RE: [dita] How much flexibility do specializers have to make exceptions tobehaviors that are outlined in the DITA standard?

For what it's worth, I also think the
issue of conformance is important. I agree with others on that point. I
just disagree with the base functionality being uncustomizable, at least
as a blanket statement. Customizations that respect the syntax of the markup
(ie, they won't force unnatural usages in markup that would break other
tools), use standard mechanisms like outputclass, etc. need to be explicitly
allowed, and currently are.

So I support the call for required support
for key processes such as conref, but don't support a blanket moratorium
on customizations of those processes.

Michael Priestley

Lead IBM DITA Architect 



http://dita.xml.org/blog/25

Alan Houser <>

01/15/2008 10:11 AM

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"Ogden, Jeff" <>,


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RE: [dita] How much flexibility do specializers
have to make exceptions to behaviors that are outlined in the DITA standard?

Hi Jeff,

I've been bandwidth-constrained recently, and my contributions to the 

DITA TC have suffered.

I am quite concerned about the level of commercial tools support we've

seen thus far for DITA 1.0 and 1.1 (does any commercial vendor fully 

support DITA 1.1? Perhaps only PTC?). I see vendors "cherry-picking"

features for implementation, and ignoring others. I fear the situation

will worsen with the number and complexity of the new DITA 1.2 features.

I think the issue of assessments and requirements for DITA conformance

is important for the continued viability of the standard.

-Alan

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Alan Houser, President

Group Wellesley, Inc.

412-363-3481

www.groupwellesley.com

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