Eberlein intro

[Kristen James Eberlein <kris@eberleinconsulting.com>]

Thanks for kicking this off, Michael.

My introduction to DITA came with an IBM beta-test in 2002, and then I 
started authoring DITA content in 2004. I've worn a lot of different 
hats -- author, team lead, information architect, build specialist, and 
most recently, DITA consultant. I've been involved with DITA work at 
OASIS since 2008.

I have clients who don't need the overhead, weight, and complexity of 
full DITA. It's overkill for what they need to do.

I think that having a common, lightweight DITA would enable tool vendors 
to support DITA much more easily and with much less development time. 
I'd dearly love to see a future in which one could save a Google doc as 
lightweight DITA or author lightweight DITA in an e-mail client or iPad 
app -- it would make my life much easier!

Best,
Kris

Kristen James Eberlein
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
www.eberleinconsulting.com
+1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)