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Subject: MEETING MINUTES -- 29 Mar 2005 -- DITA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES -- 29 Mar 2005 -- DITA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
*** Please see Action Items and Decision Summary at the end ***
** Agenda **
------------
1. Roll call
2. Review/approve minutes from 22 March:
- http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200503/msg00109.html
- (note: on scope definition for pre 2.0 activities, would
we not have meant "backwards-compatible design changes"
rather than "forward-compatible?")
3. Requirements gathering:
- Brainstorm: Input from our respective contacts
- Input from the past minutes
4. AOB
** Minutes **
-------------
1. Roll call
- We do have a quorum.
2. Review/approve minutes from 22 March:
- http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200503/msg00109.html
- CHANGES --
- Instead of using the email address provided by Chris
Kravogel for providing DITA comments. Instead of
that, we should use the DITA Comments interface.
- (note: on scope definition for pre 2.0 activities,
would we not have meant "backwards-compatible design
changes" rather than "forward-compatible?")
- DITA 1.0 is a stable release, but we will be
making changes in 2.0 that will not be backward
compatible and will require transformation.
- But the correction to the minutes pertains to
pre-2.0 work. So yes, we should change it to
"backwards-compatible". We want to make sure 1.x
is backwards-compatible with the current DITA user
base.
- Minutes, as appended above, approved by acclamation.
3. New TC Role -- DTD and Schema Maintainer
- Michael Priestley suggested that we add this new role.
- Michael proposes that Robert Anderson be the DTD and
Schema Maintainer. However, Robert is neither a Member
nor an Observer. So, how do we do that?
- Perhaps Michael (as Editor) could have the formal
role, and delegate as needed?
- Proposal -- Michael Priestley to be given the
role of Editor and DTD/Schema Maintainer, as the
single point of contact for these roles.
- Proposal accepted by acclamation.
- Also, we need to ask JoAnn if she wants to continue
in her role as co-editor with Michael Priestley.
4. Requirements gathering:
- Brainstorm: Input from our respective contacts
- See Eliot's email --
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/email/archives/200503/
msg00113.html
- Input from the past minutes
- See Chris Kravogel's list at
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/email/archives/200503/
msg00112.html
- Comments: The "Keyword" issue (item 1 on Chris'
email) should be expanded to (a) Semantics and (b)
Nesting.
- Chris should also add the rest of Michael's issues
to the list of issues, which Michael emailed to
the TC List.
- What criteria do we use?
- Don read a list of possible "triage" criteria,
which he asked everyone to think about. We'll
revisit this next week to come up with a final
list.
5. AOB
** Summary of Decisions **
--------------------------
- Michael Priestley to be given the role of Editor and
DTD/Schema Maintainer, as the single point of contact for
these tasks.
** Action Required **
---------------------
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.
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.
079 Don Day, 2/8/05 -- Ask Mary Macrae about several issues --
- How can the public submit comments on the CD? Can we
get a mailing list set up? etc.
- What are the constraints for the final format of the
CD?
080 All, 2/8/05 -- Remove comments from the CD.
081 All, 2/8/05 -- Will there be a .chm version of the CD files?
082 All, 3/8/05 -- Submit comments to Michael Priestley on the
Architecture Specification.
085 Michael Priestley, 3/15/05 -- provide the HTML format as
part of the spec (to be done after the submission).
086 Who?, 3/15/05 -- Need to submit the committee draft 2 to the
OASIS administration for approval.
087 3/29/05 -- Ask JoAnn Hackos if she wants to continue
in her role as co-Editor with Michael Priestley.
088 Chris Kravogel, 3/29/05 -- Expand "Keyword" issue (on the
Issues List) to (A) Semantics and (B) Nesting.
089 Chris Kravogel, 3/29/05 -- Add the rest of Michael's issues
to the Issues List (which Michael sent by email to the TC
List).
** Issues to be Resolved **
---------------------------
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 >>> CLOSED 2/8/05
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 All, 2/8/05 -- Decide how to manage incoming comments
resulting from the Public Review of the Committee Draft.
013 Need volunteer to find mentions of "post 1.0" deferred items
-- need to rank by priority and difficulty) solid things for
1.1; medium effort design work candidates for 1.2; big items
for 2.0 in minutes (3/8/05).
014 (3/29/05) Need list of possible "triage" criteria for deciding
how to
prioritize new requirements. Don read a list of possible
criteria at the 3/29/05 meeting. To be discussed and
resolved at the next meeting.
015 (placeholder for next)
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