Change to Proposal

Greetings colleagues

Earlier this week, Stan Doherty and myself met (via teleconference) with
Michael Priestley, Kris Eberlein, and Robert Anderson to discuss the
possible overlap between Robert's proposal for changes to <resourceid>, and
our own proposal for <ua-context> as a specialisation of <resourceid>. One
of the issues that had arisen was that our idea of specialising <ua-context>
from <resourceid> was not feasible, as <resourceid> didn't have enough
attributes to specialise from. So in order to create <ua-context>, we'd have
to modify <resourceid>. The consensus was that it might be better to simply
expand <resourceid> to include the attributes that we need for
context-sensitive Help, and not to create a specialised <ua-context>
element.
 
I have revised the associated proposal 13060 to reflect this changed
approach, and have uploaded it to the DHSC documents area.
https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-help/download.php/50297/d
ita-proposal-csh_13060.html

I've also attached the HTML version to this mail.

I think it would be a good idea to meet to discuss this change, to ensure
that everyone is happy with it, before proceeding further. We need to have
this discussion before the next scheduled meeting of 3 September. I would
like to propose that we meet at 4.30 pm US EST on Monday 26 August. Is that
particularly uncomfortable for anyone hoping to attend?

Kind regards

Tony Self
Chair -  OASIS DITA Help Subcommittee