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  • 1.  Resolution to initiate a Semiconductor Subcommittee

    Posted 05-16-2007 18:54
    At the May 15 DITA TC meeting with quorum, the TC passed a unanimous
    resolution to form a Semiconductor Subcommittee based on the proposal
    materials submitted by Bob Beims and Seth Park.
    
    I request your help to set up the facilities for Bob and Seth to begin
    their activities in this new DITA TC subcommittee. Thanks!
    
    Minuted resolution:
    http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200705/msg00028.html
    
    zipped proposal materials:
    http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200705/msg00031.html
    
    The text of the zipped file is:
    
    OASIS DITA Technical Committee
    Semiconductor Information Design Subcommittee Charter
    Prepared by Bob Beims and Seth Park (Freescale Semiconductor)
    
    
    
    
    Purpose of This Document
    
    
    This document is intended to be a starting point for discussions regarding
    the creation of the Semiconductor Information Design Subcommittee (SIDSC).
    After initial discussion, the content in this document should be crafted to
    be the Charter for SIDSC.
    
    
    All following headings are relevant to SIDSC (not the Charter, itself).
    
    
    
    Goals
    
    
       Identify data patterns that are consistent and/or specific to the
          semiconductor industry. Examples may include:
    
    
             Features
    
    
             Instruction sets data (may not have standard/native syntax/data
                structure)
    
    
             Register data
    
    
             Signals data
    
    
             Mechanicals data
    
    
             Electrical characteristics
    
    
             Timing data
    
    
             Thermal characteristics
    
    
          Most of these content types/structures are well-defined by other
          standards, such as IP-XACT, IEC-61360, IEEE-P1685, etc.; others are
          not. This committee will define how information stored in
          standards-based formats will interact with DITA systems. Data stored
          in other XML formats may be used in a number of ways, including (but
          not limited to):
    
    
             Data is referenced as “foreign” content
    
    
             Data is transformed from native format to DITA
    
    
       Determine which content types/patterns justify the creation of a DITA
          specialization.
    
    
       Create specializations.
    
    
       Establish guidelines and XSLT for transforming specialized data.
    
    
       Create metadata guidelines.
    
    
       Provide high-level perspective of how DITA systems should interface with
          RTL, Verilog, design flow tools, and other relevant tools, processes,
          and standard data formats.
    
    
       Consider role of SVG, TDML, MATHML and characterize how they should
          interact with DITA. The recommendations of this committee should have
          enough weight to re-energize ownership and development of neglected
          domains.
    
    
       Provide justification for standardizing semiconductor industry and
          propose business benefits of participating in SIDSC.
    
    
    
    Name: Semiconductor Information Design SC
    
    
    This name does not limit the scope of our findings and relevance to
    specializations.
    
    
    
    Deliverables
    
    
       All files required to successfully implement all specialized topic types
          (which will be defined at a later time), including:
    
    
             Schema, MOD files, XSLT
    
    
             Supporting online documentation (created in DITA) and hosted on
                Oasis web site
    
    
       Recommendations for the “role of DITA” in semiconductor information
          design.
    
    
    
    Leadership
    
    
    Chair: Bob Beims
    
    
    Secretary: TBD
    
    
    
    Initial Membership
    
    
       Freescale
    
    
             Seth Park, Information Developer
    
    
             Bob Beims, SSDS Project Lead (chair)
    
    
       NXP
    
    
             Constant Gordon
    
    
       ST?
    
    
       Intel
    
    
             Steve Ballard, Pubs Manager
    
    
             Seraphin Larsen
    
    
       AMD
    
    
             Strongin, Geoffrey
    
    
       LSI Logic
    
    
             Stan Relf
    
    
       PMC-Sierra
    
    
             Bob Murray
    
    
       Qimonda (part of Infineon)
    
    
             Gunnar Krause
    
    
    
    Next Steps
    
    
       Identify communication channel (email for now?)
    
    
       Ratify the Charter
    
    
       Complete SC application process (Seth Park offers to facilitate)
    
    
       Name a secretary
    
    
       Schedule meeting to begin project work
    
    
    
    Regards,
    --
    Don Day
    Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
    IBM Lead DITA Architect
    Email: dond@us.ibm.com
    11501 Burnet Rd. MS9033E015, Austin TX 78758
    Phone: +1 512-838-8550
    T/L: 678-8550
    
    "Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
     Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
       --T.S. Eliot


  • 2.  RE: Resolution to initiate a Semiconductor Subcommittee

    Posted 05-16-2007 19:13
    Thanks Don, acknowledged. I'll try to get the list set up by end of week.
    
    Regards,
    
    Mary 
    
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