Re: [dita] Straw man charter

Hi Kris,Â

Good to be back. Here are answers:Â

On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 7:23 AM Kristen James Eberlein <kris@eberleinconsulting.com> wrote:

Hi, Chet.

I hope you are enjoying your vacation! We won't expect a response until you are back on the 27th.

I took another look at the Charter template and have a couple of questions:

Are all the fields in section one required?

Yes - technically the charter is just the section one content. Section two is additional infor for a new TC starting up.Â

We omitted "Business benefits"

That's fine, especially since this is an update to a long-lived charterÂ

and merged "Scope" and "Deliverables" into one field.

They should be kept separate. They are important sections, particularly since Scope describes what the TC will and won't do.ÂÂ

We thought that section one only applied to proposals for brand new TCs.

Section one or section two? Section two only applies to new TCs. You'll note the section two material never appears in the published charter on TC webpages.ÂÂ

If this is incorrect and we need to include "Identification of similiar work," please let us know.

Nope. Not needed.ÂÂ

Must the fields appear in the order listed in the templates?

You don't have to do that but we will put them into template order before loading them.ÂÂ

I am attaching the Charter template for the benefit of TC members who are reading this e-mail.

As always, many thanks for the work you do for all of the OASIS TCs.

Best,
Kris

Kristen James Eberlein
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
OASIS Distinguished Contributor
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting LLC
www.eberleinconsulting.com
+1 919 622-1501; kriseberlein (skype)

On 9/10/2021 12:16 PM, Chet Ensign wrote:

Don't forget the Scope of Work section.ÂÂ

On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 12:04 PM Dawn Stevens <dawn.stevens@comtech-serv.com> wrote:

Hello everyone,

Kris, Nancy, Frank, and myself have put together the following draft of a reworked charter for the TC.Â Have a look and be prepared to discuss your thoughts in the next meeting.

Thanks,

Dawn

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TC Name:
Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Technical Committee (TC)

Statement of Purpose:

DITA is an XML-based standard for modular and extensible topic-based information. It enables content creators to separate content into semantically rich, reusable components that reflect the core purpose of the content they contain. DITA provides a model for defining and processing new components as specializations of ones, thus enabling interoperability of DITA-based content.

The purpose of the DITA TC is to:

Define and maintain the DITA standard

Promote the use of the DITA standard

Deliverables:
The DITA TC produces the following deliverables and more:

DITA specification and associated grammar files

Committee notes that contain non-normative content (tutorials, best practices, migration information, etc.)

Webinar and conference presentations

In addition, the DITA TC sponsors several Open OASIS GitHub repositories through which non-OASIS members can participate in DITA-related work.

The DITA TC does not produce a reference implementation or rate compliance of DITA products.

Audience:
The following are the primary audiences for the work of the DITA TC:

Developers of DITA-supporting applications

Content engineers and XML specialists

Information architects and information developers

IPR Mode:
RF on Limited Terms Mode of the OASIS IPR Policy

Language:
English

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