DITA Technical Communications SC Meeting

When:  Dec 13, 2010 from 11:00 to 12:00 (ET)
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Agenda: 1. Roll Call Regrets: None. 2. Review/Accept minutes from previous meeting http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita- techcomm/email/archives/201011/msg00001.html (Kris Eberlein) 3. Next meeting Monday 10 January 2011 at 11 a.m. ET 4. 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 5 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. 5. Troubleshooting documentation * Kristen Eberlein posted links to current specialization * http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita- techcomm/email/archives/201011/msg00002.html 6. 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? 7. Open / Announcements 8. Adjourn

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Attendance:
Meeting Statistics
Quorum rule 51% of voting members
Achieved quorum true
Counts toward voter eligibility true
Individual Attendance Members: 9 of 22 (40%)
Voting Members: 4 of 4 (100%) (used for quorum calculation)
Company Attendance Companies: 6 of 12 (50%)
Voting Companies: 4 of 4 (100%)