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[Kristen Eberlein]

Thanks for kicking this off, Michael. My introduction to DITA came with an IBM beta-test in 2002, and then I started authoring DITA content in 2004. I've worn a lot of different hats -- author, team lead, information architect, build specialist, and most recently, DITA consultant. I've been involved with DITA work at OASIS since 2008. I have clients who don't need the overhead, weight, and complexity of full DITA. It's overkill for what they need to do. I think that having a common, lightweight DITA would enable tool vendors to support DITA much more easily and with much less development time. I'd dearly love to see a future in which one could save a Google doc as lightweight DITA or author lightweight DITA in an e-mail client or iPad app -- it would make my life much easier! Best, Kris Kristen James Eberlein Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting www.eberleinconsulting.com +1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)