RE: [dita-fa-edboard] DITA XML.org Events--time field

["JoAnn Hackos" <joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com>]

Hi Carol,
I don't think we should keep that info.
JoAnn 


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-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Geyer [mailto:carol.geyer@oasis-open.org] 
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 3:46 PM
To: 'DITA Editorial Board'
Subject: [dita-fa-edboard] DITA XML.org Events--time field

The UBL XML.org EdBoard has decided to remove the hour and minute fields
from their Events submission form. Do we want to do the same for the
DITA XML.org Events form (http://dita.xml.org/node/add/calendar-event)?

Their rationale is:
-most events are all-day, so the hour and minute fields aren't relevant

-people trying to post conferences dislike having to track down the
exact hour-minute info--they often skip over it and the default 00:00
appears
 
-if we eliminate hours-minute field, then single-day events won't need
to repeat the date info (e.g.
http://dita.xml.org/calendar-event/dita-structured-authoring-class
versus
http://ubl.xml.org/calendar-event/third-cen-industry-conference-on-elect
ronic-invoicing)


For webinars, where time is meaningful, it can be easily entered as part
of the "Description" field.

If you feel strongly about keeping the hour-minute field, let me know.
Otherwise, I'll ask Jose to remove it.

Thanks,
Carol



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