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[Stanley Doherty]

==================================================== DITA Adoption/TechComm SC Meeting Agenda 11-09-2015 12:00PM/EST ==================================================== CONNECTION INFORMATION Meeting Number: 201240602 Meeting Password: ditatc 1. Go to https://cisco.webex.com/cisco/j.php?MTID=m8c33283eaac954cd8be7c2cb62abeae6 2. Enter the meeting password: ditatc 3. Click 'Join Now'. 4. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen. (866) 432-9903 for the San Jose/Milpitas area (866) 349-3520 for the RTP area. To join the teleconference only: 1. Dial into Cisco WebEx (view all Global Access Numbers at http://cisco.com/en/US/about/doing_business/conferencing/index.html ) 2. Follow the prompts to enter the Meeting Number (listed above) or Access Code followed by the # sign. ==================================================== Action Items ==================================================== Stan - Distribute the "Strengths" write-up to the list. Don - Draft a "Strengths" paragraph on the power of DITA as a framework that is independent of topic typing or minimalism. All - Continue to review and write up paragraphs for the SWOT "weaknesses" items on our wiki. > https://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita-adoption/DITA_Adoption_SWOT_Analysis Stan - Complete the SWOT "Weaknesses" write-up re: tooling. Stan - Ping ChrisG about CSH whitepaper status Stan - Ping Mark and Jennifer about L&T whitepaper status All - Audit whitepapers actively in development so we can give the DITA TC a heads-up for volunteer reviewers. All - Chase down references (URLs) to: > Marcus Kessler's "Five Reasons Not to mOve to DITA" > Russell Ward - article (same focus?) > Function Design messaging on the same ==================================================== A. Whitepapers and Plug-Ins ==================================================== 1. Release Management Excel Plug-in (Dave) 2. Release management XQuery DITA-OT plug-in - test status? (Stan) 3. DITA 1.3 A-Z Whitepaper - entering TC comments (Keith) 4. Scoped keys whitepaper - posted and done! 5. DITA 1.3 CSH whitepaper - status? (Chris) 6. Short description whitepaper - Joe able to help (Joe, Keith) 7. DITA 1.3 Learning and Training - status? (Mark Myers, Jennifer Gemmell) 8. Content Referencing Practices (Dawn Stevens; November/December) 9. XML mention - plan to make progress (Israel Gale) 10. XML mention - November/December? (Keith) ==================================================== B. Discussions ==================================================== 1. DITA SWOT ? ?Strengths? feedback roll-up 2. DITA SWOT ? ?Weaknesses? request for feedback > Processing feedback on SWOT items > Processing feedback on how to organize/categorize the final information 3. Discussion: DITA worst practices: > https://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita-adoption/DITA_Worst_Practices ==================================================== C. dita.xml.org ==================================================== 1. dita.xml.org Focus Area SC > SC charter development in progress 2. Content triage (ongoing) the existing dita.xml.org content to determine whether articles there should be: 3. Submission and review policies: > Brainstorm? > Draft offline? 4. History of DITA: > Bob Doyle's article > D. Schell, M. Priestly, and D.Day ("Making IT Easy") - http://xml.coverpages.org/DITA-Openhouse2004Intro.ppt > http://xml.coverpages.org/IBM-Easy2001-dita-1819.pdf ==================================================== D. Calendar ==================================================== ==================================================== E. Administration ====================================================