Re: [chairs] Re: Committee Notes

[Jeff Mischkinsky <jeff.mischkinsky@oracle.com>]

On Dec 13, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Gershon Joseph (gerjosep) wrote:

> The DITA Adoption TC is *very* concerned by this. Our TC produced  
> about 10 feature articles in the space of less than a year, and  
> under the new process it would take us years.
How does a 30 day public review add years?

> Our concern is that by the time our non-normative feature articles  
> finally get to the users, they won't be relevant anymore. The  
> purpose of these feature articles is to educate the public on  
> upcoming features in the future DITA spec, and now we shall be  
> unable to deliver these well-received articles as fast as the market  
> requires.

If the lifetime of these articles is on the order 30 days, then i have  
to ask why the bother/concern?
   If its longer, then i don't see how 30 days is a big factor,  
especially since the docs are all public when they are still in draft  
stage.

> So we're effectively punishing our users and hindering adoption  
> instead of promoting adoption.
I would say that we are encouraging TC's to carefully consider  
documents before they are adopted and made "official".

cheers,
   jeff
>
> Cheers,
> Gershon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Norman Walsh [mailto:ndw@nwalsh.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 6:48 PM
> To: Mary McRae
> Cc: members@lists.oasis-open.org; chairs@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [chairs] Re: Committee Notes
>
> Mary McRae <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org> writes:
>> If it is a TC deliverable, then in order to reach Committee Note
>> status it must first be submitted for a 30-day public review.
>
> That's nuts. If it's non-normative, what purpose does the public  
> review serve?
>
> I attempt to publish some non-normative examples and I get stuck in  
> a 30, 45, 60, ... day limbo because someone doesn't like one of the  
> examples.
>
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