Re: [dita] Incorrect xref in DITA spec source files

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

Hi Tarun and Kristen,

  Kris is correct - no changes can be made to a specification at any level of approval. You must create a new working draft with the changes and then approve it up through the various stages. My only interjection is that this isn't a new rule; it's been in place since at least 2005.

  That said, it may be worth noting on the TC's public page that an errata is planned, and maybe a wiki page that will contain a list of items identified or some other method.

Mary 

On Dec 7, 2010, at 8:12 AM, Kristen Eberlein wrote:

We cannot. OASIS has new rules and we cannot touch ANYTHING. We plan to issue an errata in 4-6 months and we can fix it then.

Best regards,

Kris
Secretary, OASIS DITA Technical Committee

Kristen James Eberlein l DITA Architect and Technical Specialist l SDL Structured Content Technologies Division l (t) + 1 (919) 682-2290 l keberlein@sdl.com

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From: Tarun Garg [mailto:tarung@adobe.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 3:45 AM
To: Kristen Eberlein
Subject: RE: [dita] Incorrect xref in DITA spec source files

 

Hi Kristen,

 

Can this be somehow done for DITA 1.2 itself. I was thinking so because, it is an issue of spec itself not following the standard.

It’s just a small change in the spec source files only. No change in DTD/Schema. I am not sure but may be we can also leave the output spec (i.e. PDF, HTML, etc) untouched.

 

Regards,

Tarun Garg | Adobe Systems | +91-120-2444711 | tarung@adobe.com

 

 

From: Kristen Eberlein [mailto:keberlein@sdl.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 5:53 PM
To: Tarun Garg
Subject: RE: [dita] Incorrect xref in DITA spec source files

 

Hi, Tarun.

 

I’ll add this to the list of items to fix for DITA 1.3.

Best regards,

Kris
Secretary, OASIS DITA Technical Committee

Kristen James Eberlein l DITA Architect and Technical Specialist l SDL Structured Content Technologies Division l (t) + 1 (919) 682-2290 l keberlein@sdl.com

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From: Tarun Garg [mailto:tarung@adobe.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 6:41 AM
To: dita
Subject: [dita] Incorrect xref in DITA spec source files

 

The following files contain external cross-references, but the @scope is not set appropriately as “external”:

-          <spec_files_unzipped>/introduction/non-normative-references.dita

-          <spec_files_unzipped>/introduction/normative-references.dita

 

 

Regards,

Tarun Garg | Adobe Systems | +91-120-2444711 | tarung@adobe.com