OASIS DITA Adoption TC -- Meeting Minutes 11 October 2010

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Minutes for the DITA Adoption TC meeting
11 October 2010, 11 am to 12 noon ET

Roll call 11:00 - Quorum 

Attending: JoAnn, Doug Morrison, Tony santangelo, Kristen James Eberlein, Troy Klukewich, Su-Laine Yeo, PaulG, Mark Novembrino, Deb Bissantz, Akash Dubey, Gershon Joseph, Bruce Nevin, Frank Miller

Regrets from Don Rohmer, Chris Goolsby, Mathew Varghese

Accept minutes from previous business meeting on 30 August 2010: Gershon moved, JoAnn seconded.

Next meeting: 26 October 2010, 11:00am to 12:00pm ET

Reviewed Open action items briefly.

Business

1. Specification DITA 1.2 update. Almost ready for an OASIS vote. November 1-15 for familiarization; Nov 16-30 for voting. 
Action: All members of the Adoption TC will encourage their "official members" to vote on the specification.
Approval requires that 15% of OASIS corporate members must approve.


2. ITEM: Discussion of the Tools Awareness article begun by Su-Laine.

ACTION: JoAnn moved and Doug Morrison second. All in favor. Feature article is approved.

Su-Laine will put the article into the feature article template before we place this on the website.

Action: Kris Eberlein will post in the appropriate places as soon as ready
Action: JoAnn Hackos will add the link to the home page.


3. ITEM: Discussion of changes of the template and policies on October 15.
Gershon has asked for a list of changes to the template from Mary McRae. We will need
to send feature articles out for 30 day formal reviews and receive comments through the 
TC comment log. Creates a considerable burden on the TC for simple educational articles.
Delays the publication to an unacceptable extent. The articles are already circulated
to all members, including DITA TC members as they are being discussed. New OASIS policies
are threatening the committee work.


4. ITEM: Discussion of DITA 1.2 elements that need styling and the development of new translatable strings.
Su-Laine proposed this item and is leading the information gathering. 
Many of the new translatable strings and elements are in the Learning and Training specialization.

Action: Troy K will ask L&T SC to provide a list of the translatable strings and other
styling information to assist this committee.

5. ITEM: Kickoff of the Asian Adoption SC has been delayed. 
Need to contact Matt Barghese to assess his time commitment.

Action: Gershon will contact Mat and help with a vote on potential dates and times for the
SC meetings. 

Asked members to encourage their contacts to join.

6. ITEM: Discussion of need to revive the Focus Area SC. 
Kris E asking for new leadership. Doug M possibly interested in helping. Su-Laine remarked 
on the extent of the effort required. Still under discussion.

Discuss again at the next meeting.

Adjourn 12:00 noon ET.

[Recorded by Bruce Nevin]