RE: [dita] DITA 1.2 specification documents

["Mary McRae" <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>]

Hi Jeff et al,

 

  This list looks great – just remember that you’ll either need to produce a single document called “DITA 1.2” that will then contain the requisite front matter and listing of each of the separate components (think intro section to a multi-volume set); or each of these will become a separately-balloted stand-alone specification/standard.

 

  Obviously you can combine *some* of the pieces into the main DITA 1.2 document and leave others to stand alone as appropriate as well.

 

  I know I’ve brought it up before, but I just don’t want to see the process delayed once you’re ready to go to public review J

 

All the best,

 

Mary

 

From: Ogden, Jeff [mailto:jogden@ptc.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:58 AM
To: dita@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [dita] DITA 1.2 specification documents

 

Here is the list of planned DITA 1.2 specification documents as of the last time we talked about this.

 

a)       DITA 1.2 Base Architectural Specification (introduction, topic, map, and metadata markup, processing including delayed resolution, specialization including constraints).

b)       DITA 1.2 Base Language Reference (map, topic, metadata including delayed resolution, map group domain).

c)       DITA 1.2 Utility Domain Specializations Architecture and Language Reference (utilities, highlighting, and hazard statement domains).

d)       DITA 1.2 xNAL Domain Specializations Architecture and Language Reference.

e)       DITA 1.2 Technical Content Architecture and Language Reference (concept, task, reference, glossary).

f)         DITA 1.2 Software, Programming, and User Interface Domains Specializations Architecture and Language Reference.

g)       DITA 1.2 Book Architecture and Language Reference (bookmap).

h)       DITA 1.2 Learning and Training Content Architecture and Language Reference.

i)         DITA 1.2 Machine Industry Architecture and Language Reference.

j)         DITA 1.2 Semantic Linking, Controlled Values, and Taxonomies Architecture and Language Reference.

k)        DITA 1.2 Processing Guidelines and Examples (non-normative).

 

Item (e) might or might not be renamed.

 

Item (f) might or might not have some doctype shells added.

 

I would still like to create item (k), but suspect that we should drop it from the DITA 1.2 work and do it later as a “best practice” or similar document that is non-normative and outside of the DITA 1.2 Specification.

 

Given recent discussions it is possible that we may want to combine some of these items, but exactly how isn’t clear to me at this point.

    -Jeff