DITA Technical Communications SC Meeting

When:  Nov 15, 2010 from 11:00 to 12:00 (ET)
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Agenda: 1a. Roll Call Regrets: Bruce Nevin 1b. Accept minutes from previous meeting http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita- techcomm/email/archives/201011/msg00001.html (Kris Eberlein) 1c. Next meeting Monday 29 November 2010 at 11 a.m. ET 2. Appoint a long-term secretary * Darryl Tewes is considering 3. Review actions from previous meetings: CLI docs: * ACTION: Kris Eberlein will post to dita-users, asking who in the community is using DITA to document CLIs, especially using the programming domain and syntax diagrams. ACTION: Mariana Alupului will find out if IBM can make any internal documentation about documenting syntax diagrams available. Troubleshooting docs: ACTION: Kris Eberlein to post information to list to list about (1) presentation on the IBM Troubleshooting specialization, and (2) where to download specialization. [COMPLETED -- see item 3 in our agenda] ACTION: Mariana Alupului to do XXX Multimedia in docs: ACTION: Kris Eberlein will post to dita-users seeking information about 1) How people are currently using DITA with multimedia, and 2) Things people want to do vis-a-vis multimedia but currently cannot do. Darryl Tewes will help collate this information. 3. Troubleshooting documentation * Kristen Eberlein posted links to current specialization * http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita- techcomm/email/archives/201011/msg00002.html 4. Discuss items this SC would like to address. Possible items include: * Command Line Interface (CLI) documentation - Are the current set of DITA elements adequate? (Cisco is not finding them adequate.) If not, we need to recommend changes to DITA TC. - Do we need to document the current set of elements more clearly? - Do we need to disseminate best practice information about documenting CLIs using DITA? - Who in the community is using DITA to document CLIs, other than IBM and Cisco? - Do we need kwdname to compliment ? - Do we need fn in synph? * Quick Reference Guides * Change control * Multimedia solutions - Support for multiple image/multimedia objects * Are there Tech Comm deliverables that your company needs to produce that might need unique markup or output considerations? How would you describe such deliverables? 5. Open / Announcements 6. Adjourn

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Minutes: Only two of us on the call at 11:05, so we called the meeting off. Another two joined at about 11:07, but still not enough to have a working business meeting. Meeting was called off. Darryl Tewes has agreed to be our SC secretary.

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