Proposal for new Tech Comm. subcommittee

At the DITA Adoption 
TC meeting on 1 April, I was given the following action 
item:

    
> ACTION: Gershon to suggest to the DITA TC the idea of forming a Tech Comm. 
SC 
    > to take ownership of the tech comm. 
specialization.

In DITA 1.2, we are 
moving the technical communications topic types (concept, glossary entry, 
reference, task) and map type (bookmap) out from the base spec into a new tech 
comm specialization. The DITA Adoption TC is concerned that this will result in 
less attention to this important specialization, which after all is the primary 
audience of the DITA spec. The Adoption TC would like to propose the formation 
of a Tech Comm SC under the DITA TC, whose charter will be to own the tech comm 
specializations and manage them moving forward, similar to the efforts 
being done by the learning & training and machinery SCs.

 

I will be unable to 
make the next 2 DITA TC meetings due to our Passover holiday. Please could the 
TC discuss this proposal. I am willing to be chair or co-chair of this new tech 
comm SC. If the TC prefers to wait for me to return to discuss, that's also 
fine. We can discuss this item at the April 21 TC meeting, which is the only TC 
meeting I am able to attend for the rest of this month (I will be at CMS/DITA 
2009 the last week of April).

 

Feel free to discuss 
this idea on the list.

 

Gershon

 

  
  

    
      
        
        

          

        

          
            
Gershon 
            Joseph
Technical 
            Leader
PDI 
            DocTools


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