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Subject: Correction to: DocBook Technical Committee Meeting Minutes: 20 August 2008`


One small correction for the minutes.  That should be "JoAnn Hackos", not 
"Diane Hackos" in Item #9's action item.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>
To: "DocBook Technical Committee" <docbook-tc@lists.oasis-open.org>
Cc: <docbook@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 9:10 AM
Subject: DocBook Technical Committee Meeting Minutes: 20 August 2008`


> DocBook Technical Committee Meeting Minutes: 20 August 2008
> =============================================================
>
> The DocBook Technical Committee met on Wednesday, 20 August 2008 at
> 01:00p EDT (10:00a PDT, 17:00GMT, 18:00BST, 19:00CEST, 02:00JST+,
> 022:30p India+) for 30 minutes.
>
> Agenda
>
> 1. Roll call
>
> Present: Jim Earley, Paul Grosso, Scott Hudson, Dick Hamilton, Gershon 
> Joseph,
> Larry Rowland, Bob Stayton, Norman Walsh.
>
> Absent: Gary Cornelius, Keith Falhgren,
> Patricia Gee, John Hanratty,
> Jirka Kosek, Dave Pawson, John Pederson
>
> 2. Accepted the minutes[1] of the previous meeting.
>
> 3. Next meeting: 17 September 2008
>
> No regrets yet.
>
> 4. Review of the agenda.
>
> No new agenda items.
>
> 5. Review of open action items
>
>  a. Bob to organize TDG reading after names are fixed.
>  CONTINUE
>
>  b. Dick and Jim to investigate using a map for modular DocBook.
>  CONTINUE
>
>  c. Norm to follow up with Mary about finalizing the Committee Spec.
>  COMPLETED
>
>  d. Norm to add a set of schemas incorporating the
>     W3C ITS standard that includes Ruby.
>  COMPLETED
>
>  e. Bob to add backwards compatibility policy to next agenda.
>  COMPLETED
>
>  f. Norm to write up a backwards compatibility policy document.
>  CONTINUE
>
>  g. Norm to work with Mary to facilitate 5.0 as
>     an OASIS Standard.
>  COMPLETED
>
>  h. Bob to add DocBook adoption committee to next agenda.
>  COMPLETED
>
>  j. Norm to query committee members by email about
>     the suggested time change.
>  COMPLETED
>
>  k. Norm to write content models of group element for consideration.
>  COMPLETED
>
>
> 6.  DocBook 5.0 standards update
>
> For the OASIS Committee Specification, Norm has submitted
> the documents.  Not yet added to OASIS webpage.
>
> For the OASIS Standard, we still need a third OASIS member
> to indicate they are using DocBook5.  If we don't get one soon,
> Norm will solicit again.
>
> 7.  Policy for backwards compatible changes.
>    Please review Norm's proposal [2]
>
> Members agreed to Norm's proposal for a backwards compatibility
> process.  Dick suggested that we add a comment period for
> any backwards incompatible changes.
>
> ACTION: Norm to write up a backwards compatibility policy
> document to post on OASIS.
>
> 8.  Publishing Subcommittee report.
>
> A draft spec has been posted.  Did not meet this month.
>
> 9. DocBook Adoption Committee proposal.
>
> Gershon has noticed an attitude among managers that they
> prefer DITA to DocBook, even when it might not be the
> most appropriate choice for their needs.  It is partly that
> DITA is seen as new and DocBook as old, and partly that
> DITA is getting a lot of attention.  He was asking if there
> was interest in forming some sort of DocBook Adoption Committee
> to promote DocBook.  It could provide white papers, user
> experiences, and other resources, as well as provide a
> presence at conferences.
>
> ACTION: Gershon to communicate with Diane Hackos.
>
> 10.  Review of Requests for Enhancement
>
>    To browse a specific RFE, enter the URL (on one line):
>
>      http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&;;
>      group_id=21935&atid=384107&aid=XXXX
>
>    These RFEs postponed until after 5.0 release
>      1097183  Allow Task as a sibling of sections
>      1679665  Add better support for modular documentation
>      1722935  DocBook 5: Adding proofreader in @class for othercredit?
>      1770787  Rename firstname and surname
>      1907003  biblioid content model too broad
>
>    RFEs to be considered
>
>      1998852  Provide a mechanism to group parameters
>
> Norm posted content models to the list, and got a little
> feedback.  His proposal was ACCEPTED for inclusion
> in 5.1.
>
> ACTION: Norm to incorporate this change into the schema.
>
>      2021383  Is 'rep' on methodparam a mistake?
>
> ACTION: Norm to ask on the mailing list.
>
> -----
>
> [1] http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-tc/200807/msg00005.html
> [2] http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook/200807/msg00029.html
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> bobs@sagehill.net
>
> 



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