Fwd: partial draft TC charter, and request for help with today's minutes

[Nancy Harrison <nharrison@infobridge-solutions.com>]

 I sent this a while ago but it doesn't seem to have gone through, so I'm resending it.

Nancy

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Nancy Harrison
Infobridge SolutionsÂ
nharrison@infobridge-solutions.com

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From: Nancy Harrison <nharrison@infobridge-solutions.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 7:11 AM
Subject: partial draft TC charter, and request for help with today's minutes
To: DITA TC mailing list <dita@lists.oasis-open.org>

Hi,

I've started working on a draft charter, and I'm attaching my results here. The most complex parts, "Statement of Purpose" and "Scope," are not yet done, and I think they're the parts that will require the most TC discussion and work, but at least this is something we can start with. I'm attaching PDF and text versions, one for easy reading, and one for easy editing, if you're so inclined.

Also, my computer is giving me troubles including intermittently freezing and having to be rebooted - it's very old and I'm still configuring the new one that arrived yesterday. So I'm wary about taking minutes today, though I'll be on the call by phone, and would be glad to write up any notes that someone else takes.

regards,

Nancy

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Nancy Harrison
Infobridge SolutionsÂ
nharrison@infobridge-solutions.com

OASIS Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) TC

 	TC Name
Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Technical Committee

Statement of Purpose




Business Benefits
The work of this committee will benefit
any organization that creates a significant amount of content, especially if that content applies to multiple products or multiple goals (such as technical documentation, marketing literature, online knowledge bases, etc.), and/or is usable on mutiple devices.
information architects who define and execute a content architecture policy for such organizations.
Content creators who create that  content.
vendors/implementers of editors, formatting engines and other tools for editing and publishing that content.
vendors/implementers of content management systems for managing/publishing that content.
stylesheet designers who design the 'look and feel' of that content.

Scope



Deliverables
The TC creates the following types of deliverables:
1.  Specifications ? these comprise 
an architecture document with a) formal definitions of a set of information types, b) formal definitions of the rules for extending, constraining, and modifying that set by creating new structural and domain specializations through specialization and generalization, and c) descriptions of methods for integrating all such information types into document types.  
Supporting technical work consisting of grammar files, both Relax NG (normative) and DTD versions, for the structural and domain specializations associated with the information types defined in the architecture document. 
usage and reference information to support the DITA elements and their standardized specializations defined in the architecture document.

The TC produces a 'base' specification for a base set of information types; it may in addition produce one or more 'profiles/profile specifications' (?not sure what the actual term is?) based on the base specification for additional commonly-used information types that are not necessary for all types of content.   Use of information types defined in a profile requires availability of the information types defined in the base specification 

2.  Committee Notes ? these contain explanatory information about the DITA architecture that is not pertinent to the specification.

??? 3.  Migration information ? this is intended to help users of the specification move from one release to a newer release when the new release contains significant changes.  (or will we put this in a CN?)

IPR Mode
RF on Limited Terms (this is the mode OASIS has listed for us)

Audience
Writers of other specifications that could benefit from DITA's specialization model or other aspects of its architecture;
Vendors offering XML authoring or development products;
XML architects and developers who design and write XML applications;
Information developers and information architects

Language
English

Optional References
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Attachment: charter-draft.pdf
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