RE: Element-by-element recommendations for translators

["Grosso, Paul" <pgrosso@ptc.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: JoAnn Hackos [mailto:joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com]
> Sent: Monday, 2009 October 12 18:06
> To: dita; Grosso, Paul
> Subject: Element-by-element recommendations for translators
> 
> Topic: Element-by-element recommendations for translators
> 
> Paul Grosso commented that this topic does not belong in the Arch
Spec.
> However, this topic is essential for localization service providers to
> know how to correctly set their systems to include or exclude certain
> elements from the translation workbench. We specifically requested
that
> it be added to DITA 1.1.
> 
> Why should this topic be excluded? I also don't see why it is a
subject
> for the Adoption TC since it is a requirement for implementers.

Implementors of the DITA spec?  Or localization service providers?

In any case, what does this have to do with DITA architecture?

I would imagine this large topic is of no use/interest to most
DITA implementors.  If none of this topic is normative as far as
basic implementation of the DITA standard is concerned, then perhaps
it should be an informative appendix to the language spec.

paul