FW: [dita-users] First meeting of the Central Texas area DITA users group

["Carol Geyer" <carol.geyer@oasis-open.org>]

XML.org DITA Focus Area Editorial Board,
Please review http://www.ditamap.com/. The site appears to have some overlap with the work we're planning to do on XML.org.  See
Scott's message below and let's discuss on today's call.

Also, please review http://wiki.docbook.org as an example of a wiki dedicated to providing information on another OASIS Standard. 

Carol


-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Prentice [mailto:scottp@leximation.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 12:25 PM
To: Don Day
Cc: carol.geyer@oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [dita-users] First meeting of the Central Texas area DITA users group

Hi Don...

I haven't heard from Carol yet, but am hoping to soon, so I can determine what areas may be available for me to fill in. Ah .. I see
that her posting was to the TC list not the Yahoo dita-users list .. 
that's why I missed it. I just read the TC posting and see that the proposed site does seem to cover much of what I've done. One
area that I thought would be quite useful is an easy to use event calendar that allows for both one-time events (conferences or
specific seminars), and recurring events such as DUGs. The event calendar that I developed seems to work well, although I'm still
working on the interface that allows people to enter/maintain their own information. I'm interested to see what the DITA Focus Area
group has come up with for this purpose.

I haven't invested much in this domain/site .. financially, just the domain registration. The site is currently hosted as an add-on
to my development site that I use for such things. I figured that when/if this took off I'd move it to a separate account. I
basically spent a weekend with some PHP development (user registration, user-editable content, event calendar) and site set-up. It's
been a good proof of concept for me.

If nothing else, I may just offer hosting for DUGs .. this would give them a subdomain at a dita-related URL
(groupname.ditamap.com), with FTP access and email forwarding. If anyone is interested .. we'll have to see.

Cheers!

...scott

Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com
+1.415.485.1892



Don Day wrote:

>I suppose that Carol has filled you in already.  Carol sent a note to 
>the TC list, which is publicly visible, but its likely that her posting 
>has not been indexed yet for search. Sorry about the interface issues 
>with Yahoo--I have both good and flakey experiences with it in general.  
>dita.xml.org is not live yet, as the content is still being prepared for it.
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>By the way, I like the start of your site.  This is how I envision the 
>front page of the Wiki to appear.  Have you invested much in obtaining 
>the domain name and setting up the initial server and content?
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>Regards,
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>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
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>"Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
> Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
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>Thanks for the prompt reply. Hmm .. unfortunately, I must have missed 
>Carol's posting to dita-users, and I just did a number of searches that 
>came up empty (although Yahoo group searches are questionable at best).
>Also, it appears that dita.xml.org is down at the moment (at least it 
>is for me) .. should it be available?
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>Carol .. can you fill me in on the plans for the DITA XML Focus area 
>(or forward the posting to dita-users)? I don't want to provide 
>redundant information or services, but perhaps I can fill in some gaps as needed.
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>Cheers!
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>...scott
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>Scott Prentice
>Leximation, Inc.
>www.leximation.com
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>>Scott, I am copying your note to Carol Geyer of OASIS Communications, 
>>as she is best able to fill you in on what OASIS proposes to do with 
>>the DITA XML Focus Area (http://dita.xml.org).  Your effort and this 
>>one have substantial overlap, and I'm sure you'd agree that we should 
>>all be on the same page here.  Had you not seen the postings she put 
>>up on dita-users in the last two weeks?
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>>I am open for DITA User Group mailing list support, especially if it 
>>could support the various DUGs coming into existence everywhere (San 
>>Francisco, Raleigh, Austin, Boston, Toronto that I know of).  I don't 
>>think Carol's DITA Wiki engine supports that sort of service.
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>>Regards,
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>>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
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>>I've recently set up a website called ditamap.com (it's still under 
>>development so I haven't sent out a general notice yet, but will be 
>>soon). The idea is that this can be a gathering point for various 
>>dita-related information .. I wasn't aware of any other site that was 
>>doing this, so it seemed like a good idea. It will be set up to be 
>>largely user-supported .. people can add and edit items .. and I have 
>>set up a dita event calendar to track related events (not 
>>user-editable just yet, but will be soon).
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>>I'm offering free web hosting to dita users groups at 
>>groupname.ditamap.com (each group would have their own subdomain, with 
>>FTP access, and email forwarding). Please pass this on to the newly 
>>forming Central Texas DUG, and feel free to contact me with any questions.
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>>If you have a chance to have a look, I'd appreciate your feedback. 
>>Feel free to register and poke around .. add items to the tools or 
>>articles page (you can delete them if needed) .. let me know what you 
>>think. I'm very open to taking this in whatever direction seems appropriate.
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>>Cheers!
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>>Leximation, Inc.
>>www.leximation.com
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>>>Greetings.  Last June I suggested starting a users group to serve the 
>>>Central Texas region's thirst for more information about the growing 
>>>DITA standard (that is, the Darwin Information Typing Architecture).  
>>>Wendy Shepperd of BMC Software has offered the facilities of her 
>>>company for a first meeting.  We've narrowed down the date and time as follows:
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>>>What: the first planning meeting of a Central Texas area DITA users 
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>>>When: Wednesday Oct 19, 7:00 - 9:00 pm Central
>>>Where: BMC Software - Executive Briefing Center (EBC-A)
>>>     10431 Morado Circle
>>>     Office Building: 5
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>>>and Jollyville Road (Braker Lane turns into Morado Circle).  BMC 
>>>Software is located at the corner of Braker and Jollyville Road. Take 
>>>the 3rd driveway and park in front of Building V and check in with 
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>>>a number of things to accomplish for this first meeting!
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>>>First business: take orders for pizza to be delivered later in the
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>>>What to call the group
>>>When, where to meet (BMC is available for now) Goals and charter, 
>>>minimally necessary positions Program suggestions Plan the agenda for 
>>>the first regular meeting Group web page/mailing list Don Day's 
>>>report on DITA support materials:
>>>- Yahoo! dita-users group
>>>- OASIS and Sourceforge sites
>>>- DITA Cover Page
>>>- new DITA Focus Area at xml.org
>>>Pizza, Q&A and social time
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>>>Free beverages will be provided.
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>>>Regards,
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>>>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
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>>>"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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