Minutes: 10 May 2007 DITA XML.org Editorial Board Call

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

Attending: JoAnn (chair), Carol, Scott, Bruce, Amber


1. Board discussed traffic stats provided by OASIS webmaster. We are concerned
about declining traffic numbers, but feel we need more data before we can
really see a meaningful trend.

Board agreed that getting fresh content on a regular basis is the best way to
increase traffic. Amber suggested we invite prolific posters from the
dita-yahoo list to provide a recap of topics that have been discussed. This
would not be a continuation of discussion, but simply a summary of the dialogue
and a link back to the yahoo thread. Bruce suggested we use the "blog" portion
of the site for this.

AI: Amber and Bruce will identify the top 20 prolific *and knowledgeable*
posters to the dita-yahoo list
AI: Edboard to draft invitation and describe what we're asking posters to do:
Goal: Provide easier access to important answers to DITA issues raised on the
yahoo list
Task: Summarize an issue discussed on yahoo in a blog entry on DITA XML.org,
provide a link to the thread.

2. <soapbox>
Team discussed Amber's article and agreed to expand it as the first in a series
of articles on "Confusing DITA elements." After "keyword", article, the team
decided to plan future <soapbox> articles on term, index term, phrase, and
data. The articles should highlight the fact that DITA is an evolving standard
and practices may change in the future.

AI: Amber to recast "keyword" article and write an intro for the series. 
AI: JoAnn to write next article on index term (due in July or so).
AI: Amber to invite Eric to co-author future "term/glossaries" article with
her. Bruce to invite Eric to co-author future "data" article. Amber may
co-author "phrase" with someone else.
AI: Edboard members to provide feedback on "keyword" article to Amber by the
end of the week, especially questions on keywords that would stimulate
discussion.

Next call:
14 June 2007
2:00 pm EST
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Carol Geyer
Director of Communications
OASIS
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