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[Richard Hamilton<hamilton@xmlpress.net>]

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        Minutes of DITA Technical Committee meeting
April 15, 2014

8:00-8:05 PT Roll call
    Regrets: Nancy Harrison 

STANDING BUSINESS:

Approve minutes from previous business meeting:
1) Minutes from 1 April 2014
   - Seconded by: Robert Anderson and approved by committee.
2) Minutes from 8 April 2014
   - Seconded by: Deb Bissantz and approved by committee.

BUSINESS:

1) DITA 1.3 progress
   Transformation utilities (Kimber)
   DITA 1.3 grammar files (Kimber)
   Redesign of "Contains and Contains by" (Anderson; due 8 April, moved to 15 April)
   -  Move to 22 April
   First spec review (Eberlein & Anderson)
   Test plan (Anderson, Kimber, Nitchie, Helfinstine, Hudson; due 15 April) 
    
2) New item: Potential issue with XSD generation
   - Issue is that distributed XSDs for 1.2 cannot fully support DITA
     constraints without modifying the OASIS-distributed XSDs.
     Can't define a constraint in RNG and automatically convert it to XSD.
     Specific cases is when you need to constrain sequence groups (e.g., strict task).
     Eliot suggests hardcoding special cases.
   - This is also a problem with 1.2 XSDs. You cannot define a constraint that
     affects a sequence unless you modify the OASIS-supplied XSDs.
   - For 1.2 XSDs, options are:
     - Hand-code a solution
     - Refactor utilities to create modules that will work
   - In either case, need to decide what to say in specification
   - Kris: need to send options to group for discussion in email
ACTION: Eliot and Eric to send email to group discussing options for
        resolving the issue with XSD generation.

3) New item: DITA 1.3 test plan
   - Question is how to test RNG version of the spec.
ACTION: Kris will set up a call of interested parties regarding the
        DITA 1.3 test plan.

4) New item: Branch filtering elements
   - Current design could be significantly simplified.
   - Currently supply a prefix/suffix to key names when duplicating a branch.
   - Better way would be to modify scope on a branch rather than rename keys.
   - I.e., instead of supplying a prefix/suffix, create the new branch in a
     new scope.
   - Eliot expressed concern that the cost of this is some inconvenience in
     some cases.
   - Robert:
     - Do we remove capability to rename keys? Any objections? None expressed.
     - Do we leave capability to add prefix/suffix or reuse keyscope attribute?
       No objections, but concern expressed as to whether this attribute
       supplements or replaces the keyscope of the parent.
ACTION: Robert to provide revised branch filtering proposal by 22 April 2014

5) New item: Relax rules for generating chunk names
   - Continued

6) New item: Amended stage 3 proposal for 13111: MathML and equation domain (Kimber)
   - Continued

7) New item: Amended stage 3 proposal for 13111: MathML and equation domain (Kimber)
   - Continued

8) New item: subjectScheme and normative language
   - Continued

9) New item: Triage Trello board for "Spec clarifications and improvements"
   - Continued

10) On-going item: Normative terminology
   - Continued

11) On-going item: DITA 1.3 processes: Lessons learned
   - Continued

Meeting adjourned on the hour.
        
-- Mr. Richard Hamilton

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Submitter: Mr. Richard Hamilton
Group: OASIS Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) TC
Folder: Meeting Notes
Date submitted: 2014-04-15 10:22:30