OASIS DITA Translation Subcommittee -- Agenda 24 July 2006

Agenda for Monday 24 July 2006

11:00 am - 12:00 am Eastern Standard Team DITA Technical Committee
teleconference USA Toll Free Number: 866-566-4838 USA Toll Number:
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PASSCODE: 185771

Unfortunately, I will be traveling at the meeting time on Monday. Don
Day has gratiously agreed to chair the meeting. JoAnn

Roll Call

Accept Minutes from 17 July 2006 (enclosed for those who are not TC

members)

http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-translation/<http://ww

w.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-translation/>

Attached for non-members.

3) Review open action items

 --ACTION-- Rodolfo to prepare an outline for this best practice
document 
    for translating DITA and submit to list for discussion at a future
meeting. 
    At that meeting, SC should agree on the outline.
  In Progress
  --ACTION-- Everyone to read Rodolfo's XLIFF article[2] and
    provide feedback to Rodolfo this week via the mailing list.
http://www.heartsome.org/EN/localisation.html
  In Progress

 

--ACTION -- Next draft of the best practice for legacy TM
In progress Gershon Joseph

--ACTION-- Robert and JoAnn to work on wording of note to keyword
element 
    noting that it is considered inline when inside topics, but as
standalone segments when inside <keywords> (in prolog).

    --ACTION-- Rodolfo and Andrzej to investigate how translation tools
can 
    differentiate between these keyword elements as inline and
standalone 
    segments.

    --ACTION-- JoAnn to take to TC our concerns about both the start and
end 
    index range markers holding the index term.

4) Returning business: 

4.1 Open discussion of indexing -- to include France Baril, Erik Hennum,
Chris Wong invited to join from the TC.

We will use this discussion to clarify the issues the SC has around
indexing and to ensure that we all understand how the indexing tags in
the prolog and inline are supposed to function from the point of view of
translation

4.2 Review the revision of the draft Best Practices for Indexing. 
See the enclosed draft.

4.3 Discuss the paper on Rodolfo's website to be used as a source for an
XLIFF best practice document.




5. New Business: (still on hold)

5.1 Handling multi-language documents

Charles Pau and others to provide examples to the list for discussion
(multi-language documents best practice)

5.2 Andrjez provided examples of the need to change reusable building
block to the group for discussion. (conref best practice)


JoAnn T. Hackos, PhD
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