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        Minutes of DITA Technical Committee meeting

April 15, 2014

8:00-8:05 PT Roll call

    Regrets: Nancy Harrison 

STANDING BUSINESS:

Approve minutes from previous business meeting:

1) Minutes from 1 April 2014

   - Seconded by: Robert Anderson and approved by committee.

2) Minutes from 8 April 2014

   - Seconded by: Deb Bissantz and approved by committee.

BUSINESS:

1) DITA 1.3 progress

   Transformation utilities (Kimber)

   DITA 1.3 grammar files (Kimber)

   Redesign of "Contains and Contains by" (Anderson; due 8 April, moved to 15 April)

   -  Move to 22 April

   First spec review (Eberlein & Anderson)

   Test plan (Anderson, Kimber, Nitchie, Helfinstine, Hudson; due 15 April) 

    

2) New item: Potential issue with XSD generation

   - Issue is that distributed XSDs for 1.2 cannot fully support DITA

     constraints without modifying the OASIS-distributed XSDs.

     Can't define a constraint in RNG and automatically convert it to XSD.

     Specific cases is when you need to constrain sequence groups (e.g., strict task).

     Eliot suggests hardcoding special cases.

   - This is also a problem with 1.2 XSDs. You cannot define a constraint that

     affects a sequence unless you modify the OASIS-supplied XSDs.

   - For 1.2 XSDs, options are:

     - Hand-code a solution

     - Refactor utilities to create modules that will work

   - In either case, need to decide what to say in specification

   - Kris: need to send options to group for discussion in email

ACTION: Eliot and Eric to send email to group discussing options for

        resolving the issue with XSD generation.

3) New item: DITA 1.3 test plan

   - Question is how to test RNG version of the spec.

ACTION: Kris will set up a call of interested parties regarding the

        DITA 1.3 test plan.

4) New item: Branch filtering elements

   - Current design could be significantly simplified.

   - Currently supply a prefix/suffix to key names when duplicating a branch.

   - Better way would be to modify scope on a branch rather than rename keys.

   - I.e., instead of supplying a prefix/suffix, create the new branch in a

     new scope.

   - Eliot expressed concern that the cost of this is some inconvenience in

     some cases.

   - Robert:

     - Do we remove capability to rename keys? Any objections? None expressed.

     - Do we leave capability to add prefix/suffix or reuse keyscope attribute?

       No objections, but concern expressed as to whether this attribute

       supplements or replaces the keyscope of the parent.

ACTION: Robert to provide revised branch filtering proposal by 22 April 2014

5) New item: Relax rules for generating chunk names

   - Continued

6) New item: Amended stage 3 proposal for 13111: MathML and equation domain (Kimber)

   - Continued

7) New item: Amended stage 3 proposal for 13111: MathML and equation domain (Kimber)

   - Continued

8) New item: subjectScheme and normative language

   - Continued

9) New item: Triage Trello board for "Spec clarifications and improvements"

   - Continued

10) On-going item: Normative terminology

   - Continued

11) On-going item: DITA 1.3 processes: Lessons learned

   - Continued

Meeting adjourned on the hour.
        

-- Mr. Richard Hamilton
        
    

    
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        Date submitted: 2014-04-15 10:22:30