Re: [dita-adoption] Agenda: 09-28-2015 Adoption/TechComm Meeting

["Don R. Day" <donday@donrday.com>]

Per Stan's reminder about a DITA History paper, this is it. Grippingly good reading; the basis for every DITA elevator pitch you've ever heard.
http://xml.coverpages.org/IBM-Easy2001-dita-1819.pdf
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Don

On 9/27/2015 2:22 PM, Dr. Stanley Doherty wrote:

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        DITA Adoption/TechComm SC Meeting Agenda 
                   09-28-2015 
                   12:00PM/EST
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CONNECTION INFORMATION

     Meeting Number: 201240602 
     Meeting Password: ditatc 

     1. Go to https://cisco.webex.com/cisco/j.php?MTID=m8c33283eaac954cd8be7c2cb62abeae6
     2. Enter the meeting password: ditatc 
     3. Click 'Join Now'. 
     4. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen. 

     (866) 432-9903 for the San Jose/Milpitas area
     (866) 349-3520 for the RTP area. 

     To join the teleconference only:

     1. Dial into Cisco WebEx (view all Global Access Numbers at 
        http://cisco.com/en/US/about/doing_business/conferencing/index.html) 
     2. Follow the prompts to enter the Meeting Number (listed above) or Access Code 
        followed by the # sign. 

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A. Whitepapers and Plug-Ins
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1. Release Management Excel Plug-in Demo (Dave) 

2. Release management XQuery DITA-OT plug-in (Stan)

3. DITA 1.3 A-Z Whitepaper (Keith)

4. Scoped keys whitepaper (Bob, Leigh)
 
5. DITA 1.3 CSH whitepaper (Chris)

6. Short description whitepaper (Joe, Keith)

7. DITA 1.3 Learning and Training (Mark Myers,
   Jennifer Gemmell; concall scheduled for today)

8. Content Referencing Practices (Dawn Stevens;
   date not confirmed)

9. XML mention (Israel Gale)

10. XML mention (Keith)

11. DITA TC Reviewers for DITA ATC Whitepapers (Bob)


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B. Discussions 
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1. DITA SWOT — “Strengths” feedback rollup


   > JoAnn and Stan actvely writing paragraphs and 
     incorporating feedback

2. DITA SWOT — “Weaknesses” request for feedback

   > Processing feedback on SWOT items
   > Processing feedback on how to organize/categorize 
     the final information 

3. Discussion: DITA worst practices:
   > https://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita-adoption/DITA_Worst_Practices


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C. dita.xml.org
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1. dita.xml.org Focus Area SC
   > Charter review?

2. Content triage (ongoing) the existing dita.xml.org content to determine
   whether articles there should be:
 

3. Submission and review policies:
   > Brainstorm?
   > Draft offline?

4. History of DITA:
   > Bob Doyle's article
   > D. Schell, M. Priestly, and D.Day ("Making IT Easy")
     - http://xml.coverpages.org/DITA-Openhouse2004Intro.ppt

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D. Calendar
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Fall        Webinar
           > JoAnn and Bob - Release management webinar

Nov 16+    CMS/DITA Europe:
           > JoAnn and Mark - Release Management presentation

Fall       Webinar
           > Don and DCL on Lightweight DITA

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E. Administration
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Meeting time - European/California alternations?

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Don R. Day
Founding Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
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"Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
--T.S. Eliot

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