MEETING MINUTES -- 2 May 2006 -- DITA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

["Gershon L Joseph" <gershon@tech-tav.com>]

Best Regards,
Gershon

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Gershon L Joseph
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MEETING MINUTES -- 2 May 2006 -- DITA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
(Minutes taken by Gershon Joseph <gershon@tech-tav.com>)

Date:  Tuesday, 2 May 2006
Time:  08:00am - 09:00am PT

DITA Technical Committee Web site:  
- Public:       http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=dita
- Members only: http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/
- Wiki:         http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita/

Resources for this meeting:
* DITA Wiki home page:
    * http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita/
* Pending bug fixes for DITA 1.1 (docs and DTDs/Schemas):
    * http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita/Bug_fixes_for_DITA_1%2e1

Roll call --> We have quorum

Approve Minutes from previous meeting:
 * http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200604/msg00141.html
 * Don moves to accept the minutes, Rob Frankland seconds, 
    no objections, approved by acclamation as recorded.

Announcements:
 * OASIS document standards interop discussion list
   http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200604/msg00174.html

Issues:

* Review documentation proposals from the Translation Subcommittee:
    "Translating required-cleanup and draft-comment"
    http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200604/msg00173.html
    - Robert summarizes briefly the contents of the proposal.
    - Proposal: Add translate=no to required-cleanup and draft-comment elements 
        and update documentation that the expected behavior is standard XML 
        inheritance, except where overridden by explicit setting of the 
        translate attribute value as detailed in the proposal (URL above).
    - Gershon moves to include this proposal within the scope of DITA 1.1, 
        Robert Anderson seconds, no objections, approved by acclamation.

* Review latest recommendations for #20 metadata proposal (Michael Priestley)
    * Core proposal http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/17329/IssueNumber20.html
    * updates?
    - Michael -- current status is we've almost finalized the proposal, we're 
        awaiting feedback from the sub-group on the latest draft of the proposal.
    - Michael summarized the items in the current proposal
    - DISCUSSION...
    - Don asks the sub-group to finalize the proposal this week and the TC will 
        discuss and vote on it at next week's TC meeting.

* Review #38 ["Bookmap revision"] proposal (Don Day); Design Complete?
    * proposal: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/15795/IssueNumber38-Bookmap.htm
    * HTML Help view of proposed DTD:
        * http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/17522/new-bookmap-book.chm
    * review revised DTDs that include:
        * titles proposal (accepted last week)
        * xNAL adaptation (reworked as a domain)
            - Robert points out that with the current implementation, the xNAL 
                domain won't be available to specializers outside of bookmap.
        * case preference 
        * migration considerations
    --ACTION-- Robert to upload zip of updated DTD to documentation area and
        ask TC members to take a look at it.
    --ACTION-- Don to revise documentation and post it to the WIKI page.

--Meeting adjourned after 40 minutes.