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Subject: Re: [dita-help] DHTG Followup Poll ... please read
I concur with the resolution, as stated below. DR ---------------------------------------------------- Dave Resch Technical Publications Solutions Team 303-413-4377 (sd 261-4377) stan@modularwriting.com wrote on 03/19/2009 08:11:02 AM: > Hi -- > > This email is a follow-up to a discussion and informal > consensus/resolution at the DITA Help SC meeting yesterday > afternoon (03/18/09). The following motion was discussed > and affirmed by consensus of four meeting attendees. > > RESOLUTION: The DITA Help SC withdraws the current draft > of the DITA Help Technology Guide from both the DITA > Technical Committee and DITA Adoption TC for review and > approval. We will notify the TCs before they meet again. > > CONTEXT: The DITA TC has reviewed and discussed the DHTG > at two of its weekly meetings. At least two TC members > believe that the inclusion of information about DITA help > implementations by commercial vendors in an "OASIS- > approved" document opens one or more parties to > perceptions of vendor bias and/or anti-trust legal > complications. The DITA TC has not voted to > approve/disapprove the current draft and has deferred the > issues of precedence and liability to the OASIS staff and > any counsel they choose to involve. The TC discussions and > emails on these issues have been spirited and somewhat > fractious. In the face of a potentially protracted legal > review in OASIS, the likelihood of resolving this crisply > is quite low. Continuing to seek a vote from these TCs to > approve/disapprove the DHTG when they perceive that they > are not in a position to resolve perceived or real legal > issues is counterproductive. Let's withdraw the DHTG from > TC review, defuse the situation, and let the OASIS > staffers and lawyers establish/clarify relevant OASIS-wide > policies. The TCs have other pressing DITA 1.2 business > and our SC has numerous initiatives involving features and > gathering feedback from the Help community. It's time to move on. > > FEEDBACK: DHTG authors especially -- please email the list > with your thoughts on this motion by Monday, March 23 by > 12:00PM/EST (noon). The DITA TC meets on Tuesday morning > at 10:0AM/EST. > > Thanx, > Stan Doherty > Thursday, 03/19/2009
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