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List of Action Items and Issues

From: Seraphim Larsen
To: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 23:47:00 -0000

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Subject: List of Action Items and Issues

From: "Larsen, Seraphim L" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:46:49 -0700

Hello List,

I tried to assimilate the Actions and Issues from the last two meetings,
into the ongoing list of Actions and Issues.  The results are below.

Regards,
Seraphim 
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** Action Required ** 
--------------------- 
    022 Don, Michael -- Put together a "self-study" tutorial/demo,
        as per JoAnn's comments regarding the DITA sessions.  Still
        pending as of 7/20/04.

    062 Eric Sirois, 10/05/04 -- provide XSLT validation for
        specialized schemas once developed (Indi recommends Jarno to
        work with him) >>> 1/25/05 -- this will be an ongoing
        project; the 1.0 spec does not depend on this.

    079 Don Day, 2/8/05 -- Ask Mary Macrae about several issues -- 
            - How can the public submit comments on the CD?  Can we
              get a mailing list set up?  etc.
            - What are the constraints for the final format of the
              CD?

    080 All, 2/8/05 -- Remove comments from the CD.

    081 All, 2/8/05 -- Will there be a .chm version of the CD files?

    082 All, 3/8/05 -- Submit comments to Michael Priestley on the
        Architecture Specification.

    083 Robin Cover, 3/15/05 -- Provide an update to the list
        clarifying the requirements of an attestation.  CLOSED
        3/15/05.

    084 Michael Priestley, 3/15/05 -- Upload the specification
        draft.  CLOSED 3/15/05.

    085 Michael Priestley, 3/15/05 -- provide the HTML format as
        part of the spec (to be done after the submission).
    
    086 Who?, 3/15/05 -- Need to submit the committee draft 2 to the
        OASIS administration for approval.

    087 (placeholder for next)



** Issues to be Resolved ** 
--------------------------- 
    006 All -- Should DITA specialization mechanism be documented in
        a separate specification in order to make it easier to use
        in other XML applications that otherwise have no
        relationship to topic-based writing?  >>> Ongoing.  >>>
        11/30/04: - add to spec issues list >>> CLOSED 2/8/05 

    009 "Best Practices" document -- Let's put this on the agenda
        for future discussion.

    010 Relationship between DITA and other topic-based
        architectures (such as S1000D) -- Need to incorporate this
        into the "Best Practices" document.

    012 All, 2/8/05 -- Decide how to manage incoming comments
        resulting from the Public Review of the Committee Draft.

    013 Need volunteer to find mentions of "post 1.0" deferred items
        -- need to rank by priority and difficulty) solid things for
        1.1; medium effort design work candidates for 1.2; big items
        for 2.0 in minutes (3/8/05).

    014 (placeholder for next)


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