Re: [dita-adoption] DITA User Forums web site

Um -- I am concerned here, to say the least.

      

      To my best knowledge, the DITA Adoption TC has not communicated at
      all with the DITA TC about this site. Any site that labels itself
      as the "official forums for users of the DITA OASIS Standard"
      really needs to have some affiliation with the TC that owns the
      DITA standard. It also seems to me that there is significant
      overlap with the plan for an updated dita.xml.org, as well as the
      existing dita-users list.

      

      The wording on the Web site is quite problematic: "These are the official
      forums for users of the DITA OASIS Standard, an XML architecture
      for designing, writing, managing, and publishing information."

    

    
Chet, any thoughts here?

      

      Best,

      Kris

      

      Kristen James Eberlein

      Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee

      Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting

      www.eberleinconsulting.com

      +1 919 622-1501; kriseberlein (skype)

      

    

    
On 3/16/2018 12:29 PM, Greg Emil wrote:

    

    
      
Hello,
        

        

        
I sent each of you an email inviting you to join the new DITA
            User Forums site. The site is a Discourse
          site that could use some branding and will soon move to ditaforums.xml.org.
          When the new subdomain is live, we'll open it up for public
          use.

        

        

        
Although this plan has been under way for a while now, this
          is the first some of you have heard of it. The original plan A
          was to host it ourselves and save a few bucks. Plan B, having
          the folks who make Discourse host it for us, is now plan A.
          Either way, the site is here to stay. I will be soliciting
          support from vendors at the Denver conference, and Keith is
          working on setting up a Patreon account that will be linked to
          the site.

        

        

        
In the short term, I would welcome advice setting up
          categories and would likewise welcome anyone who is interested
          in the role of moderator. For now, I'm the administrator;
          we'll get one more from the Adoption TC but that will probably
          be it.

        

        

        
Please share this email with others who would be interested
          in getting involved before the public launch.

        

        

        
Cheers,

        
Greg 

        

          

          

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Greg
                              Emil

                            Staff
                            Technical Writer, Zenoss