/ "John L. Clark" <> was heard to say:
| In July there was a note from a TC agenda that stable URIs would be
| setup[0] (I assumed/hoped for the DocBook 4.3 DTDs). However, the
| DocBook XML page on OASIS[1] still claims that "DocBook XML V4.2 is the
| current XML version of DocBook" and does not have a link to V4.3
| resources. For all the standard reasons, this is irksome.
Indeed. Not least of all to me. However, I've been discussing the
situation with the webmaster at OASIS and I believe we are very close
to resolving the problem.
| Is there any possibility of action on this front in the near future?
The problem here is broken web pages, not a breakdown in the DocBook
development process. We produce 4.3 officially back in March/April. I
apologize for the delay in getting the web pages at OASIS updated.
| Can we expect a better turnaround time for 4.4 once it is finalized?
I hope that we can make 4.4 official at the November TC meeting.
| (What's the "correct" term for "finalized" in OASIS circles these days?)
OASIS is about to update the TC process document. When that's done,
the 4.4 DTD will be able to become a "Committee Specification". We
might also pursue full OASIS Standard for 4.4, but that's not a
decision that's been made officially yet.
| On a related by separate matter, what's the game plan for migration to
| DocBook NG? Will it become DocBook 5.0 (or 6.0) or will it forever live
| in experimental land?
As Jirka pointed out, our new charter says we're going to do it. It's
going to be a large and disruptive change, so I think there's value in
having a long period of experimentation. That said, it would probably
be a good idea for the experiments to become "DocBook TC experiments"
instead of "Norm Walsh's experiments" sooner rather than later.
Be seeing you,
norm
--
Norman Walsh <> | A man is not necessarily
http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/ | intelligent because he has plenty
Chair, DocBook Technical Committee | of ideas, any more than he is a
| good general because he has plenty
| of soldiers.-- Chamfort
