Re: [dita-s1000d-discuss] Reengineering S1000D into DITA?

[Scott Hudson <scott.hudson@flatironssolutions.com>]

Rather than mapping over ALL of the S1000D specification, is there a 
subset where a DITA Specialization would make sense? Perhaps only at the 
data module level?

Best regards,

--Scott

Joel Amoussou wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Creating DITA specializations for S1000D will be a massive undertaking for
> which I don’t see a business case. The S1000D specification is 2315 pages
> strong (compared to 292 pages of DITA spec) and more likely to grow in
> version 2.3 and beyond. This is why I recommend that OASIS issues high
> level guidelines for creating DITA specializations for S1000D as opposed
> to embarking in a journey to reengineer S1000D into DITA. Users can then
> follow those guidelines in creating specializations on an as needed basis.
>
> Launching such as a massive and costly undertaking without first
> modernizing DITA’s specialization mechanism will create a new set of
> problems. The good thing that came out of the DITA vs. S1000D debate is
> that S1000D needs a forward looking extensibility (specialization)
> mechanism.
>
> After all, isn’t this Darwin’s theory of evolution at its best?
>
> Regards,
>
> Joel Amoussou
> http://www.efasoft.com
>
>
>
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