+1
Mary
On Apr 22, 2010, at 3:20 PM, JoAnn Hackos wrote:
> As long as it's XML, we can each work in whatever tool we'd like, seems
> to me.
> JoAnn
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> Co-chair DITA Adoption TC
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frederick Hirsch [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 1:08 PM
> To: ext Mary McRae
> Cc: Frederick Hirsch; Bob Freund; Dave Ings;
> Subject: Re: [chairs] What can Standards Development / TC Administration
> do to help?
>
> I see the benefit of automation of publication checking and tool
> driven production of various output formats. This also might make
> useful templates easier to work with.
>
> What about authoring tools, or would editors be working in ed/vi/emacs
> (not that all mind doing so)?
>
> regards, Frederick
>
> Frederick Hirsch
> Nokia
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>
>
> On Apr 22, 2010, at 12:57 PM, ext Mary McRae wrote:
>
>> Agreed. How would the chairs feel about mandating all specs be
>> created in an OASIS XML format?
>>
>> m
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>> On Apr 22, 2010, at 12:40 PM, Bob Freund wrote:
>>
>>> How much of this review might be automated?
>>> might be a lot if we had an xml publication format.
>>>
>>> On Apr 22, 2010, at 9:24 AM, Dave Ings wrote:
>>>
>>>> +1
>>>>
>>>> This would really cut down on the iterative churn that seems to
>>>> frustrate the people involved in the publication process. Great
>>>> idea!
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Dave Ings,
>>>> Emerging Software Standards
>>>> Email:
>>>> Yahoo Messenger: dave_ings
>>>>
>>>> <graycol.gif>Hanssens Bart ---2010/04/22 09:02:30 AM---> Would you
>>>> like us to review your specifications prior to TC ballots so you
>>>> don't need to go back a
>>>>
>>>> From: Hanssens Bart <>
>>>> To: Mary McRae <>,
> "
>>>> " <>
>>>> Date: 2010/04/22 09:02 AM
>>>> Subject: RE: [chairs] What can Standards Development / TC
>>>> Administration do to help?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Would you like us to review your specifications prior to TC
>>>> ballots so you don't need to go back and fix stuff afterwards?
>>>>
>>>> That would be very helpful indeed, especially for new TC's /
>>>> people submitting specifications for the first time...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>> Bart
>>>
>>
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