Re: [dita-help] Name for Best Practices Document

Hey .. did we get a new call-in number? I'm not seeing an email with the 
info.

...scott



Tony Self wrote:
> I'm comfortable with "DITA Help Technology Guide".
>
> Tony
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Prentice [mailto:] 
> Sent: Friday, 23 January 2009 5:00 AM
> To: Sebastian E Fuhrer
> Cc: 
> Subject: Re: [dita-help] Name for Best Practices Document
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> 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
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> 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
>> 507.253-4918
>> Tie-line 553-4918
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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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>> *"Joe Welinske" <>*
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>> 01/22/2009 11:22 AM
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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.  
>>  
>> 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
>> Cc: 
>> 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?
>>
>> ...scott
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