'm happy to discuss fast-tracking the LwDITA spec; I've been
trying to do so since 2016 or earlier, beginning with insisting
that the subcommittee issue the committee note.
Two things:
It would be helpful for the TC to see the current state of the
LwDITA spec. We understand that it is a draft document. I can
create a PDF from the content in the LwDITA repo, if needed.
The LwDITA spec editors need to understand the reality of the
spec approval timeline. The LwDITA spec needs to be approved by
the TC and then sent through the OASIS process. After TC
approval, there is a minimum of six months for the OASIS
process, assuming NO need to modify the spec draft in any
way. See
https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/download.php/50807/Planning-DITA-1.3.pdf
for more information.
Please look at the PDF referenced above in order to understand
the OASIS processes and the time frame that they impose.
Best,
Kris
Kristen James Eberlein
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
www.eberleinconsulting.com
+1 919 622-1501; kriseberlein (skype)
On 2/3/2019 8:52 PM, Alan Houser wrote:
Colleagues,
I would like to tee up a discussion about Lightweight DITA spec
development for Tuesday's DITA TC meeting.
Adobe gave a demo of their Lightweight DITA support to a small
group last Tuesday. What they showed was very encouraging ...
support for XDITA authoring in the current release of Adobe
FrameMaker, HDITA (LwDITA expressed in HTML5) in RoboHelp, and
Lightweight DITA support in Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe's
enterprise web CMS. Adobe is also deploying an internal workflow
based on MDITA for customer-facing content. They used the
Lightweight DITA Committee Note as the basis for their
implementations.
Carlos and I have asked Kris to open a dialog about tactics for
fast-tracking the Lightweight DITA specification. We have
increasing vendor support and adopter momentum, and fear that
publishing a Lightweight DITA spec in 2020 or 2021 would risk
irrelevance.
Of course, Lightweight DITA must be compatible with DITA, and the
DITA 2.0 specification is clearly on a different timetable. We
trust this can be acknowledged and accommodated, without delaying
the Lightweight DITA specification while DITA 2.0 spec development
progresses.
Carlos, Michael, and I (LwDITA spec editors) look forward to this
discussion.
-Alan
