Thoughts on a survey

How about this for dita-users:

1 - link to overview/description of
lightweight DITA for them to review first

2 - Which of the following authoring
roles are creating DITA today in your organization?
(multiple-select list, option to provide
example url for each one selected, option to provide examples of content
types for each one selected)
- Designers
- Developers
- Marketing authors
- Salespeople
- Product documentation authors
- Embedded assistance authors
- Trainers
- Support
- Subject experts
- Internal policy/procedure authors
- Other

3 - Which content areas are you considering
Lightweight DITA for?
(same list as above, with same options)

4 - What source formats are important
for your use of LW DITA?
XML
Markdown
HTML
JSON
Word
Other (write-in)

5 - What delivery formats are important
for your use of LW DITA?
HTML
PDF
EPUB
JSON
Word
Other (write-in)

6 - Is anything missing from the following
list of block-level elements in LW DITA?
p
ul
ol
dl
pre
audio
video
simpletable
fig
note
fn
[write-in field after showing the above]

7 - If you are planning to specialize,
which of the following capabilities are must-haves?
- nesting div structures for deep containment
specializations
- base attribute for arbitrary attribute
definition
- multiple-level specialization (ability
to specialize off other specializations, not just topic) 

8 - Which of the following benefits/features
of LW DITA matter to you?
- Simpler XML authoring
- HTML5 authoring
- Markdown authoring
- Easier specialization
- Easier tools development
- Cross-silo content sharing
- Cross-silo tool sharing
- Other (write-in)

9 - is it ok to contact you for followup?

email address

Michael Priestley, Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM)
Enterprise Content Technology Strategist

http://dita.xml.org/blog/michael-priestley