RE: [docstandards-interop-discuss] Clarifications / Scope of the intendedwork?

[Michael Priestley <mpriestl@ca.ibm.com>]

Hi, just to clarify:

DITA is an XML document standard - the
goal is higher than interoperability within DITA (that's the DITA TC's
responsibility) - it's interoperability between XML document standards
in general (including ODF and DocBook, as DITA's immediate brethren in
the OASIS mix).

I think the confusion here has been
in our use of "document" which I hadn't realized was idiosyncratic
until our discussion. So we probably need an upfront definition in our
statatement of what we mean by document standards: XML standards for storing
or expressing human-readable content with some level of structure and semantics.

Michael Priestley
IBM DITA Architect and Classification Schema PDT Lead
mpriestl@ca.ibm.com
http://dita.xml.org/blog/25

"David RR Webber \(XML\)" <david@drrw.info>

04/10/2007 02:52 PM

To	Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
cc	docstandards-interop-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject	RE: [docstandards-interop-discuss] Clarifications / Scope of the intended work?

Dave,
 
Exactly!  
 
I'm stating the goals - to create an XML document format
for technical document creation that combines DITA with ability to layout
formatted text and graphic content with basic content handling motifs -
example xhtml - but not to replace current page-orientated printed document
storage formats.  Instead page handling and rendering is specifically
left to rendering tools.
 
Support for content authoring and adherence to a formal
document structure model via XML is required.  By providing XML structured
content - scripted process handling is enabled.
 
DW

"The way to be is to do" - Confucius (551-472 B.C.)


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [docstandards-interop-discuss] Clarifications / Scope of
the intended work?
From: "Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, April 10, 2007 2:36 pm
To: docstandards-interop-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org

On 10/04/07, David RR Webber (XML) <david@drrw.info>
wrote:
> Ok - I've got it now -
you are looking to create leap-frog
technology - not
> better ways of processing
the current generation of technology that's
> fielded.

No, I'm trying to understand the goals of this group. Solutions follow
problem
understanding IMHO.

regards

-- 
Dave Pawson
XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.
http://www.dpawson.co.uk

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