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Re: [dita-lightweight-dita] Fwd: [dita-comment] LW DITA specification preamble
Added to my folder with the spec draft outline
Carlos
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On Aug 22, 2016, at 6:24 PM, Kristen James Eberlein <> wrote:
I think that this is where Michael intended this to go.
Best,
Kris
Kristen James Eberlein
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
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Subject:
[dita-comment] LW DITA specification preamble
Date:
Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:05:38 -0400
From:
Michael Priestley <>
To:
This is what I came up with -
very much
a work in progress, just trying to capture some of the main
value points.
<topic id="lwdita">
<title>Lightweight DITA
draft specification</title>
<shortdesc>Lightweight
DITA provides a specification for modular, structured,
semantically
labelled and classified
content that can be authored in several different formats and
published
to many others.
</shortdesc>
<body><section><title>Why
go lightweight?</title>
<p>Lightweight
DITA provides a subset of the functionality of full DITA,
including a more
limited
initial element set, stricter content models, and a simplified
specialization
architecture
for creating new content types or collection types.</p>
<p>The subset
functionality has been selected to provide the greatest amount
of value
for the
smallest
amount of effort for both tool developers and authors. The
subsetting also
enables
authoring
of DITA in more formats: content and collections can be authored
and specialized
in not
only XML but also HTML5, markdown, and potentially other
formats.</p>
<p>....standard
so vendor independence</p>
<p>....cross-format,
starting fresh, don't need full dita, require use of a non-xml
authoring
format
</p></section>
<section>
<title>How
much does this specification cover?</title>
</section>
<p>This specification
covers basic topics (modular chunks of self-describing content)
and maps
(collections of
content, links, or metadata values). It also describes a new
template-based
specialization
approach.</p>
<p>This specification
does not define any specific content types or collection types
beyond the
basic topic and
map. However, it provides the basic building blocks for
authoring, managing,
and organizing
intelligent content, as well as the framework for defining any
specific
content
types you
require.</p>
<p>The Lightweight
DITA subcommittee will be publishing a series of investigations
showing
how
lightweight DITA
can be adapted for various industry or discipline requirements
and content
types. The core
specification is designed to be as lightweight and portable as
possible,
and
so is limited
to the basic topic, map, and template specifications. </p>
</body>
</topic>
Michael Priestley, Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM)
Enterprise Content Technology Strategist
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