Thanks Sebastian.
In that case, I like Chris' suggestion for a title .. "DITA Help
Technology Guide" .. since it uses the term DITA Help more as a
technological concept than a specific implementation. Just my 0.02. :)
...scott
Sebastian E Fuhrer wrote:
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> It is clearly defined in the document:
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> *Definition of DITA Help*
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> This topic details how the OASIS DITA Help Subcommittee defines the
> term DITA Help.
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> /DITA Help/, as defined by the OASIS DITA Help SC (DHSC), is:
> A set of recommendations for the design and implementation of commonly
> recognized user assistance components using
> the DITA architecture. These components include, but are not limited
> to, navigation components, context-sensitive
> linking, embedded Help, browse sequences, associative links and window
> definitions. These recommendations can be
> used as a foundation for the development of authoring models and tools
> to support solutions in a variety of formats and
> for a variety of platforms.
>
> Sebastian E Fuhrer
> IBM User Technologies
> Dept. 269 Build. 004-2/G103
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> "When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to
> stop living. " ~James Baldwin
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> We had an earlier discussion about the DITA Help label. I don't know if we
> have minutes for it. My position was that we are in a position to
> appropriate that name and define it as we see fit. And I think we did
> define
> it in the guide. I don't have it in front of me at the moment.
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> Joe Welinske, WritersUA
> The Conference for Software User Assistance
> www.WritersUA.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Prentice
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:10 AM
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> Subject: Re: [dita-help] Name for Best Practices Document
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> Well .. not to beat this horse too much .. but if we call this something
> like "DITA Help Implementation Guide", are we implying that the guide
> provides information on implementing "DITA Help"? Have we defined what we
> mean by "DITA Help"? There isn't really an output or deliverable
> called DITA
> Help .. right? This might be more accurately called "DITA-Based Help
> Implementation Guide" .. no I don't really like that as a title, but it is
> more accurate, no?
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> ...scott
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