DITA Technical Committee Meeting Minutes: 5 October 2010

<<Minutes20100928.txt>> DITA Technical Committee Meeting Minutes: 5
October 2010
 
Chaired by Don Day <>
Minutes recorded by Bruce Nevin <>
 
The DITA Technical Committee met on Tuesday, 5 October  2010 at 08:00am
PT for 55 minutes.
 
8:00-8:05 Roll call
* Regrets: Hackos, Grosso
> Quorum was achieved.
 
STANDING BUSINESS:
 
Approve minutes from previous business meeting:
* http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/201009/msg00149.html (Nevin
for 28 September, revised)  
> Don moved, seconded by Dick, approved by acclamation.
 
Subcommittee/liaison reports:
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* OASIS DITA Help Subcommittee (Oct 5 by Stan Doherty)
 
> Expanded to DITA Adoption Help SC. Tony Self has ably organized all.
Fears of diluting effort or losing focus have proved unfounded.
Cross-fertilization has helped to clarify work on proposals. Example:
discussion of "what is a target online help system now" on SC, realized
on ASC side that contextual application is more important than
technology. 
Proposals nearing submission to the TC this month or next: 
  1. Help DITA map specification. Specify dimensions, etc. of popup help
popup window, to pass through to processors.
  2. Metadata for callback IDs for processors.
> Don: for 1.3 scope? Stan: yes.
 
ACTION: Stan: add these to the list of 1.3 items to consider.
 
* Next up: OASIS DITA for Enterprise Business Documents Subcommittee (12
Oct by Michael Boses)
 
Action Items:
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* Review open items:
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/members/action_items.p
hp
Kris and Eric will complete and close their items.
 
BUSINESS:
 
1. New ITEM: Changes in OASIS TC processes, more
o http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/201010/msg00010.html
(Eberlein)
o http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/201010/msg00011.html
o http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php (TC Process/Policy
page)
 
> There is a lot of information here that will require careful review by
TC members. We may be able to move under the new rules and expedite the
decision on the final vote. Mary's email: we are on track for ballot in
December or January, but if there is a longer delay we'll need another
60-day review. 
> Kris: Mary's saying we're either old or new rules, but no combination.
Under new rules, earliest vote would be mid-December-probably bad
timing. 
Don: will she allow us to switch to the new rules in mid process. Kris:
that would require a 60-day candidate review after the current review. 
> Michael: let's get to ballot this year, and the new rules take effect
next year. Don: But would the new rules allow us to get to ballot
quicker this year? 
> Kris: if the earliest vote we can manage is mid December, do we want
to push it out? 
> Don: Hard to get requisite votes. 
> Michael: if it pushes out, it will have another year date on it. Mary
doesn't address Kris's question directly, best to ask this bit
explicitly. Must contact primary rep and lobby for votes. We wouldn't be
looking at a December vote if OASIS process issues had not slowed things
down so much. Kris: who are the company primary reps? 
> Don: we will proceed with the current rules and research consequences
of failure to pass.
> Kris: We only need 15% of voting members.
> Michael, Robert: most member companies have little understanding of
DITA, and so don't vote. The large number of members actually makes it
harder to achieve 15%.
> Bruce: Enlist help of Adoption TC, and, through them, of others who
feel an urgent need for the release of DITA 1.2.
 
ACTION: Michael Priestley: put the question to Mary, and alert IBM's
primary rep and ask if there's any room to expedite the process.
ACTION: Don: locate OASIS list of primary reps.
ACTION: Kris: research consequences of failing to muster a vote under
old rules
 
2. ITEM: Review of CD production and subsequent 15-day Review request
  o http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/201010/msg00000.html (PDF
draft upload, Eberlein)
  o http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/201009/msg00178.html
(Request for date, Eberlein)
 
3. ITEM: Review of packaging survey (Buchholz and Hackos action)
  o http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/201010/msg00004.html
(Buchholz)
 
> JoAnn not available. Parameters of survey draft: For what tasks, how
much time dedicated to DITA, and at what stage are you.
Suggestions and comments welcome.  Doug Morrison: ask more about what
they're using DITA for, what area of the business, particularly looking
for anything outside of Tech Pubs. Allow for more than yes/no, e.g. "No,
but intend to." Or expand the question, e.g. "Yes, I'm using or intend
to use". 
> Perhaps a member company can extend to us use of their survey tool;
the free ones have limitations. JoAnn may already have something.
Will report again in a couple of weeks.
 
We resumed discussion of how to resolve new Item 1. Michael sent a query
to Mary. We will follow up in email.
 
9:00 Adjourn