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Subject: Re: Wondering About Stable OASIS URIs
/ "John L. Clark" <jlc6@po.cwru.edu> was heard to say: | In July there was a note from a TC agenda that stable URIs would be | setup[0] (I assumed/hoped for the DocBook 4.3 DTDs). However, the | DocBook XML page on OASIS[1] still claims that "DocBook XML V4.2 is the | current XML version of DocBook" and does not have a link to V4.3 | resources. For all the standard reasons, this is irksome. Indeed. Not least of all to me. However, I've been discussing the situation with the webmaster at OASIS and I believe we are very close to resolving the problem. | Is there any possibility of action on this front in the near future? The problem here is broken web pages, not a breakdown in the DocBook development process. We produce 4.3 officially back in March/April. I apologize for the delay in getting the web pages at OASIS updated. | Can we expect a better turnaround time for 4.4 once it is finalized? I hope that we can make 4.4 official at the November TC meeting. | (What's the "correct" term for "finalized" in OASIS circles these days?) OASIS is about to update the TC process document. When that's done, the 4.4 DTD will be able to become a "Committee Specification". We might also pursue full OASIS Standard for 4.4, but that's not a decision that's been made officially yet. | On a related by separate matter, what's the game plan for migration to | DocBook NG? Will it become DocBook 5.0 (or 6.0) or will it forever live | in experimental land? As Jirka pointed out, our new charter says we're going to do it. It's going to be a large and disruptive change, so I think there's value in having a long period of experimentation. That said, it would probably be a good idea for the experiments to become "DocBook TC experiments" instead of "Norm Walsh's experiments" sooner rather than later. Be seeing you, norm -- Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> | A man is not necessarily http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/ | intelligent because he has plenty Chair, DocBook Technical Committee | of ideas, any more than he is a | good general because he has plenty | of soldiers.-- Chamfort
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