Thanks Michael! Here is another suggested wording:
One of the benefits that XML touted from early in it's inception was
that of platform independence. This independence greatly helped in its
widespread adoption, yet brought with it the unintended consequence of
a proliferation of standardized XML grammars. Document standards such as DITA
(http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/dita),
DocBook http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/docbook), and ODF
(http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office) all address a similar
need to mark up documentation in a platform-independent format.
Increasingly, organizations need to collaborate and share content with
other organizations. As a result, XML interoperability between these
standards is critical. These standards, however, have not been designed with cross-standard
interoperability in mind.The
Doc Standards Interoperability TC is intended to address the development
and documentation of scenarios for cross-standard content sharing; a
specification
for an interoperability framework, including mappings from
participating
standard formats to the framework; and requirements on participating
standards
to improve interoperability.
Best regards,
--Scott
Michael Priestley wrote:
Last time we met we agreed that we
would
initiate the formation of a technical committee, which starts with the
formation of a formal public discussion list. I did submit the
request,
but Mary had suggested an elaborated statement of scope which I haven't
provided yet.
Here's an attempt at expanded
information:
Document standards such as DITA
(http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/dita),
DocBook http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/docbook), and ODF
(http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office)
are designed to enable standardized content that can be used across
applications
that conform to the standard. However, this reuse does not typically
cross
the boundaries of the standards, because the standards are not usually
designed with cross-standard interoperability in mind. Members of the
DITA,
DocBook, and ODF TCs are forming a technical committee to address this
problem. The work of the technical committee is likely to include the
development
and documentation of scenarios for cross-standard content sharing; a
specification
for an interoperability framework, including mappings from
participating
standard formats to the framework; and requirements on participating
standards
to improve interoperability.
Is that ok with folks on the current
list?
Let's meet this Thursday to discuss
taking the message back to our respective TCs. My apologies for letting
the proposal lag.
Michael Priestley
IBM DITA Architect and Classification Schema PDT Lead
mpriestl@ca.ibm.com
http://dita.xml.org/blog/25
I was going to ask the same question! Do we have
everything
we need to initiate the formation of a TC? Are we going to set up
regularly
scheduled meetings?
--Scott
Dee Schur wrote:
Just wondered what was
going
on with this group? What do we need to do to create the discussion list?
Thanks,
Dee
From: Michael Priestley [mailto:mpriestl@ca.ibm.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 12:27 PM
To: docstandards-interop-tech@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [docstandards-interop-tech] Meeting next week?
Please let me know what days/times would be available for a continuing
meeting - I'd like to set up a series of telecons to discuss plans for
this year and review some new work by Flatirons on an interoperability
framework.
My default preference is for Thursday 2 PM ET
Michael Priestley
IBM DITA Architect and Classification Schema PDT Lead
mpriestl@ca.ibm.com
http://dita.xml.org/blog/25
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