RE: [dita-sidsc] GAAAA!!! They moved the cheese again!

Hi 
Bob,

 

Here is 
a summary of the points I raised in yesterday's meeting.

 

1. SIDSC 
specializations and output processing

 

Can someone who has not 
used the SIDSC specializations, and more importantly who has not developed a 
stylesheet to process them, take SIDSC DITA, do the output processing 
with the DITA OT (or their own DITA stylesheet) and get the output to make 
sense?

 

If the answer is no, then 
have we not lost one of the fundamental benefits of using DITA - 
compatibility with anyone else using DITA?

 

Is it good enough that the 
compatibility stops at interpreting the XML and does not cover the output 
processing?

 

2. What is the 
purpose of the SIDSC specializations?

 

Considering that 
the SIDSC data model is rather heavy, what is it's objective? 

Is it designed to be more 
than a documentation XML? Are all the additional tags really necessary to 
create a semiconductor datasheet? 

How much longer does it 
take to tag with the specializations compared to standard DITA? What are the benefits of using the 
specialization, particularly for a company who already uses IP-XACT? 

 

Regards

Sheila

 

From: Beims Bob-RWBC70 
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Sent: 24 June, 2009 
18:35
To: Semiconductor Information Design 
Subcommittee
Subject: [dita-sidsc] GAAAA!!! They moved the cheese 
again!

SIDSC 
members;

 

My apologies ... 
today's telecon discussion was really good, and really important to capture for 
those who could not attend. Unfortunately, this was the first time I'd attempted 
to use Live Meeting 2007 to record the session, and I missed the 
second click required to start the 
recording.

 

So, we have no 
recording, and without a secretary, we have no notes. Hmmm... we'll have to 
count on email recollections to recover from my ineptitude.

Regards,
Bob

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