Eliot and Erik, I appreciate your contributions to this discussion. In the midst of all this fine thought, however, I'm aware that I'd still like to hear debate from others on this theme. In particular, I'd like to give Michael Priestley as DITA's venerable specialization proponent the opportunity to weigh in before we drive to final closure. I know that I need time to digest Erik's latest material, therefore I suggest that our aim for today be to get to common understanding of Erik's latest thoughts and to give time for Michael to catch up and contribute to any closing debate starting next week.
The mailing list discussion about S1000D continues to draw focus to the separation of specialization as an abstract, architectural concept from the implementation vocabularies that might employ the technique. I'd like to explore this observation today insofar as it contributes to how we write the specification.
Regards,
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