RE: [dita] RE: PLCS TC Editor's usage of the OASIS OpenOffice template.

OOOOPS!  The briefing slides didn't get attached.  Sorry.  
kindly find them attached to this email.

  
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From: Smith, Jerry L. 
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Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 7:52 
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To: 'Don Day'; 
Subject: 
  [dita] RE: PLCS TC Editor's usage of the OASIS OpenOffice 
  template.

  

  
DITA LIST:

  
Action Item 023 - OASIS PLCS TC Editor's use of 
  the OASIS OpenOffice template.

  
We polled our group and received the following 
  response from Nigel Shaw:

  
    
"I have been using the OASIS Word Template 
    and have found it, in the British sense, "interesting". For example, I 
    struggled to get the numbering to stretch across into annexes and similarly 
    with cross-references. (there did not seem to be any supporting 
    documentation and the example was limited.) All in all it ended up being a 
    slow process to use it. I was left with the feeling that the developers 
    actually had not really used it, doing their particular standards using the 
    xml route. I would not be surprised if the open office template was 
    similar.

    
I also have some 
    concerns about the reference that appears to be required for standards 
    language (must, shall, etc) and its contradictions with the ISO use of the 
    same terms. "

  
Regards,

  
Jerry

  

OASIS document rules.ppt