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Stages of the OASIS process are confusing to many

From: Eliot Kimber <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:13:00 -0000

I like the thermometer idea. And somebody, probably Kris, needs to post to DITA Users with the status and a clear explanation of what it means. Cheers, Eliot ---- Eliot Kimber, Owner Contrext, LLC http://contrext.com On 9/5/15, 3:09 AM, "Kristen James Eberlein" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > As a result of Chet's announcement yesterday that the DITA 1.3 > Committee Specification was approved and uploaded, I got pinged by > several DITA members who asked "Is DITA 1.3 now approved and > finished?" > > I think the stages of the OASIS process are fairly arcane, and maybe > we need to do a better job of communicating to the larger DITA > community just where DITA 1.3 is in the process. A couple things > come to mind: > > >* We could use a graphic similar to the thermometer that many > organizations use to track where they are in a fundraising > campaign. (Preferably something less cheesy than a thermometer.) > >* We could create a post on dita.xml.org that tracks our > progress and uses the graphic. > > >* We could start a series of e-mails that use the new graphic. > For example, we could start communicating with the OASIS > organizational voting members for companies represented on the > TC, as well as non-DITA TC member companies that voted "Yes" on > DITA 1.2. > > > Thoughts? > > -- > Best, > Kris > > Kristen James Eberlein > Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee > Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting > www.eberleinconsulting.com < http://www.eberleinconsulting.com > > +1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype) > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that >generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php > >