Fwd: DITA questions on TechComm package / profile

Forwarding (hope that is OK, Nancy!) to flesh out the agenda
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Best,

      Kris

      

      Kristen James Eberlein

      Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee

      Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting

      www.eberleinconsulting.com

      +1 919 622-1501; kriseberlein (skype)

      

    

    

      

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            DITA questions on TechComm package / profile
          

          

            Date: 
            Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:53:44 -0700
          

          

            From: 
            Nancy <>
          

          

            To: 
            Kristen James Eberlein
              <>, Robert D Anderson
              <>
          

        
      
      

      

      

        
Hi,
          

          

          
As I create my DITA/NA presentation, which will be on the
            future of the techcomm package (with a nod to its history),
            I'm realizing I have some questions that I can't answer. I'm
            thinking that either one of you knows the answers, or if you
            don't, we need to put the question on the agenda for the
            next TC meeting, so we can make a decision on it.Â

          

          

          

            
Note: I may be asking questions that can be answered by
              looking at the latest 2.0 grammar files,, so if that's the
              case, and you can point me to them on either the OASIS
              website or in Github, that would be great.

            

            

          

          
1. In making techcomm a profile - and I would love to be
            pointed to the location on the OASIS website where they
            define their idea of a profile - will that mean that there
            is no overlap at all between techcomm and base DITA, or will
            there still be some items in techcomm that reproduce items
            in base DITA, as there are now? (I'm thinking about the fact
            that there's an extra topic.mod in the techcomm 'dtd'
            folder, not the majority of the base, which I know won't be
            included). My understanding of a profile is that it isn't a
            stand-alone functional structure; it absolutely depends on
            having base DITA available. Is that correct?ÂÂ

          
2. The 1.3Â techcomm content is in its own directory, but
            that directory doesn't include the xnal, bookmap, or
            machineryIndustry material, which each have their own
            directories as well. But those 3 pieces are included in
            techcomm from the point of view of the 1.3 spec. Will those
            things be part of 2.0 techcomm? will they be removed from
            the 2.0 base?ÂÂ

          

          

          
Thanks,

          
Nancy

          

          

          

            

              
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