- Kris creates a user account on DITA.xml.org; she indicates
that she wants to provide a services listing.
- Kris creates a services topic, based on guidelines from
DITA.xml.org. She selects one or more type of services, thus
indicating what her company does. The topic goes into a "holding
area" and is not made publicly available until it has been
approved by the curation team.
- The curation team checks the content of the topic:
- Does it seem appropriate?
- Does the page list a business-appropriate URL?
- The curation teal checks that it is assigned to the correct
category of services (the following is an early strawman list):
- Information architecture and content strategy
- Document-type shells, constraints, and specialization
- Integration of products
- Product extensions (DITA-OT transformations, FrameMaker
extensions, etc.)
- Conversion
- PDF style sheets
- Training
- The curation team publishes the topic and so makes it visible
on the site.
- At a certain interval (6 months? 12 months?) all service
listings are reviewed to ensure that the company still exists,
the information seems on-target, etc.
What is appropriate for a services page
- The company should specialize in DITA services. DITA services
do not need to be only thing that a company does, but it needs
to be a significant component. A useful criteria might be that
the company's home page lists DITA.
What is not appropriate for a services page
- A company that offers a single XML class within a plethora of
software-based classes
- A company that does not offer services specific to DITA; you
search the Web site for DITA and there are no hits.
- Companies that only offer services that are specific to their
products; these should just be product pages. For example,
JustSystems should not be listed as a services provider if the
only services that they offer are specific to XMetaL.
- A company that does not have a professional URL.
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Best,
Kris
Kristen James Eberlein
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
www.eberleinconsulting.com
+1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)
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