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Subject: Groups - OASIS DITA Adoption TC meeting modified


Our main task today is to plan, and kick off, the DITA 1.2 spec review.
Talk to you soon, Gershon

 -- Mr. Gershon Joseph


OASIS DITA Adoption TC meeting has been modified by Mr. Gershon Joseph

Date:  Monday, 07 December 2009
Time:  11:00am - 12:00pm ET

Event Description:
Call-in details (sponsored by IBM):
Toll-free in USA: 888-294-8505
Direct-dial in USA: 213-270-2170
Participant Passcode: 71382177

Agenda:
Adoption TC Wiki page -- http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita-adoption/FrontPage

   1. Roll call
          * Regrets: Kris, Sowmya, Briana 
   2. Accept minutes from previous business meeting on 23 November 2009 (Rodolfo)
          *

            http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-adoption/event.php?event_id=25857 
   3. Next meeting: 21 December 2009
   4. Review open action items
         1.

            JoAnn to outline a Beginner's Guide to Getting Output from DITA (tentative title).
         2.

            (3 June 2009) JoAnn to work on a short article that explains DITA basic and to contact Mary McRae and ask her to establish formal relationship between UNESCO and OASIS.
         3. (3 June 2009) Gershon will work on the list of requirements to check for selecting DITA tools that we have in the wiki.
         4.

            (24 June 2009) JoAnn will review and clean the evaluation checklist from Robin, removing company specific details.
         5.

            (24 June 2009) JoAnn will contact David Hollis regarding his article on the SWOT analysis.
         6.

            (24 June 2009) Rodolfo announced that he started working on an article on using XLIFF to translate DITA content. JoAnn and Gershon offered to review the text before its published.
         7.

            (24 June 2009) JoAnn will draft a charter for a new Translation Adoption Subcommittee
         8.

            (12 October 2009) JoAnn to revise the formats for three published feature descriptions (Glossary, Ref Range of Elements, Keyref) and add them to the TC home page. Completed.
         9. (12 October 2009) Gershon will try to create a plugin for the Open Toolkit that allows publishing DITA file in OASIS-approved format.
        10. (12 October 2009) Kris will create a wiki page for signing up as reviewers and will forward the link to the TC.
        11.

            (12 October 2009) JoAnn suggested preparing an article where all referencing mechanisms are explained and uses cases are provided. -- to be assigned 
   5. Business
          * 1 ITEM: Create review assignments for DITA 1.2 Architectural Spec
                o

                  http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita-adoption/DITA1.2SpecSignup
                o Review period: 8 December 2009 - 4 January 2010 
          * NEW ITEM: DITA 1.1 features articles (Gershon)
                o

                  http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-adoption/email/archives/200911/msg00032.html
                o Gershon signed up to write the DITAVAL feature article
                o Seeking volunteers for the conref and chunking features 
          * NEW ITEM: Updates to the conref push article (Gershon)
                o

                  http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-adoption/email/archives/200911/msg00022.html 
          * NEW ITEM: Updates to the conref range article (Gershon)
                o

                  http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-adoption/email/archives/200911/msg00023.html 
          * NEW ITEM: Discuss referred action from the DITA TC: DITA Adoption TC to add the tool to their list of DITA supporting tools and write a white paper to help users generate custom shells. Gershon to forward this request to the Adoption TC.
                o

                  New tool -- domain integrator: http://www.elovirta.com/dita-generator/ 
          * ITEM: DITA 1.2 Architectural Spec update (Kristen or Gershon)
          * CRITICAL ITEM: Review Tony Selfs article on glossary -- vote today if ready.
                o

                  http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-adoption/download.php/31666/glossary_and_term_management.zip 
          * NEW ITEM: Review Marc Speyer's feature description on domain and topic integration.
                o

                  http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-adoption/download.php/35163/domain_and_topic_integration_v0_2.pdf 
          * NEW ITEM: Review list (from Bruce Nevin) of DITA 1.2 features and ensure articles are being prepared.
                o keyref
                o

                  reltable:  and  in 
                o conref range
                o conref push
                o generic text anywhere
                o delayed conref resolution (incremental update of published content)
                o conveniences for map composition
                o image @scalefit
                o section subdivisions
                o machine industry specializations
                o glossary specialization
                o

                  learning & training specializations
                o controlled values (picklist support)
                o constraints
                o general task type 
          * ON Hold: ITEM: Review the revised draft of the Generic Task Model feature description
                o

                  http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-adoption/email/archives/200906/msg00014.html 
          * ITEM: DITA tools evaluation checklists and test suite (Gershon)
                o

                  http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita-adoption/factSheet
                o Gershon plans to move vendor-centric content to a separate page and making this page user-centric
                o Gershon intends to make a new page for the test suite
                      + Consider leveraging the DITA Help SC world time clock examples 
          * ITEM: Review list of DITA compliance requirements
                o

                  http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita-adoption/factSheet 

1. ITEM: SWOT analysis and plans for follow-on white papers (David)

    * SWOT analysis:
          o

            http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita-adoption/DITA_Adoption_SWOT_Analysis 
    * SWOT analysis with business focus:
          o

            http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita-adoption/DITA_Adoption_Business_SWOT_Analysis 
    * SWOT analysis with author focus:
          o

            http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita-adoption/DITA_Adoption_Author_SWOT_Analysis 
    * SWOT analysis with IT focus:
          o

            http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita-adoption/DITA_Adoption_IT_Dev_SWOT_Analysis 
    * Review the SWOT analysis with business focus.
    * Add comments to the Author and IT pages. 

   1. ITEM Discuss UNESCO and International Atomic Energy Agency liaison efforts
          * From Tony Self: For some time, I have been trying to get Swinburne University involved in OASIS, and have finally made some progress. They might be able to add something to the UNESCO venture, so I wanted to keep tabs on whats happening in that area. I will keep you informed of developments at my end. 
   2. RECURRING ITEM: Articles about DITA 1.2 features
         1. Improvements to linking (Kris Eberlein) (on hold)
                *

                  http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-adoption/document.php?document_id=30211 
   3. RECURRING ITEM: Subcommittee reports
         1. Focus Area Subcommittee 
   4. RECURRING ITEM: Call for users of DITA 1.2
          * OASIS needs a list of organizations that intend to use one or more DITA 1.2 features 
   5. RECURRING ITEM: Continue defining the TC activities and roadmap for 2009.
          * Add to the SWOT analysis wiki, which we will turn into a best practice document
          * Work with the Matthew Varghese on use cases for DITA. Add to the wiki on this subject
          *

            Review JoAnn's article on the 1.2 specification and Kristen's page (moved from the DITA TC to the Adoption TC)
          * Review the proposed changes for the dita.xml.org on the wiki.
          * Discuss plans for assisting the DITA TC with the documentation for the multiple packages for DITA 1.2.
          * We now have multiple wiki pages for the issues that we are discussing. Several of these should lead to best practice documents. 

   1. Reminders:
          * Add to the various subpages on the Wiki: everyone add to the meaning of DITA adoption
          * Consider the formation of informal subcommittees to work on specific tasks. The only formal SC being formed is the editorial board for dita.xml.org
          * Reminder: Please explore the dita.xml.org site and add comments, suggestions, concerns, etc. to this Wiki page:
                o

                  http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita-adoption/Comments_about_focus_area

Minutes:


This event is one in a list of recurring events.
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Monday, 23 November 2009, 11:00am to 12:00pm ET
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Monday, 01 February 2010, 11:00am to 12:00pm ET
Monday, 15 February 2010, 11:00am to 12:00pm ET
Monday, 01 March 2010, 11:00am to 12:00pm ET
Monday, 15 March 2010, 11:00am to 12:00pm ET
Monday, 29 March 2010, 11:00am to 12:00pm ET
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