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      OASIS DITA Technical Committee Minutes
                Tuesday, 30 June 2009
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Minutes recorded by Kristen James Eberlein.


1. ROLL CALL
Present: Robert Anderson, Stan Doherty, Jim Earley, Rob Frankland, Paul
Grosso, Elliot Kimber, Chris Kravogel, Bruce Nevin, Seth Park, Dana
Spradley, Kristen Eberlein, Gershon Joseph, Michael Priestley, Don Day, Jae
Sheddy, John Hunt, Eric Sirois
Regrets: Su-Laine Yeo, 

Quorum is present.


2. APPROVE MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING
*  http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200906/msg00164.html
(Eberlein, 23 June 2009)
Motion made to approve minutes; seconded by Stan Doherty; motion carried by
acclamation.


3. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
John Hunt, Chair of the OASIS DITA Learning Content Subcommittee, gave an
update. The SC has had its third anniversary; meets on third Thursday. The 
samples workgroup, led by Troy Klukewich, meets on the first Thursday. The
June meeting included information from Elliot Kimber about his use of the
Learning and Training draft specialization. There are several other pilots
underway at IBM and Oracle.

Machine Industry SC is on the schedule for next week.


4. ARCHITECTURAL SPEC
*
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/email/archives/200803/msg00028.html
(Draft of conformance info) 
* http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200906/msg00161.html (spec
chunking proposal, Priestley)

Gershon gave an overview of progress on the architectural spec. Gershon
will schedule an authors call for Thursday, 2 July, at 10 AM PT.
Conformance statement may find a home in the overview document. 

Actions (30 June 2009):
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1) Gershon Joseph to find a home for the conformance statement.
2) Kris to work with Robert to prototype a "merged" version of the language
reference and architectural spec.



5. ITEM: MEANINGFUL VALUES FOR TYPE= ON XREF AND TOPICREF
* http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200906/msg00171.html (Kimber
proposed text)
* http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200906/msg00176.html (last in
thread)
Discussion ensued about whether this was a bug or a new feature. Discussion
to continue on the list, concern that changes would affect existing
implementations.


6. ITEM: REFERENCING A BOOKMAP FROM A MAP
* http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200906/msg00020.html (Grosso)
* http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200906/msg00151.html 
* http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200906/msg00160.html (latest)

Michael and Jeff are in the process of refining the language. Very close to
closing on this item. Elliot expressed a concern about the language. Paul
Grosso reported that Jeff Ogden was OK with Michael's latest wording.

Gershon Joseph moved to add three paragraphs in the latest e-mail to
documentation; seconded by Robert Anderson; approved by acclamation.


7. NEW ITEM: TOPICHEAD DOES NOT ALLLOW KEYS
* http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200906/msg00143.html (Kimber)
Elliot gave a brief overview. Since keyref was designed, the TC has
clarified the following:
1) Meaning of cross-references to elements in the map, including
<topichead> elements
2) Qualified the meaning of chunk, such that when you state
chunk="to-content" on a <topichead>, the topichead should act as if it is a
reference to an actual topic.
So now one ought to be able to define keys on a <topichead> element. Robert
Anderson expressed agreement; Don Day stated that he thought this was a DTD
consistency issue.

Don Day moved that the TC accept Elliot's recommendation as a bug fix to
the DTD; seconded by Robert Anderson; approved by acclamation.


Meeting adjourned.


 -- Kristen Eberlein

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