Re: [dita-lightweight-dita] (Not so) silly question about acronym
I have been using "LW DITA" (no hyphen)
as a shorthand. I personally don't like the hyphen in "LW-DITA".
But I do think it's a good idea to have an official short version,
thanks for bringing this up Carlos. I would follow what we decide
on. I think it's something we should use consistently in
"official" subcommittee communications like the upcoming spec.
It's a branding thing that can cut down on confusion.
For the record, our official OASIS subcommittee name is
"Lightweight DITA Subcommittee".
Here are some names I wrote down a while ago when we were
discussing this. Like Carlos, my first choice was always FINCH.
Lightweight DITA
LW DITA
LW-DITA
LDITA
LwD
DITA Lite
DITA Light
FINCH - Fully Intelligent New Content Hierarchy
Mark Giffin
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On 6/29/2016 9:49 AM, Scott Hudson wrote:
We
could get all Marketing-like and call it “DITA Light” or
“DITA Lite” or lDITA…
J
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Subject: Re: [dita-lightweight-dita] (Not so)
silly question about acronym
I admit that I use "lwd-" as a concise, namespace prefix for
many of my test materials and folders, and I've been the
person using LwD as finger-saving acronym in my
communications. I could see using LW-DITA in more formal OASIS
versions down the road, but that is still too many keystrokes
for chats and notes for now, in my opinion. I see it as a
development vs branding issue.
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Don
On 6/29/2016 11:35 AM, Carlos Evia wrote:
Dear Lightweight DITA SC people,
As I work on my current writing project
(which is, surprise, about Lightweight DITA), I wonder if
we have an “official” acronym. Some of us use LwD, and
others do LW-DITA. We also had, briefly, hopes on FINCH,
but that puppy died shortly after the DITA NA conference
in Chicago last year.
So… is there an official acronym? Do we
need one?
Best,
Carlos
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