V3 Publishing WGM Minutes 201109

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Wednesday, Sept 14, 2011, Q3

Chair: Woody Beeler (GWB)

Scribe: Andy Stechishin (AS)

Attendees: Don Lloyd (DL)

Task list:

1. Go through and put param switch for where things need to be left out for producing Normative Edition
2. 3.4.5 not aligned with current (Canadian generator) updates - AS will review

Continuous Normative Edition

• Tag and Post to SVN, complete file set for NE2011 (DL to post, GWB to tag)
• Revise transforms to parameterize NE exceptions
• Build an NE Manifest - Excel - with indications of:
  • Status - Planned, Under Review, Final (approved and ready), Removed
• Post CombinedMIF for each document in sourcemif and include the 2 package MIF (from PackageMIF)
• Plan (perhaps in 2012) how to migrate some pub processes to new generator
• Consider integrating new Generator validation results into ballot package and QA reports

Goal: Get new generator to do exactly what we need for publication with minimum change to publication processes and scripts with before and after tests to validate

Publishing Toolkit

• Isolate input/support from input/<content> would be used with redirected output)
• Update Q/A for MnM static model check list
• Review Ballot2011SP for aging/aged material
• Align Generator (see tasks above)
• Start to integrate new UV Generator
• Use a single "ballot content" file to set customize the ballot framework for each build
  • Set source and parameter files, build sequence lists, active, etc in environment, properties
    • Welcome Welcome/Intro
    • Backbone
    • Approval.xml
    • TOC
    • Frameset in Welcome environment
    • Issues
    • Downloads
• Check in update instructions on 'constrain to focal'

Generator Migration to UV

• Need test suite
  • First pass - Old Generator and CA 'default' which should be like old
  • Devise strategy for "content scope management" - the need to merge our packaging controls with CA generator ones
  • Verify documentation of configuration and processes is usable as UV and on the Wiki

Friday, Sept 16, 2011, Q2

Chair/Scribe: Andy Stechishin (AS)

Attendees: jean Duteau (JD)

Open discussion