
> Jirka Kosek, OASIS DocBook TC member, W3C Invited Expert, ISO JTC1/ 
> SC34 member
> Corey Leong, Global Real Estate And Technology Consortium (GR8C)
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
> -- Scott
>
> Scott Hudson
> Senior XML Architect
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>
>
>
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