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Hi Don...
Thank you for your input. I completely agree that we want to minimize
the confusion and help to focus people to a central location. To that
end I've updated the ditamap.com site per JoAnn's suggestions, and as
soon as dita.xml.org goes online, I will remove any redundant content
and point people to the new location. Although much of the information
is available through the dita-users Yahoo group, that can be very
difficult to navigate and digest. Also, that only goes out to people "in
the know" .. people new to dita will appreciate seeing a simple list of
links for information and events. One of the reasons that I want to make
this available as soon as possible is to make people aware of the events
that are coming up, and to provide a means for others to make their
events more widely known.
As I've said, I am looking forward to working with you all on this
project, and think it's great that there are so many dedicated people
working towards a common goal.
Regards,
...scott
Don Day wrote:
>Carol and Mary have apparently both been on the road during the past week
>for the OASIS Adoption conference in London. I agree with Joann that it is
>not advisable to create potential confusion in user's minds about where to
>go for info--give Carol a chance to get back in the saddle and bring us up
>to date on the programming and procedural setup that OASIS has been working
>on while she's been out. There is always the dita-users forum as a means
>to post event announcements and other ephemeral news.
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>Scott, perhaps you haven't seen the roadmap document yet that Joann and
>Jennifer sent out prior to the start of this mailing list. Jennifer, if
>you are reading this, would you mind sending any update of the roadmap to
>the list?
>
>Regards,
>--
>Don Day
>Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
>IBM Lead DITA Architect
>Email: dond@us.ibm.com
>11501 Burnet Rd. MS9033E015, Austin TX 78758
>Phone: +1 512-838-8550
>T/L: 678-8550
>
>"Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
> Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
> --T.S. Eliot
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>Hi JoAnn,
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>Thank you for the reply and info about the upcoming meeting. I look
>forward being part of this as it moves forward, and helping out as I'm
>able.
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>Thank you also for the comments regarding the ditamap.com website .. all
>sensible points. I've added the IBM, OASIS, and Cover Pages links to the
>"latest dita release information" section on the home page. I've also
>added notes and revised some text to encourage people to contribute, and
>point out that the site is not intended to be "all-inclusive." I would
>hope that it is apparent that this is not officially endorsed by any
>group and is intended to be a community-supported collection of dita
>information. To that end, it seems that it can be a useful tool for the
>dita community, at least until something better and more complete comes
>along (dita.xml.org). (At which time, I'd remove any redundant
>information and replace it with links to dita.xml.org.)
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>Unless the dita.xml.org site will be available in the next couple of
>weeks, I think I'll send out an invitation to members of the dita-users
>Yahoo list, asking people to visit the site and contribute. I'll be sure
>to encourage developers/contributors to add links for their products. We
>may even find that some of the content can be migrated to the
>dita.xml.org site if appropriate.
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>I hope that I'm not stepping on anyone's toes by moving ahead with this
>.. I don't intend for this to be in competition with the dita.xml.org
>site in any way. But it seems that the sooner this type of site is
>available, the better it will be for the dita community.
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>Regards,
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>Scott Prentice
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>JoAnn Hackos wrote:
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>>Hi Scott,
>>Yes, we missed today's meeting only because the OASIS staff just
>>returned from the UK. We are scheduling a meeting for early next week to
>>review the progress of the implementation. Then, we want to develop a
>>regular meeting time for the editorial board.
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>>I am concerned about urging people to visit your site only because it
>>has limited content and does not clearly refer people to the XML cover
>>pages, the OASIS official site, or the IBM Developer Site as containing
>>"somewhat official" content. It also implies that only the tools listed
>>support DITA or the only articles available are the one's you've listed.
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>>I know that you haven't had an opportunity to include more content on
>>your site and want people to submit content but it could be misleading.
>>It may look to new visitors as if you are promoting certain
>>organizations or individuals with the references. We're trying on the
>>dita.xml.org to be very careful and as inclusive as we can be. For that
>>reason, we've already conducted an extensive content inventory and have
>>a proposed initial set of content with which to populate the new site.
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>>I've haven't heard more from Mary about the status of the development at
>>this point, but I'm assuming that work has already started at OASIS,
>>based on her requirements, and we'll hear more next week.
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>>We're all anxious to get something online but at the same time, we want
>>to be very fair to the entire community of contributors. Of course,
>>you're free to advertise in any way you want, and I don't mean to
>>suggest that you shouldn't. As I'm sure you know, there's a lot of
>>misinformation already out there. I just want to be certain we don't add
>>to it as we plan the content and approach for dita.xml.org
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>>JoAnn Hackos
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>>Director
>>The Center for Information Development Management
>>710 Kipling Street, Suite 400
>>Denver, CO 80215
>>303-232-7586
>>joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com
>>http://www.infomanagementcenter.com
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Scott Prentice [mailto:sp@leximation.com]
>>Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 3:04 PM
>>To: dita-fa-edboard@lists.xml.org
>>Subject: [dita-fa-edboard] Progress?
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>>Hi...
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>>I know I've come in to the middle of this project, and I'm sure that
>>you're all working on assigned tasks and have a clear vision of where
>>this is heading. I've read the requirements document sent out by Mary
>>McRae, which looks quite complete, but I was wondering if any of this is
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>>under way and where things stand. Does this group have regular meetings?
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>>Are there other documents?
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>>Also, is there any objection to my announcing www.ditamap.com to a wider
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>>group to make that available for use until dita.xml.org is up and
>>running? Once dita.xml.org is up, I'd point people from ditamap.com to
>>the appropriate location.
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>>...scott
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>>Scott Prentice
>>Leximation, Inc.
>>www.leximation.com
>>+1.415.485.1892
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