Re: Section on specialization in Committee Note Revision 19

[Keith Schengili-Roberts <keith.roberts@ixiasoft.com>]

Here are my recommended changes/suggestions for the Committee Note:

Abstract section: 
Suggest changing the phrase that says LwDITA has "fewer features" to "a more restricted feature set" instead. (This mimics Stan's comment on this same section).

Status section, 2nd para:
Final line is missing the URL for the DITA TC web page (which is: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=dita).

1.2 Terminology section:
The Markdown-specific term "ATX headers" is mentioned in this section, but it appears nowhere else in the document. Suggest it be dropped. 

2 Why Lightweight DITA? Para 3:
"LwDITA can provide this mapping" -> "LwDITA provides this mapping"

3 What is Lightweight DITA? Para 3:
Typo: "individualsthat" -> "individuals that"

4.2 Elements in the LwDITA map:
Typo: "super script" -> "superscript"

4.5 New multimedia elements:
"Loop automatically seeks back the start of audio..." is awkward. Suggest: "Loop automatically returns to the start of audio..."

5.3.2 Examples of MDITA topics:
Minor error in code example: "! [Image](remote.png)" -> "" (remove space between exclamation mark and following left square bracket).

Cheers!

 

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Sent: September 18, 2017 10:31:28 AM
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Subject: [dita-lightweight-dita] Section on specialization in Committee Note Revision 19

 

A couple of comments on this section:

• “With some limitations and rules, LwDITA allows for the creation of new element types and attributes that are explicitly and formally derived from existing types.” Can we answer the implied question directly, e.g. “LwDITA follows the same specialization architecture as DITA 1.3, though there are some limitations and rules.”
• I found the example for the rule that “Authors cannot add elements from DITA 1.3 to an XDITA specialization…” to be a little confusing. For example, I thought at first the statement “…the DITA 1.3 element <object> cannot be the base for a similar specialization.” was saying that one could not create a specialized element called <training-video> from the DITA 1.3 <object> element. But, of course, you can… in DITA 1.3. Suggested rewrite: “Authors cannot add elements from DITA 1.3 to an XDITA specialization. For example, LwDITA authors cannot create a specialized element <training-video> from the DITA 1.3 element <object>. They must create it from the LwDITA element <video>.

 

I have reviewed the entire document and these are the only suggestions I have for changes. The Note looks very good.

 

Regards,

Tim.

 

Tim Grantham

Director of Publishing Solutions

Precision Content Authoring Solutions Inc.