Thanks Don, acknowledged. I'll try to get the list set up by end of week.
Regards,
Mary
>
Original Message-----
> From: Don Day [mailto:dond@us.ibm.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 2:53 PM
> To: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org
> Cc: DITA TC list
> Subject: Resolution to initiate a Semiconductor Subcommittee
>
>
> 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
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>
> "Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
> Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
> --T.S. Eliot