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Subject: MEETING MINUTES -- 01 Feb 2005 -- DITA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES -- 01 Feb 2005 -- DITA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE *** Please see Action Items and Decision Summary at the end *** ** Agenda ** ------------ 1. Roll call 2. Review/approve minutes from 25 January - http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200501/msg00066.html 3. Status of remaining contingent items: - 051 Update Lang Ref for @scale - 069 List of modules that have a revised PI (covered last week?) - 070 Namespace names for DTDs and agendas (covered last week?) - 075 Contact McRae for OASIS string for PIs - 077 Prepare DTDs and Schemas (format) 4. Review the TC Specification process: - http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#standards_approval - Committee Draft (open period--over when we are ready) - signals close of a development cycle - 2/3s of TC voting, no more than 1/4 disapproval - Inform OASIS Administration - can be several review/ballot cycles (conformance to OASIS templates, integration of parts) - Public Review (1 month total time to exit) - initiate by majority vote of the TC - announce to members list, other public lists; 30 days (can start at any time) - review again if substantive changes; re-approve as CD before submission to OASIS - Member Approval (1 month total time to exit) - prepare checklist, transmittal materials - in by 15th of the month; decision to proceed by end of month - in Member review for 15 days; in vote for next 15 days - Becomes immediate Standard if at least 15% pro votes, no nay votes (other qualifications) - "Committee Specification" was part of old OASIS process--signal of readiness for use 5. Assessment: readiness for Committee Draft - Core Specification status - DTD/Schema status - Language Reference 6. If in consent to do so, do the first CD vote. 7. AOB? ** Minutes ** ------------- 1. Roll call - We have 13/20 --> QUORUM 2. Review/approve minutes from 25 January - http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200501/msg00066.html - Minutes approved by acclamation. 3. Status of remaining contingent items: - 051 Update Lang Ref for @scale - DONE. - Don added a paragraph to the attribute description for @scale in the language reference. - 069 List of modules that have a revised PI (covered last week?) - CLOSED. - 070 Namespace names for DTDs and agendas (covered last week?) - Pending -- Don and Eric Sirois will apply the committee's decision to the Schemas and DTD - 075 Contact McRae for OASIS string for PIs - Pending - 077 Prepare DTDs and Schemas (format) - Lots of discussion about whether to use verbose comments within the DTDs/Schemas, or to pull it out and keep it in one place (language reference). - It was decided to take the discussion offline to the mailing list. - Action Required for Deborah Lapeyre -- Apply the consensus decision to the next round of edited DTDs 4. Review the TC Specification process: - http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#standards_approval - Discussion -- Can we have this ready for voting on next week? 5. Assessment: readiness for Committee Draft - No time -- will continue here next meeting 6. If in consent to do so, do the first CD vote. - No time -- will continue here next meeting 7. AOB? - No time for this ** Summary of Decisions ** -------------------------- - None ** Action Required ** --------------------- *** NOTE: Action Items and Issues to be Resolved required for the 1.0 spec are marked with ">>>". 022 Don, Michael -- Put together a "self-study" tutorial/demo, as per JoAnn's comments regarding the DITA sessions. Still pending as of 7/20/04. 051 055 Don Day, 9/7/04 -- Take the discussion of @scale attribute and related issues to the list (presentation mechanisms). (merge with next...) >>> 1/25/05 -- Don will update the language reference to include this discussion. >>> 2/1/05 -- Don added a paragraph to the attribute description for @scale in the language reference. CLOSED. 062 Eric Sirois, 10/05/04 -- provide XSLT validation for specialized schemas once developed (Indi recommends Jarno to work with him) >>> 1/25/05 -- this will be an ongoing project; the 1.0 spec does not depend on this. >>> 069 Don will provide a list of each of the modules that have a revised pi. >>> 1/25/05 -- Still open, it is in the 1/25/05 agenda. >>> 2/1/05 -- CLOSED. >>> 070 Erik please put together proposal for Ns for dtds and modules (if necessary) for Michael. >>> 1/25/05 -- This is also in the 1/25/05 agenda. >>> 2/1/05 -- Don added a paragraph to the attribute description for @scale in the language reference. >>> 075 Don, 1/18/05 -- Contact Mary Macrae to get the proper OASIS string to put into public identifiers. >>> 1/25/05 in progress. The 1.0 draft does depend on this! >>> 2/1/05 -- Still pending. >>> 077 Don, 1/25/05 -- Ask Deborah Lapeyre if the DTDs and Schemas will be ready for voting next week. NEW 078 Deborah Lapeyre, 2/1/05 -- Take discussion of DTD comments to the list, and apply the consensus decision to the next round of edited DTDs. 079 (placeholder for next) ** Issues to be Resolved ** --------------------------- *** NOTE: Action Items and Issues to be Resolved required for the 1.0 spec are marked with ">>>". >>> 006 All -- Should DITA specialization mechanism be documented in a separate specification in order to make it easier to use in other XML applications that otherwise have no relationship to topic-based writing? >>> Ongoing. >>> 11/30/04: - add to spec issues list 009 "Best Practices" document -- Let's put this on the agenda for future discussion. 010 Relationship between DITA and other topic-based architectures (such as S1000D) -- Need to incorporate this into the "Best Practices" document. 012 (placeholder for next) <END> ___________________________________________________________ Seraphim Larsen ICG Technical Publications Technical Writer Intel Corporation (480) 552-6504 Chandler, AZ The content of this message is my personal opinion only. 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