Re: [dita-translation] XLIFF/DITA joint meeting

[Andrzej Zydron <azydron@xml-intl.com>]

Hi JoAnn,

I have tried a number of times to dial in but was unable to connect.

Best Regards,

AZ

JoAnn Hackos wrote:
> Hello All --
> Meeting Monday 7 July 2008 -- Call in 888-245-8870 passcode 676502
> Time 9 am Pacific Daylight Time - 10 am Mountain Daylight Time -- 12 
> pm Eastern Daylight Time -- 5 pm London (UK)
>  
> Here are my thoughts for the agenda for tomorrow's joint XLIFF/DITA 
> meeting. Please invite any others who you think might be interested.
>  
> I suggest we break the meeting into two 30-minute halves:
>  
> First half -- XLIFF/DITA potential
> Let us continue the discussion that has started with our small mailing 
> list. What is a best practice for translating DITA topics and maps? 
> What is the role of XLIFF in the DITA translation process? What are 
> the benefits of using XLIFF? Should we develop a transform of DITA to 
> XLIFF and include it as an add-on to the DITA Open Toolkit? Should we 
> promote a best practice for DITA and Translation with XLIFF, possibly 
> through Andrzej's new Technical Committee, OAXAL, which is focused on 
> the collaboration among standards?
>  
> Second half -- XLIFF/DITA webinar
> What should the program cover? One or two hours? Who will speak? 
> Possibly a panel discussion starting off with Nick Rosenthal's 
> original question as our theme. "Why do we need to use XLIFF if 
> proprietary tools already handle DITA for translation just fine?"
>  
> Translation SC statement of purpose
> February 23, 2006] Members of the DITA TC have formed an OASIS DITA 
> Translation Subcommittee 
> <blocked::http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/sc_home.php?wg_abbrev=dita-translation>, 
> supported by an SC mailing list 
> <blocked::http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita-translation/>. The 
> SC proposes to draw members from the DITA and the XLIFF 
> <blocked::http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/xliff/> TCs and 
> establish a liaison with the W3C ITS working group. Its initial goals 
> <blocked::http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200602/msg00031.html> 
> were to: (1) Develop an effective liaison with the OASIS XLIFF 
> technical committee and the W3C ITS working group so that the DITA TC 
> can work together with those interested providing for the needs of the 
> information-development community from authoring through localization 
> to the production of final deliverables in multiple languages. (2) 
> Establish guidelines that promote best practices for authoring, 
> workflow, and tools that allows information to move seamlessly from 
> original authors and editors through translators and production 
> specialists handling the intricacies of multiple languages and 
> cultures. (3) Add to the various specifications methods that will help 
> vendors and service providers comply with DITA and 
> translation-oriented standards. (4) Add a DITA to XLIFF to DITA tool 
> set to the DITA Open Source Toolkit so that content can move 
> seamlessly along the full information development life cycle."
>
> JoAnn T. Hackos, PhD
> President
> Comtech Services, Inc.
> 710 Kipling Street, Suite 400
> Denver CO 80215
> 303-232-7586
> joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com
>
>  
>
>  

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