Additional Polling Question(s) for DITA Listening Sessions Tomorrow/Thursday?

[Keith Schengili-Roberts <keith.roberts@ixiasoft.com>]

One item to add for today's meeting: does the DITA TC want to ask any additional polling questions for the virtual DITA Listening Sessions later this week?

The virtual DITA Listening Session for Europe is tomorrow and the ones for East/West coasts of North America are on Thursday. Here is a list of the polling questions we currently plan to ask:

Starred (*) questions are single answer responses, un-starred are multi answer responses.

 

1.      *Describe your DITA usage

a.      Using DITA 1.1

b.      Using DITA 1.2

c.       Using DITA 1.3

d.      Not using DITA, but plan to

e.      Not using DITA, but are considering it

[only 5 choice responses are possible, hence no "DITA 1.0" option

2.      Features currently using:

a.      Specializations

b.      Constraints

c.       Filtering

d.      Branch Filtering

e.      Content libraries

3.      Features currently using (cont):

a.      Keys

b.      Troubleshooting

c.       Learning and Training Elements

d.      Highlight element constraints

e.      Release management

4.      Features currently using (cont):

a.      Machinery task

b.      Hazard statements

c.       Linking videos

d.      MathML

e.      SVG

5.      *How many languages to you translate to?

a.      0

b.      <5

c.       5-10

d.      10-20

e.      >20

6.      *Do you have an information model?

a.      YES

b.      NO

c.       NOT SURE

7.      *Are you using a cCMS?

a.      YES

b.      NO

8.      *Are you using Dynamic Publishing?

a.      YES

b.      NO

9.      *Current stand on Lightweight DITA?

a.      Aware of it and plan to use it

b.      Aware of it and don’t plan to use it

c.       Aware of it but are undecided on its potential for my organization

d.      Unware of it

10.  What resources do you use to get DITA answers?

a.      OASIS Website white papers

b.      dita.xml.org

c.       Yahoo group (did-users)

d.      Personal networking

e.      Consultants, Training & Conferences

We could likely fit in one or two more such questions. Is there anything else that the DITA TC would like to ask of the people attending these sessions?

And for the record, more info/registration links here: http://comtech-serv.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=204.

Cheers!

 

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Keith Schengili-Roberts

Market Researcher and DITA Evangelist

 

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