Re: [dita] Groups - Proposal 13102, Stage 2 Release Management (PDF) uploaded

Amber, thanks for taking the time to
      review the proposal; I appreciate it.

      

      
Best,

        Kris

        

        Kristen James Eberlein

        Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting

        Co-chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee

        Charter member, OASIS DITA Adoption Committee

        www.eberleinconsulting.com

        +1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)

        

      

      On 8/30/2013 4:52 PM, Amber Swope wrote:

    

    
      
      
      
      
      

        
Tom,

        
 

        
I
            reviewed the proposal in light of my clients’ requirements
            and really liked the way you propose to handle the
            multiple-product/concurrent release challenge. Overall, I
            think that the strategy of using the topic <prolog>
            and the structure of the domain are sound.

        
 

        
However,
            the one item I didn’t see addressed is the requirement to
            visually indicate the exact location of the change in the
            content of the topic. It seems to me that the
            <change-item> needs to reference the modified element
            and it comes down to the selection of the appropriate DITA
            referencing mechanism. Has the subcommittee considered the
            options for providing this support?

        
 

        
The
            challenge for many teams is the they need to visually
            indicate changes between releases of a deliverable, but the
            track changes features in most tools don’t work for the
            following reasons:

        
·         author
            may want to identify a subset of content changes based on
            specific criteria, such as importance or relevance

        
·         changes
            may not correspond cleanly to the workflow
            versions/revisions of the topic file and the releases of the
            deliverable

        
 

        
Thanks
            and have a great weekend,

        
Amber
            

        
 

        
Amber Swope

        
dita specialist

        
<dita strategies>

        
503.922.3038

        


        
 

        
 

        
 

        
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            Release Management (PDF) uploaded

        
 

        
Submitter's message

          PDF version of release management stage 2 proposal 

          -- Tom Cihak 

        
          
            

              
                
Document
                      Name:
                    Proposal
                      13102, Stage 2 Release Management (PDF)

                

                    

                
Description

                    Proposal 13102, Stage 2 Release Management PDF 

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Submitter:
                    Tom Cihak

                    Group:
                    OASIS Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA)
                    TC

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                    Date
                        submitted: 2013-08-23 13:33:50