Stages of the OASIS process are confusing to many

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Dliot Jimber <>
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2015-09-05T12:13:00+00:00
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Stages of the OASIS process are confusing to many
I like the thermometer idea.
And somebody, probably Kris, needs to post to DITA Users with the status and a clear explanation of what it means.
Cheers, Eliot ---- Eliot Kimber, Owner Contrext, LLC http://contrext.com On 9/5/15, 3:09 AM, "Kristen James Eberlein" < on behalf of > wrote: > > > > > >
> As a result of Chet's announcement yesterday that the DITA 1.3
> Committee Specification was approved and uploaded, I got pinged by
> several DITA members who asked "Is DITA 1.3 now approved and
> finished?" >
> I think the stages of the OASIS process are fairly arcane, and maybe
> we need to do a better job of communicating to the larger DITA
> community just where DITA 1.3 is in the process. A couple things
> come to mind: > > >* We could use a graphic similar to the thermometer that many
> organizations use to track where they are in a fundraising
> campaign. (Preferably something less cheesy than a thermometer.) > >* We could create a post on dita.xml.org that tracks our
> progress and uses the graphic. > > >* We could start a series of e-mails that use the new graphic.
> For example, we could start communicating with the OASIS
> organizational voting members for companies represented on the
> TC, as well as non-DITA TC member companies that voted "Yes" on
> DITA 1.2. > >
> Thoughts? > > --
> Best,
> Kris >
> Kristen James Eberlein
> Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
> Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
> www.eberleinconsulting.com < http://www.eberleinconsulting.com > > +1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype) > > > > > >

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