Re: [dita] Status - DITA MIME type

[Robert D Anderson <robander@us.ibm.com>]

I don't have any problem with registering this, but I do want to point out one thing.

The topic in DITA 1.2 essentially tells readers - "We are actively at work on this item, so you can make use of it now." That effort was abandoned, then forgotten, so the topic to me becomes an example of why you should not fill a standard with planned future activities.

If somebody on the TC is really committed to pushing this - and to coming under Kris's microscope at TC meetings - then I think we can update the topic and include it. Without that, I don't yet see anything that makes registration more likely now than it was when we had an active DITA for the Web Subcommittee.

Robert D Anderson
IBM Authoring Tools Development
Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit (http://dita-ot.sourceforge.net/)

"Hudson, Scott" ---10/24/2014 11:58:42---I would be in favor of registering it and including it in 1.3. Thanks and best regards,

From: "Hudson, Scott" <Scott.Hudson@schneider-electric.com>
To: John Hunt/Cambridge/IBM@Lotus
Cc: "OASIS DITA TC List" <dita@lists.oasis-open.org>
Date: 10/24/2014 11:58
Subject: Re: [dita] Status - DITA MIME type
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I would be in favor of registering it and including it in 1.3.

Thanks and best regards,

--Scott
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On Oct 24, 2014, at 10:01 AM, John Hunt/Cambridge/IBM <john_hunt@us.ibm.com> wrote:

Dear DITA TC members - 

A few years back when the DITA for Web SC was active, we had some discussion on the question of registering a DITA MIME type. 
Don Day and Robin Cover had this exchange in 2011, from the TC email list:

https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/201110/msg00024.html 

Which leads to the official spot for tracking registration of application/dita+xml:

https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/TCADMIN-613 

Robert and Kris kindly reminded me about this Mime type issue, and that we have an open topic in the 1.3 spec to address it. 

What are current thoughts on either

a) moving ahead with getting this mime type registered and including that in the 1.3 spec, or

b) dropping it and removing the topic from 1.3 spec? 

Thanks. 

John 


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John Hunt
Senior Technical Content Architect
IBM Collaboration Solutions | User Experience: Design and Information Excellence

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