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Straw man charter

From: Chet Ensign <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2021 16:17:00 -0000

Don't forget the Scope of Work section. On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 12:04 PM Dawn Stevens < [email protected] > wrote: Hello everyone, Kris, Nancy, Frank, and myself have put together the following draft of a reworked charter for the TC. Have a look and be prepared to discuss your thoughts in the next meeting. Thanks, Dawn TC Name: Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Technical Committee (TC) Statement of Purpose: DITA is an XML-based standard for modular and extensible topic-based information. It enables content creators to separate content into semantically rich, reusable components that reflect the core purpose of the content they contain. DITA provides a model for defining and processing new components as specializations of ones, thus enabling interoperability of DITA-based content. The purpose of the DITA TC is to: Define and maintain the DITA standard Promote the use of the DITA standard Deliverables: The DITA TC produces the following deliverables and more: DITA specification and associated grammar files Committee notes that contain non-normative content (tutorials, best practices, migration information, etc.) Webinar and conference presentations In addition, the DITA TC sponsors several Open OASIS GitHub repositories through which non-OASIS members can participate in DITA-related work. The DITA TC does not produce a reference implementation or rate compliance of DITA products. Audience: The following are the primary audiences for the work of the DITA TC: Developers of DITA-supporting applications Content engineers and XML specialists Information architects and information developers IPR Mode: RF on Limited Terms Mode of the OASIS IPR Policy Language: English -- Chet Ensign Chief Technical Community Steward OASIS Open +1 201-341-1393 [email protected] www.oasis-open.org