Interesting news: GitHub, indexing the DITA spec and more

I had a very good call with Chet Ensign, OASIS TC admin today. There
    are a couple of points that I wanted to share:

    
      
In (probably Q1) 2015, OASIS will start using GitHub.

      
At some point in 2015, OASIS will move to allowing TCs to be
        loosely affiliated with open source projects housed in the OASIS
        GitHub. These open source projects will be open to non-OASIS
        members. Because this might be an excellent location for Eliot's
        RNG-to-DTD-XSD generator, I've asked him to leave the source
        file in SVN until the TC has a chance to discuss this in the new
        year. This will also be a great location for the materials
        developed by the SIDSC.

      
We can index the DITA source files throughout the first OASIS
        review and right up to the time that we issue the OASIS Standard
        Candidate. Caveat -- A good index is TONS of work, and it's
        better to have no index than a lousy one, so this still might
        not work out.

      

    
    
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      Best,

      Kris

      

      Kristen James Eberlein

      Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee

      Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting

      www.eberleinconsulting.com

      +1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)