DITA for Docbook

[Matthew Thomas]

On 22 Oct, 2005, at 2:49 AM, Sean Wheller wrote:
>
> Some time ago there was discussion about doing topic oriented help. If 
> I recall correctly the conversation was started by Matt who wanted to
> implimented a help system that was more oriented along the lines of 
> 'what' and 'how' the user needed information and consumed it. The 
> project was forked out docteam in baz.

*Sigh* ... Again, it wasn't a fork, it was started from scratch.

> ...
> I think Matt and I discussed the problem in IRC, it boiled down to the
> position where we wanted the best of both worlds without having to 
> completely remake the wheel and still make any modifications 
> technically attainable for Yelp in the reasonably near future.

Right. (Meanwhile Yelp has become even more awfully slow, but there's 
still no viable replacement.)

> ...
> Perhaps we can help Matt scratch that itch at the same time. Lord 
> knows it has been there for months. It must be driving him crazy. So 
> if you are inclined to doing some research and development, lemme 
> know. Matt if that itch is still there, now may be the time.
>
> Now I only wonder if the Yelp Team can make changes to advance with
> technological change.
> ...
> http://norman.walsh.name/2005/10/21/dita
> ...

Thanks for the pointer, Sean. I've shown this to Shaun 
<http://blogs.gnome.org/view/shaunm/2005/10/31/0>, but as usual, the 
problem is finding anyone to implement it. :-)

-- 
Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/