Hi --
Per our TC discussion last Tuesday (02-10-2026), I am forwarding to the main DITA TC list the updated mission description (not committee charter) for developing Committee Notes. Members of the working group can walk through this at the TC call tomorrow (02-17-2026).
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The November proposal to the DITA TC focused on developing one, comprehensive user guide. Per TC discussion in December, we abandon that goal in favor of the following:
We propose developing and publishing a library of OASIS DITA TC Committee Notes focused initially on three audiences:
- Beginner writers who have had little or no exposure to DITA concepts, tools, or basic coding practices.
- Intermediate DITA writers who know the basics, but want to learn best practices for using specific DITA features.
- Software engineers who need to understand how structured markup and DITA in particular benefit software development, e.g. LLM training, semantic markup, SEO, and content maintenance.
Along the way, we want to recruit new DITA TC members to support both these committee notes and the DITA 2.0 spec. We see many options for soliciting review feedback from writing teams in the field. We hope that this will encourage increased DITA TC participation.
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Stanley Doherty
Consulting Technical Content Developer
Stanley Doherty (Personal)
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