LWDITA and DITA: Items of interest

Carlos, we'd be delighted to have you on the TC call 1 November.
      Here is the sort of info that we need:

    
      
Drivers for LWDITA

      
Planned element and attribute set, including any new elements
        and attributes

      
Grammar files: Are they planned to be delivered as DTDs? RNG?
        XSD?

      

      
Specialization model, especially plans for developing
        specializations from a DITA topic that contains the necessary
        metadata

      

      
Tooling planned to develop grammar files from a LWDITA topic
        template:

      
        
Is this planned to be a reference implementation?

        
What sort of grammar files will be produced: DTD, XSD, or
          RNG?

        
Will the generated grammar files be modular or monolithic?

        
Will the generated grammar files contain specialization
          hierarchy?

        

      
    
    TC members, please add to this list if there are other items that
    you think important.

    

    If there are materials for which you want screen sharing, please
    send me them before the call so that I can present them if you are
    unable to share your screen. 

    

    Regarding the drivers, since there will be a subcommittee meeting on
    31 October, perhaps subcommittee members can consider the same
    questions that I posed to the TC:

    
      
How would you rank these different drivers? Are some more
        important to you than others?

      
Do you think that Lightweight DITA might be delivered in
        phases? If so, what would you want to see first?

      
Do you think that some of these drivers affect each other? Or
        be in conflict with each other? If so, how can that be
        mitigated?

    
    

    
Best,

      Kris

      

      Kristen James Eberlein

      Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee

      Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting

      www.eberleinconsulting.com

      +1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)

      

    

    
On 10/18/2016 8:30 PM, Carlos Evia
      wrote:

    

    
      
Kris and all,
        

        

        
I think the LwDITA SC is already working on all of these
          identified drivers. Of course, some are (way) more advanced
          than others.

        
Would it help if I join the main TC call 11/01 and update
          on our work and plans? I can have my students work on the
          projects (surprise: they will be working on LwDITA topics that
          day) while I join the call.

        

        

        
Best,

        

        

        
Carlos

        

      

      

        

          

            

              

                

                  
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On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 6:18 PM,
          Kristen James Eberlein <>
          wrote:

          
            

              
And a critical addition:

              
                
Expanding DITA into new markets: Web developments
                  and ones that we don't know of yet

                

              
              
                
Best,

                  Kris

                  

                  Kristen James Eberlein

                  Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee

                  Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting

                  www.eberleinconsulting.com

                  +1 919 682-2290;
                  kriseberlein (skype)

                  

                

              
              

                

                  
On
                    10/18/2016 5:57 PM, Kristen James Eberlein wrote:

                  

                  
                    
We mentioned the following drivers on the DITA TC
                      call today:

                    
                      
Desire for a subset of full DITA that is less
                        complex, simpler to author, and cheaper/easier
                        to build tools to support

                      
Easier specialization

                      
Tooling to make easier specialization possible

                      

                      
Ability to have HTML and Markdown versions to
                        enable contribution from authors who want to
                        author in that format

                      
Commitment to interoperability; Lightweight
                        DITA must be able to be absorbed by full
                        DITA. (The reverse is not the case.)

                      
Current plans for Lightweight DITA to have
                        elements and attributes that are not available
                        in DITA 1.3, such as <video>,
                        <audio>, @specmodel and more

                      

                    
                    Am I missing any of the key points that were raised?
                    I think I am ...

                    

                    I'd encourage DITA TC voting members to think about
                    the following:

                    
                      
How would you rank these different drivers?
                        Are some more important to you than others?

                      
Do you think that Lightweight DITA might be
                        delivered in phases? If so, what would you want
                        to see first?

                      
Do you think that some of these drivers affect
                        each other? Or be in conflict with each other?
                        If so, how can that be mitigated?

                    
                    
How can we best promote discussion on the DITA TC
                      about Lightweight DITA and where the subcommittee
                      is currently at?

                    
                      
Regular item on the agenda

                      
Survey

                      
Other thoughts?

                    
                    For folks who were on today's call but silent, I'd
                    be happy to have calls with you.
                    
Cc'd to the Lightweight DITA subcommittee.

                    

                    
--
                      

                      Best,

                      Kris

                      

                      Kristen James Eberlein

                      Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee

                      Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting

                      www.eberleinconsulting.com

                      +1 919
                        682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)

                      

                    

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