Agenda: 11-09-2015 Adoption/TechComm Meeting

["Dr. Stanley Doherty" <stan@modularwriting.com>]

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        DITA Adoption/TechComm SC Meeting Agenda 
                   11-09-2015 
                   12:00PM/EST
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     Meeting Number: 201240602 
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Action Items 
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Stan - Distribute the "Strengths" write-up to the list.
Don - Draft a "Strengths" paragraph on the power of
      DITA as a framework that is independent of 
      topic typing or minimalism.
All - Continue to review and write up paragraphs for the
      SWOT "weaknesses" items on our wiki.
      > https://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita-adoption/DITA_Adoption_SWOT_Analysis
Stan - Complete the SWOT "Weaknesses" write-up re: tooling.
Stan - Ping ChrisG about CSH whitepaper status
Stan - Ping Mark and Jennifer about L&T whitepaper status 
All - Audit whitepapers actively in development so we can give
      the DITA TC a heads-up for volunteer reviewers. 
All - Chase down references (URLs) to:
      > Marcus Kessler's "Five Reasons Not to mOve to DITA"
      > Russell Ward - article (same focus?)
      > Function Design messaging on the same 

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A. Whitepapers and Plug-Ins
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1. Release Management Excel Plug-in (Dave) 

2. Release management XQuery DITA-OT plug-in - test status? (Stan)

3. DITA 1.3 A-Z Whitepaper - entering TC comments (Keith)

4. Scoped keys whitepaper - posted and done! 
 
5. DITA 1.3 CSH whitepaper - status? (Chris)

6. Short description whitepaper - Joe able to help (Joe, Keith)

7. DITA 1.3 Learning and Training - status? (Mark Myers,
   Jennifer Gemmell)

8. Content Referencing Practices (Dawn Stevens;
   November/December)

9. XML mention - plan to make progress (Israel Gale)

10. XML mention - November/December? (Keith)

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B. Discussions 
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1. DITA SWOT — “Strengths” feedback roll-up

2. DITA SWOT — “Weaknesses” request for feedback

   > Processing feedback on SWOT items
   > Processing feedback on how to organize/categorize 
     the final information 

3. Discussion: DITA worst practices:
   > https://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita-adoption/DITA_Worst_Practices


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C. dita.xml.org
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1. dita.xml.org Focus Area SC
   > SC charter development in progress 

2. Content triage (ongoing) the existing dita.xml.org content to determine
   whether articles there should be:
 

3. Submission and review policies:
   > Brainstorm?
   > Draft offline?

4. History of DITA:
   > Bob Doyle's article
   > D. Schell, M. Priestly, and D.Day ("Making IT Easy")
     - http://xml.coverpages.org/DITA-Openhouse2004Intro.ppt
   > http://xml.coverpages.org/IBM-Easy2001-dita-1819.pdf

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D. Calendar
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E. Administration
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