RE: [dita-adoption] dita.xml.org resource about DITA tools

["Troy Klukewich" <troy.klukewich@oracle.com>]

Hi:

<quote>
I wonder if the Adoption Committee has the resources to do a regular
analysis of tools and how well they support DITA.
</quote>

I think this is a great idea. As there are an increasing number of tools, and to keep our resource commitments under control, I have a variation on the idea of a regular tool review.

Maybe we could create a DITA Adoption "Gold Circle" for tools that meet a hard core, minimal set of objective requirements. The tools would need to meet the requirements in order to be considered the top tools in use for adoption, tools that we would recommend given our real-world criteria.

We could perform a minimal set of reviews of the current top tools and assign an initial "badge of approval" for the tools that pass. After that, we can encourage tool vendors to apply. Otherwise, we'll be performing a large set of regular reviews for tools that probably don't meet the requirements.

In other words, going forward, if a tool vendor wants our badge of approval, they need to apply, after reviewing our publicly posted requirements. If they don't meet the requirements, don't apply.

I would think that vendors could get some marketing mileage out of our seal of approval. Plus, we would gain more visibility as a body dedicated to easing DITA adoption, a proverbial win-win.

There's more to discuss, so maybe we can migrate this discussion to the wiki, but I have to run. :-)

Troy Klukewich
Information Architect
Oracle

-----Original Message-----
From: Kristen James Eberlein [mailto:keberlein@pobox.com]
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 9:04 AM
To: dita-adoption@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [dita-adoption] dita.xml.org resource about DITA tools


http://dita.xml.org/resource/dita-tools-from-a-to-z

I wonder if the Adoption Committee has the resources to do a regular
analysis of tools and how well they support DITA. As someone mentioned,
it might help push vendors to do more complete implementations.

Kris

Kristen James Eberlein


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