DITA Technical Committee Meeting Minutes: 25 September 2007

approve minutes:
don moves to approve
rob frankland seconds
accepted by acclamation

don:
keep an eye on daylight savings time
- coming up for eastern time zone in US, which sets time for TC calls

12055 - define map referencing behavior
defer to next week, discussion being
taken back to the list

12020 - allow easy reuse of small pieces
of text
need to pick up proposal in list discussion,
identify any outstanding issues
stan doherty to followup with deborah
pickett to create consolidated proposal

spec toc:
- please review since it is input to
the discussion of scope for 1.2
- note that it assumes specializations
will now be documented in separate documents on a per-package or industry
basis

missing designs:
- general task type

next proposals:

- note design proposal templates have
space for literal text for spec
- design cutoffs third week of november

- aim for complete spec draft end of
year
- then spec review in spring

12024, 12040 - ready in 1 month

12007 - keyref/indirect referencing
- MP to take first steps, set up first mtg

12008, 12010: AH to update list to show
design-approved

12011 - general task type - Yas Etessam
to schedule next mtg for working group - meeting details to follow

12013 - referencing range of elements:
Yas to schedule mtg

12014, 12015 - MP need to update use
case for 12014, then propose - no other working group members

12016 - MP to update use cases, review
with workgroup members: AH, EK, MP, Steve Manning, Erik Hennum

12020 - handled above, to review next
week

12021 - nested sections: need Jim Earley
to update - ask again next week

12026 - glossary: EH will work on this
after 12031

12031 - taxonomies/controlled values:
EH to submit updated design to interested parties this week/next

12035 - generic collation element: waiting
on update from Deborah Pickett - DD to followup

12047 - moving mapsetref, topicsetref
etc. into mapgroup domain - EK will pick up next month


learning and training specializations:
should also be contributed by third week november


Michael Priestley

Lead IBM DITA Architect



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