FW: [dita-adoption] Proposal to the OASIS DITA Adoption TC to form a DITA Help subcommittee

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From: Goolsby, Chris
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Subject: [dita-adoption] Proposal to the OASIS DITA Adoption TC to form
a DITA Help subcommittee 

 

Greetings all.

 

Recently the DITA Help subcommittee of the OASIS DITA TC has
been discussing forming a parallel team under the auspices of the DITA Adoption
TC to promote the adoption of DITA for the authoring and production of help
systems and user assistance content. Tony Self has requested that I bring
forward a proposal to form this new subcommittee. I mentioned this effort at
the second to last DITA Adoption TC meeting.

 

Name of proposed subcommittee: DITA Help

 

Statement of Purpose

 

·        
Promote the use of DITA for the authoring of
help systems and user assistance content.

·        
Develop  white papers, cook books, worked examples,
and similar documentation to help remove the obstacles to effective use of DITA
for help systems and user assistance.

·        
Develop guidelines that promote best practices
for applying standard DITA approaches to help systems and user assistance
content.

·        
Develop informal support for processing DITA for
delivery as help systems and user assistance.

 

List of Deliverables

 

·        
White papers, cook books, worked examples, best
practices and similar documentation to assist with using DITA for help systems
and user assistance content

·        
A high-level processing model that defines the
standard use of DITA for help systems and user assistance content

 

Proposed Chair

 

Tony Self

 

Best Regards.

 

Chris Goolsby

PTC