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problem with packaging of glossaries

JoAnn Hackos

JoAnn Hackos08-20-2009 21:41

Ann Rockley

Ann Rockley08-21-2009 14:38

Eliot Kimber

Eliot Kimber08-24-2009 15:08

  • 1.  problem with packaging of glossaries

    Posted 08-20-2009 17:25
    
    
    
    
    
    This came up in the spec authoring meeting today.
     
    The problem: <glossentry> is specialized from <concept>. <task>, <concept>, and <reference> are in the TechDocs package. This forces <glossentry> etc. to be restricted to the TD package.  But non-TechDocs folks need glossaries, and support for them should be in the base.
     
    Two solutions:
    1. Accept this. Present it as an unfortunate fait accompli for 1.2 -- if you want a glossary, you have to use the TD package (or specialize your own).
    2. Move <task>, <concept>, and <reference> back into the base, sans TD-specific domain specializations, and include those specializations in the TD package. Present this as an interim step toward simplified topics being developed by the BusDocs SC.
    Comment? Action?
     
        /Bruce


  • 2.  RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    Posted 08-20-2009 17:38
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    Wait for 1.3.

    paul

    From: Bruce Nevin (bnevin) [mailto:bnevin@cisco.com]
    Sent: Thursday, 2009 August 20 12:24
    To: dita@lists.oasis-open.org
    Subject: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    This came up in the spec authoring meeting today.

     

    The problem: <glossentry> is specialized from <concept>. <task>, <concept>, and <reference> are in the TechDocs package. This forces <glossentry> etc. to be restricted to the TD package.  But non-TechDocs folks need glossaries, and support for them should be in the base.

     

    Two solutions:

    1. Accept this. Present it as an unfortunate fait accompli for 1.2 -- if you want a glossary, you have to use the TD package (or specialize your own).
    2. Move <task>, <concept>, and <reference> back into the base, sans TD-specific domain specializations, and include those specializations in the TD package. Present this as an interim step toward simplified topics being developed by the BusDocs SC.

    Comment? Action?

     

        /Bruce



  • 3.  Re: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    Posted 08-20-2009 17:41
    On 8/20/09 12:24 PM, "Bruce Nevin (bnevin)" 


  • 4.  RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    Posted 08-20-2009 18:09
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    Good day, Bruce.

    I think I am a little confused by what is being proposed. The concept of “packages” is not crystal clear to me. Why can packages not share common information types? Surely I could reuse concept and glossentry definitions in multiple packages.

    Assuming that we have base abstract information types in DITA 1.3, there will still be a need to have glossentry topics and book maps in all packages. We may want to resituate glossentry as a peer specialization to concept rather than as a specialization of concept itself. I wouldn’t imagine that the glossentry topic would be part of the abstract layer.

    Unless I am missing something, I would recommend that we leave the DITA 1.1 topic types where they are until we have had a chance to introduce the abstract layer in DITA 1.3.

    I apologize if I have misunderstood or I am taking the thread back to points covered in previous conversations.

    Cheers,

    Rob Hanna

    From: Bruce Nevin (bnevin) [mailto:bnevin@cisco.com]
    Sent: August 20, 2009 1:24 PM
    To: dita@lists.oasis-open.org
    Subject: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    This came up in the spec authoring meeting today.

     

    The problem: <glossentry> is specialized from <concept>. <task>, <concept>, and <reference> are in the TechDocs package. This forces <glossentry> etc. to be restricted to the TD package.  But non-TechDocs folks need glossaries, and support for them should be in the base.

     

    Two solutions:

    1. Accept this. Present it as an unfortunate fait accompli for 1.2 -- if you want a glossary, you have to use the TD package (or specialize your own).
    2. Move <task>, <concept>, and <reference> back into the base, sans TD-specific domain specializations, and include those specializations in the TD package. Present this as an interim step toward simplified topics being developed by the BusDocs SC.

    Comment? Action?

     

        /Bruce



  • 5.  RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    Posted 08-20-2009 18:53
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Rob,
     
    I may be misusing the word package.  There is a grouping of TechDocs-specific parts of DITA in 1.2 and that is what I am referring to.
     
        /B


    From: Rob Hanna [mailto:rob@ascan.ca]
    Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:09 PM
    To: Bruce Nevin (bnevin); 'DITA TC'
    Subject: RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    Good day, Bruce.

    I think I am a little confused by what is being proposed. The concept of “packages” is not crystal clear to me. Why can packages not share common information types? Surely I could reuse concept and glossentry definitions in multiple packages.

    Assuming that we have base abstract information types in DITA 1.3, there will still be a need to have glossentry topics and book maps in all packages. We may want to resituate glossentry as a peer specialization to concept rather than as a specialization of concept itself. I wouldn’t imagine that the glossentry topic would be part of the abstract layer.

    Unless I am missing something, I would recommend that we leave the DITA 1.1 topic types where they are until we have had a chance to introduce the abstract layer in DITA 1.3.

    I apologize if I have misunderstood or I am taking the thread back to points covered in previous conversations.

    Cheers,

    Rob Hanna

    From: Bruce Nevin (bnevin) [mailto:bnevin@cisco.com]
    Sent: August 20, 2009 1:24 PM
    To: dita@lists.oasis-open.org
    Subject: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    This came up in the spec authoring meeting today.

     

    The problem: <glossentry> is specialized from <concept>. <task>, <concept>, and <reference> are in the TechDocs package. This forces <glossentry> etc. to be restricted to the TD package.  But non-TechDocs folks need glossaries, and support for them should be in the base.

     

    Two solutions:

    1. Accept this. Present it as an unfortunate fait accompli for 1.2 -- if you want a glossary, you have to use the TD package (or specialize your own).
    2. Move <task>, <concept>, and <reference> back into the base, sans TD-specific domain specializations, and include those specializations in the TD package. Present this as an interim step toward simplified topics being developed by the BusDocs SC.

    Comment? Action?

     

        /Bruce



  • 6.  RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    Posted 08-20-2009 19:30
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    Isn’t what we ended up with was just “convenience” packaging. The real OASIS standard includes everything and there is an “everything” package.

    I don’t think that it is possible to come up with any one set of packages that will meet all needs. Some use will require multiple prerequisite or “base” packages (base+Technical Content in this case).

    The idea behind convenience packaging was to break things down into smaller more understandable and more manageable groupings of related files that would be convenient for many users. But we understood that there will be dependencies between packages and that some existing and some new specializations will require multiple prerequisite packages. Or some organizations may choose to repackage the material as it comes from OASIS into new packages of their own that work better for their purposes or with their specializations.

    Given this I don’t see a need to move glossentry.  And I certainly don’t want to move concept, reference, and task.  If you move them all,  what is left in the Technical Communication package?

        -Jeff

    From: Bruce Nevin (bnevin) [mailto:bnevin@cisco.com]
    Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:53 PM
    To: rob@ascan.ca; DITA TC
    Subject: RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    Rob,

     

    I may be misusing the word package.  There is a grouping of TechDocs-specific parts of DITA in 1.2 and that is what I am referring to.

     

        /B


    From: Rob Hanna [mailto:rob@ascan.ca]
    Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:09 PM
    To: Bruce Nevin (bnevin); 'DITA TC'
    Subject: RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    Good day, Bruce.

    I think I am a little confused by what is being proposed. The concept of “packages” is not crystal clear to me. Why can packages not share common information types? Surely I could reuse concept and glossentry definitions in multiple packages.

    Assuming that we have base abstract information types in DITA 1.3, there will still be a need to have glossentry topics and book maps in all packages. We may want to resituate glossentry as a peer specialization to concept rather than as a specialization of concept itself. I wouldn’t imagine that the glossentry topic would be part of the abstract layer.

    Unless I am missing something, I would recommend that we leave the DITA 1.1 topic types where they are until we have had a chance to introduce the abstract layer in DITA 1.3.

    I apologize if I have misunderstood or I am taking the thread back to points covered in previous conversations.

    Cheers,

    Rob Hanna

    From: Bruce Nevin (bnevin) [mailto:bnevin@cisco.com]
    Sent: August 20, 2009 1:24 PM
    To: dita@lists.oasis-open.org
    Subject: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    This came up in the spec authoring meeting today.

     

    The problem: <glossentry> is specialized from <concept>. <task>, <concept>, and <reference> are in the TechDocs package. This forces <glossentry> etc. to be restricted to the TD package.  But non-TechDocs folks need glossaries, and support for them should be in the base.

     

    Two solutions:

    1. Accept this. Present it as an unfortunate fait accompli for 1.2 -- if you want a glossary, you have to use the TD package (or specialize your own).
    2. Move <task>, <concept>, and <reference> back into the base, sans TD-specific domain specializations, and include those specializations in the TD package. Present this as an interim step toward simplified topics being developed by the BusDocs SC.

    Comment? Action?

     

        /Bruce



  • 7.  RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    Posted 08-20-2009 21:41



  • 8.  Re: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    Posted 08-20-2009 22:26
    
    
      
    
    
    I am curious to know what the Enterprise Business Documents folks are
    planning. Are they planning to specialize from topic, or are they
    planning to work with concept, task, and reference?

    Kris

    JoAnn Hackos wrote:
    72E2EA99C8FA4F4B930539BF7939C6DF01B83B6C@CSI001.Comtech.local" type="cite">

    I am in favor of Bruce’s second recommendation. What is the problem with stating that concept, task, and reference are key specializations in the DITA standard? Why should they be relegated to technical communication only? I just don’t see the point of that.

    Even if there is a All DITA package, we’re not including information about task, concept, and reference information types in the base architectural specification, but only in the arch spec for technical communication.

    I’ve never been in favor of this split and would strongly prefer that we include task, concept, reference, and glossary in the base architectural specification. That would leave us with the machine industry specialization, which is, of course, extremely relevant for many outside the machine industry, and the various domains (software, ui, programming, machine industry, safety hazard). Also bookmap. Why is bookmap considered relevant only for technical communication. It’s probably less relevant there and more relevant for DocBook aficionados.

    Since I’m writing the tech comm arch spec content and the topic content, I’d be very happy to restore task, concept, reference, and glossary to the base arch spec. I could include a statement that these may primarily relate to product documentation although I really don’t think that’s true.

    JoAnn

    PhD

    President

    Comtech Services, Inc.

    joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com

    Skype joannhackos


    From: Bruce Nevin (bnevin) [mailto:bnevin@cisco.com]
    Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:24 AM
    To: dita@lists.oasis-open.org
    Subject: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    This came up in the spec authoring meeting today.

     

    The problem: <glossentry> is specialized from <concept>. <task>, <concept>, and <reference> are in the TechDocs package. This forces <glossentry> etc. to be restricted to the TD package.  But non-TechDocs folks need glossaries, and support for them should be in the base.

     

    Two solutions:

    1. Accept this. Present it as an unfortunate fait accompli for 1.2 -- if you want a glossary, you have to use the TD package (or specialize your own).
    2. Move <task>, <concept>, and <reference> back into the base, sans TD-specific domain specializations, and include those specializations in the TD package. Present this as an interim step toward simplified topics being developed by the BusDocs SC.

    Comment? Action?

     

        /Bruce




  • 9.  RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    Posted 08-20-2009 23:06



  • 10.  Re: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    Posted 08-20-2009 23:21
    On 8/20/09 6:05 PM, "Ann Rockley" 


  • 11.  RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    Posted 08-20-2009 23:39
    I haven't actually used it for a submission and the regulatory requirements
    may preclude it anyway with the eCTD, but it is an example of a large
    document that is very book like.
    
    Bookmap definitely has its problems but it does make sense in some cases.
    Just because it is broken doesn't mean we shouldn't use it, rather we should
    fix it. We are constantly creating workarounds (not from an architectural
    perspective if we can help it, but from a content mapping perspective) as we
    try to map the current structure into a logical structure for BusDocs. DITA
    maps really don't work well in the book paradigm. 
    
    I still think bookmap should stay part of the standard spec, there are too
    many potential uses of it outside of Tech Docs.
    
    


  • 12.  RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    Posted 08-21-2009 14:20

    The point of a separate base package is to provide the bare minimum of DITA support - just topic, map, basic utility domain.

    So absolutely everything else gets relegated out to another package - and since we've only got two other packages, that means they either go into tech docs or learning and training.

    I'm fine with renaming the tech doc package to something else, if it helps - even "key specializations" if that would do the trick. But if we move any specializations into the base package, we undermine the point of having it.

    Michael Priestley, Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM)
    Lead IBM DITA Architect
    mpriestl@ca.ibm.com
    http://dita.xml.org/blog/25



    "JoAnn Hackos" <joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com>

    08/20/2009 05:40 PM

    To
    "Bruce Nevin \(bnevin\)" <bnevin@cisco.com>, <dita@lists.oasis-open.org>
    cc
    Subject
    RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries





    I am in favor of Bruce’s second recommendation. What is the problem with stating that concept, task, and reference are key specializations in the DITA standard? Why should they be relegated to technical communication only? I just don’t see the point of that.
     
    Even if there is a All DITA package, we’re not including information about task, concept, and reference information types in the base architectural specification, but only in the arch spec for technical communication.
     
    I’ve never been in favor of this split and would strongly prefer that we include task, concept, reference, and glossary in the base architectural specification. That would leave us with the machine industry specialization, which is, of course, extremely relevant for many outside the machine industry, and the various domains (software, ui, programming, machine industry, safety hazard). Also bookmap. Why is bookmap considered relevant only for technical communication. It’s probably less relevant there and more relevant for DocBook aficionados.
     
    Since I’m writing the tech comm arch spec content and the topic content, I’d be very happy to restore task, concept, reference, and glossary to the base arch spec. I could include a statement that these may primarily relate to product documentation although I really don’t think that’s true.
     
    JoAnn
     
    JoAnn Hackos PhD
    President
    Comtech Services, Inc.
    joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com
    Skype joannhackos
     

     



    From: Bruce Nevin (bnevin) [mailto:bnevin@cisco.com]
    Sent:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:24 AM
    To:
    dita@lists.oasis-open.org
    Subject:
    [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

     
    This came up in the spec authoring meeting today.
     
    The problem: <glossentry> is specialized from <concept>. <task>, <concept>, and <reference> are in the TechDocs package. This forces <glossentry> etc. to be restricted to the TD package.  But non-TechDocs folks need glossaries, and support for them should be in the base.
     
    Two solutions:
    1.        Accept this. Present it as an unfortunate fait accompli for 1.2 -- if you want a glossary, you have to use the TD package (or specialize your own).
    2.        Move <task>, <concept>, and <reference> back into the base, sans TD-specific domain specializations, and include those specializations in the TD package. Present this as an interim step toward simplified topics being developed by the BusDocs SC.
    Comment? Action?
     
        /Bruce


  • 13.  RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    Posted 08-21-2009 14:38



  • 14.  RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    Posted 08-21-2009 15:43

    There are groups who have no interest in C/T/R, and have failed to notice that they can use topic/map on their own. And there are others who have chosen not to use DITA, or create tools that support it, because the spec is too large and there are too many elements and it's intimidating. Creating a truly basic base package addresses these concerns.

    I sincerely hope that creating a base package does not suggest that you can only specialize from it. Certainly anyone who reads the specialization sections of the spec will know better, and they will need to read those sections before they know how to create a specialization. Even if it did - then would we want to move everything into the base package? Otherwise, by that logic, anything not in the base package is presumably not specializable, and since everything is specializable, everything must be in the base package.

    I'm fine with creating simplified versions of the existing information types, and putting them in an appropriately named package. That's not happening in 1.2, and in any case doesn't affect the case for having the simplest possible base package, for the reasons above.

    Michael Priestley, Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM)
    Lead IBM DITA Architect
    mpriestl@ca.ibm.com
    http://dita.xml.org/blog/25



    "Ann Rockley" <rockley@rockley.com>

    08/21/2009 10:37 AM

    Please respond to
    <rockley@rockley.com>

    To
    Michael Priestley/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA, "'JoAnn Hackos'" <joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com>
    cc
    "'Bruce Nevin \(bnevin\)'" <bnevin@cisco.com>, <dita@lists.oasis-open.org>, "'Michael Boses'" <mboses@QUARK.com>
    Subject
    RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries





    So correct me if I am wrong, moving everything out of the base package suggests to any specific group means that they have to begin specialization from the base and cannot take advantage of the existing work done to date. The concept, task, and reference are universal content structures but they are a little more specialized to Tech Docs at this time. This is one of the reasons we are suggesting a simplification of the existing info types so they can easily serve as a basis for any future work. I can’t imagine any group not needing these core structures. We need an interim step where Tech Docs can begin to specialize the existing info types further, but the rest of us can take advantage of the core of DITA and begin our own specializations. And if the TC agrees to the suggestions we are making for simplification, it should hopefully be easier for these specializations to happen.
     
    Let’s not “throw out the baby with the bath water!”
     



    From: Michael Priestley [mailto:mpriestl@ca.ibm.com]
    Sent:
    Friday, August 21, 2009 10:20 AM
    To:
    JoAnn Hackos
    Cc:
    Bruce Nevin (bnevin); dita@lists.oasis-open.org
    Subject:
    RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

     

    The point of a separate base package is to provide the bare minimum of DITA support - just topic, map, basic utility domain.


    So absolutely everything else gets relegated out to another package - and since we've only got two other packages, that means they either go into tech docs or learning and training.


    I'm fine with renaming the tech doc package to something else, if it helps - even "key specializations" if that would do the trick. But if we move any specializations into the base package, we undermine the point of having it.


    Michael Priestley, Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM)
    Lead IBM DITA Architect
    mpriestl@ca.ibm.com
    http://dita.xml.org/blog/25

    "JoAnn Hackos" <joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com>

    08/20/2009 05:40 PM


    To
    "Bruce Nevin \(bnevin\)" <bnevin@cisco.com>, <dita@lists.oasis-open.org>
    cc
     
    Subject
    RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

     


       





    I am in favor of Bruce’s second recommendation. What is the problem with stating that concept, task, and reference are key specializations in the DITA standard? Why should they be relegated to technical communication only? I just don’t see the point of that.
     
    Even if there is a All DITA package, we’re not including information about task, concept, and reference information types in the base architectural specification, but only in the arch spec for technical communication.
     
    I’ve never been in favor of this split and would strongly prefer that we include task, concept, reference, and glossary in the base architectural specification. That would leave us with the machine industry specialization, which is, of course, extremely relevant for many outside the machine industry, and the various domains (software, ui, programming, machine industry, safety hazard). Also bookmap. Why is bookmap considered relevant only for technical communication. It’s probably less relevant there and more relevant for DocBook aficionados.

     
    Since I’m writing the tech comm arch spec content and the topic content, I’d be very happy to restore task, concept, reference, and glossary to the base arch spec. I could include a statement that these may primarily relate to product documentation although I really don’t think that’s true.
     
    JoAnn

     
    JoAnn Hackos PhD

    President

    Comtech Services, Inc.

    joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com

    Skype joannhackos

     

     

     



    From:
    Bruce Nevin (bnevin) [mailto:bnevin@cisco.com]
    Sent:
    Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:24 AM
    To:
    dita@lists.oasis-open.org
    Subject:
    [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

     

    This came up in the spec authoring meeting today.

     

    The problem: <glossentry> is specialized from <concept>. <task>, <concept>, and <reference> are in the TechDocs package. This forces <glossentry> etc. to be restricted to the TD package.  But non-TechDocs folks need glossaries, and support for them should be in the base.

     

    Two solutions:

    1.        
    Accept this. Present it as an unfortunate fait accompli for 1.2 -- if you want a glossary, you have to use the TD package (or specialize your own).
    2.        
    Move <task>, <concept>, and <reference> back into the base, sans TD-specific domain specializations, and include those specializations in the TD package. Present this as an interim step toward simplified topics being developed by the BusDocs SC.
    Comment? Action?

     

       /Bruce



  • 15.  Re: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    Posted 08-24-2009 15:08
    On 8/21/09 9:37 AM, "Ann Rockley" 


  • 16.  RE: [dita] problem with packaging of glossaries

    Posted 08-24-2009 15:31
    You write:
    
    > Concept, task and reference are not "universal". There are many uses of
    DITA for which they
    > are completely irrelevant.
    
    Some examples, please?
    
    > That particular breakdown is specific to a particular technical
    communication practice
    > and philosophy and even that philosophy is not universal among technical
    communicators. 
    
    I would agree that the breakdown emerged from a particular practice and
    philosophy, but that does not automatically disqualify it from broad
    applicability. Speaking from own experience authoring hundreds of documents
    of many different types, including mainstream business document types, I
    have yet to find one that could not be modelled semantically, at high level,
    as one or more concept, task, or reference topics. Others on the BusDocs SC
    disagree with me; their experience indicates that additional, more specific,
    topic types would be more suitable. But I believe I can say we have
    consensus on the broad applicability of the concept, task, and reference
    topic types, albeit in simpler, less constrictive versions than the ones we
    currently have in DITA 1.2.
    
    Tim.
    
    


  • 17.  Re: [dita] C/T/R Not Universal (was problem with packaging ofglossaries)

    Posted 08-24-2009 16:14
    On 8/24/09 10:31 AM, "Tim Grantham" 


  • 18.  RE: [dita] C/T/R Not Universal (was problem with packaging of glossaries)

    Posted 08-24-2009 16:45
    > In traditional publishing content, such as trade books or novels
    > or magazines, the distinction between "concept" and other stuff
    > is not one that is generally recognized or useful.
    
    Traditional publishing content is not topic-based nor is it
    semantically-structured. I don't believe that we can use this as a basis for
    discussion pertaining to the usefulness of core information types. Any
    environment where topic-based content is used to explain, describe, or
    instruct will be able to leverage the semantics contained within the DITA
    archetypes. I would think that the majority of DITA adopters would fall into
    this category.
    
    Cheers,
    Rob Hanna
    
    


  • 19.  Re: [dita] C/T/R Not Universal (was problem with packaging ofglossaries)

    Posted 08-24-2009 16:57
    On 8/24/09 11:44 AM, "Rob Hanna" 


  • 20.  RE: [dita] C/T/R Not Universal (was problem with packaging of glossaries)

    Posted 08-24-2009 17:28
    > So you're saying all the work I've done over the last two years
    > to use DITA to implement Publishing workflows and DITA-based
    > management of content is somehow wrong?
    
    I apologize for any misunderstanding. I didn't mean to discount your work
    with the publishing specializations.
    
    Once you have successfully described the mark-up for the publishing industry
    we will be able to take what was traditionally unstructured narrative
    content and blend in structured technical content with ease. I see a lot of
    potential for this. There is obviously a large user base that will also be
    able to take advantage of the mechanics that have been built up around DITA.
    
    Once it is complete, I wouldn't think that it will drive a lot more
    derivative specializations from it. Without semantic markup, we knock the IT
    out of DITA. Without real information typing, we lose a lot of the potential
    that DITA has promised. Much of our work in the BusDocs subcommittee has
    been to identify real semantic information contained in what we've thought
    of as traditionally narrative, unstructured content.
    
    My comments were simply meant to say that you've got the publishing use case
    covered. Most new use cases will benefit from semantic, topic-based
    information development that can readily take advantage of core information
    types.
    
    Cheers,
    Rob
    
    


  • 21.  RE: [dita] C/T/R Not Universal (was problem with packaging of glossaries)

    Posted 08-24-2009 17:35
    I think we need to take a deep breath here and everyone calm down. I agree
    that the market for publishing use cases is greater than that of TD and so
    is BusDocs. And yes they are all topic oriented in some way or another and
    there are many advantages of using DITA vs custom or DocBook as you have
    indicated in your response. 
    
    The concern BusDocs has in relegating task, concept, reference and glossary
    to TD ONLY when there are potentially other uses in materials outside of TD.
    
    


  • 22.  Re: [dita] C/T/R Not Universal (was problem with packaging ofglossaries)

    Posted 08-24-2009 20:17
    On 8/24/09 12:35 PM, "Ann Rockley" 


  • 23.  RE: [dita] C/T/R Not Universal (was problem with packaging of glossaries)