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Subject: Re: [dita-lightweight-dita] Promised rewrite
Best,
Kris
Kristen James Eberlein
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
www.eberleinconsulting.com
+1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)
On 5/29/2017 10:29 AM, Michael Priestley wrote:
I think there's still a paragraph or
two needed to really focus on the why, rather than the what and how - maybe
something like:
Why Lightweight DITA?
1 Full DITA seen as too complex for some scenarios
DITA is a mature architecture with a deep set of features supported by
a broad range of tools. This same maturity can be intimidating for those
considering adoption, especially for simple scenarios. While lightweight
versions of DITA exist, they are primarily vendor-developed - a standardized
lightweight entry point allows the DITA community to offer a common starting
point for simple DITA scenarios that remains fully compatible with full
DITA solutions.
2 XML not accepted as an authoring platform by some communities
Some authoring communities have strong ties to specific authoring formats,
such as Markdown. While these alternative formats do not always have the
same expressiveness as XML, they bring with them a set of tools and practices
that can be a natural fit with a DITA ecosystem, if we can define a lower-function
level of interchange. Lightweight DITA can provide this mapping, and become
the first version of DITA to be truly cross-format - allowing authoring
and delivery in a mix of native formats all mapped to a common semantic
standard.
How we approached the problem
We identified some key authoring communities that were interested in the
benefits that Lightweight DITA could provide, and mapped out some scenarios
including cross-format authoring and reuse. Lightweight DITA represents
the common denomenator for functionality needed by interested parties in
the following authoring communities: learning and training, SME-authored
software documentation, and marketing content.
Michael Priestley, Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM)
Enterprise Content Technology Strategist
mpriestl@ca.ibm.com
From: Carlos
Evia <cevia@vt.edu>
To: Kristen
James Eberlein <kris@eberleinconsulting.com>
Cc: "dita-lightweight-dita@lists.oasis-open.org"<dita-lightweight-dita@lists.oasis-open.org>
Date: 05/22/2017
10:59 AM
Subject: Re:
[dita-lightweight-dita] Promised rewrite
Sent by: <dita-lightweight-dita@lists.oasis-open.org>
2 Why Lightweight DITA?
LwDITA is a proposed specification for expressing simplified DITA documents in XML, HTML5, and Markdown.
The core goals of LwDITA are the following:
This pragmatic design has benefits for both small and large projects, as well as new and existing DITA implementations. The learning curve for LwDITA will be shorter. Implementing LwDITA might involve less change management and so lower costs. The ability for engineers to author in Markdown, marketing writers in HTML5, and technical authors in DITA will enable collaboration across divisional silos.
Of course, LwDITA users who decide that they need a richer set of features and functionality for their content can easily transition to full DITA.
--
Best,
Kris
Kristen James Eberlein
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
www.eberleinconsulting.com
+1
919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)
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