Re: [dita] Organization of the DITA Specification

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

FWIW, I'd rather see them separated into separate downloadable specs and 
modules. If you don't need them, why should we force you to download 
them in one huge package?

Best regards,

--Scott

Robert D Anderson wrote:
> Hi - I intended to send this out last Friday, but am just now getting to it
> - so it will sound a bit rushed.
> 
> The TC needs to put a small amount of thought into how the Specifications,
> including DTDs and Schemas, will be distributed with DITA 1.2.
> 
> There are now a couple of industry specific packages, with more to come in
> the future. Should these be bundled with the core? If in separate packages,
> should they include pre-requisite portions of the core, or must users
> download more than one package? What exactly is the core?
> 
> For example - how should one be able to access the machine industry
> specializations? It uses the task specialization, which (so far) is one of
> the core information types. So, would a Machine Industry bundle also
> include the task DTD and Schema modules, or the task specification?
> 
> Is there still a reason to have one large bundle with all of the DITA
> specifications in a single zip? I wonder if - in the future - it will be
> useful for a single user or implementer to grab every industry bundle at
> once.
> 
> Anyway - this is just a rather rushed way to bring up the topic. If we have
> time at tomorrow's call, we can discuss it in more detail. If there are no
> opinions from the rest of the TC, then those working on the spec will be
> forced to decide before too long.
> 
> Thanks -
> 
> Robert D Anderson
> IBM Authoring Tools Development
> Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit
> (507) 253-8787, T/L 553-8787 (Good Monday & Thursday)
> 
> 
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