[docbook-tc] DocBook Technical Committee Meeting Agenda: 17 Sep 2002

[Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>]

This is the proposed agenda. I expect to rework the RFE section
somewhat before the start of the telcon.

DocBook Technical Committee Meeting Agenda: 17 Sep 2002
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The DocBook Technical Committee will meet on Tuesday, 17 September 2002
at 01:00p EDT (10:00a PDT, 17:00GMT, 18:00BST, 19:00CEST, 02:00JST+)
for 90 minutes.

The teleconference phone number is +1.888.296.1938 (+1.304.345.7506
internationally). The participant code is 586310. Attendance at
teleconferences is restricted to members (and prospective members) of
the committee.

Agenda

1. Roll call
2. Accepting the minutes[1] of the previous meeting
3. Review of the agenda
4. Review of open action items {5 min}

    a. Bob to write a more detailed proposal for instance-based generated xref text
       Completed
    b. Bob to investigage RFE #558443 include storage info in metadata
    c. Norm to construct some sort of IPR template
       Continued.
    d. Dick to experiment with SiberSafe for help authoring background
    e. Norm to follow-up on RFE 473365: Allow optional in funcprototype
    f. Norm to follow-up on RFE 562343: <packagename> element
    g. Norm to post combined table markup for CALS+HTML
       Continued.
    h. Nancy to summarize what DITA and TEI have to say about general principles
       for adding new markup
    i. Norm to put principles for new markup the agenda for next month.
       Completed.
    j. Richard to provide some concrete examples of what might need to be added
       for HTML Help
    k. Sabine to provide some concrete examples for HTML Help
    l. Norm to check with submitter on RFE #571998
       Continued
    m. Paul to investigate what the content model for a bidi element needs to be
       and why simply using a nested phrase is insufficient (or is it?).
       Completed.
    n. Norm to investigate namespace convention in MathML Module (RFE #582705)
       Continued.
    o. Norm to post solution for RFE #582822 for discussion
       Continued.
    p. Norm to publish SVG Module
       Completed.
    q. Norm to republish simplified ToC proposal
       Continued.
    r. Norm to propose solution to submitter of RFE #473365
       Continued.

5. Next meetings

Our next telcon is 15 Oct 2002. Need to update the reservation beyond October.
Is anyone going to be at XML 2002?

6. What about "this version" markup

7. Simplified 1.0

8. Priciples for new markup

9. Discuss Help Authoring

10. Review of Requests for Enhancement {40 min}

   To browse a specific RFE, enter the URL (on one line):

          http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&amp;
          group_id=21935&amp;atid=384107&amp;aid=XXXX

   where XXXX is the RFE number.

    598994 arg vs option
    606071 allow glossary in place of glossdiv
    609061 Add new Step sibling element Alternative

   The following RFEs have been moved to the bottom of this agenda in order
   to make sure that all RFEs get fairly discussed.

    413389 Enhance METHODNAME and VARNAME
    436067 splitting tech.char.class
    473365 Allow optional in funcprototype
    482818 Simplify ToC content model
    514435 Allow reference within refentry
    517604 Optional Title for GlossList
    522552 Add title attribute to <ulink> element
    533734 Allow methodsynopsis not to have paramet
    558443 include storage info in metadata
    562343 <packagename> element
    564776 process/service/daemon/server markup
    565637 Associate non-inline image with link
    565716 URL and URN markup
    565905 Add xrefstyle attribute
    570068 Online values for pubwork
    571996 Add 'namespace' inline element
    571998 Add 'default' inline element
    573419 Add bidirectional text overrides
    573812 Allow blockinfo on blockquote
    574880 Add annotation element
    582705 Namespace convention for MathML Module
    582822 VARARG and FUNCDEF together

   The following RFEs are awaiting action items

    431411 RFE 70: add generic linking capability
    472229 Allow HTML tables

   The following RFEs are identified as V6.0 or later

    531851 Remove inline person name elements
    532088 Remove RevHistory from qandaentry

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

[1] http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-tc/200208/msg00002.html

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Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>      | A book is like a garden carried in
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Chair, DocBook Technical Committee |