| I am starting to like LwDITA. I think LwD sounds generic… and it also has an urban dictionary entry….
Carlos
--- Carlos Evia, Ph.D. Director of Professional and Technical Writing Associate Professor of Technical Communication Department of English Center for Human-Computer Interaction Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061-0112 (540)200-8201
I have been using "LW DITA" (no hyphen) as a shorthand. I personally don't like the hyphen in "LW-DITA". But I do think it's a good idea to have an official short version, thanks for bringing this up Carlos. I would follow what we decide on. I think it's something we should use consistently in "official" subcommittee communications like the upcoming spec. It's a branding thing that can cut down on confusion. For the record, our official OASIS subcommittee name is "Lightweight DITA Subcommittee". Here are some names I wrote down a while ago when we were discussing this. Like Carlos, my first choice was always FINCH. Lightweight DITA LW DITA LW-DITA LDITA LwD DITA Lite DITA Light FINCH - Fully Intelligent New Content Hierarchy Mark Giffin Mark Giffin Consulting, Inc. http://markgiffin.com/On 6/29/2016 9:49 AM, Scott Hudson wrote: We could get all Marketing-like and call it “DITA Light” or “DITA Lite” or lDITA… J --Scott I admit that I use "lwd-" as a concise, namespace prefix for many of my test materials and folders, and I've been the person using LwD as finger-saving acronym in my communications. I could see using LW-DITA in more formal OASIS versions down the road, but that is still too many keystrokes for chats and notes for now, in my opinion. I see it as a development vs branding issue.
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Don On 6/29/2016 11:35 AM, Carlos Evia wrote: Dear Lightweight DITA SC people, As I work on my current writing project (which is, surprise, about Lightweight DITA), I wonder if we have an “official” acronym. Some of us use LwD, and others do LW-DITA. We also had, briefly, hopes on FINCH, but that puppy died shortly after the DITA NA conference in Chicago last year. So… is there an official acronym? Do we need one? Director of Professional and Technical Writing Associate Professor of Technical Communication Center for Human-Computer Interaction Blacksburg, VA 24061-0112
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