| Title: | Online Bookbuilding |
| Notice: | This conference is write-locked: see note 1.3. |
| Moderator: | VAXUUM::UTT |
| Created: | Fri Aug 12 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jul 15 1991 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 440 |
| Total number of notes: | 2134 |
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Note 7.0 VAX DOCUMENT V2.0 Announcement No replies
TINGLE::ROBINSON "VAX DOCUMENT User Support" 37 lines 29-MAY-1990 11:17
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Digital's leadership efforts in producing and distributing online
documentation containing text and graphics have created an enormous
customer demand for graphics tools and online bookbuilding tools. To meet
that demand, the CLIPPER program's "Wave 1" was established with the goal
of bringing online documentation technology to customers as rapidly as
possible.
In response to this demand, CUP/ITG has decided to accelerate the delivery
of the online bookbuilding capabilities of VAX DOCUMENT, and to bundle the
RAGS graphics editor with VAX DOCUMENT.
This accelerated delivery will be accomplished by "splitting" our
previously planned V2.0 functionality into two releases. The first release,
which will be called VAX DOCUMENT V2.0 and which we plan to bring to field
test this summer, will contain the following functionality:
- an ONLINE design and BOOKREADER destination
- RAGS (for graphics creation)
- I18N support for 14 European languages
- a newly reorganized and rewritten docset
- other enhancements as detailed in the product requirements and
functional spec (many of which are currently released internally
in VAX DOCUMENT V1.2-B)
A Product Requirements document for the new V2.0 is available now, in
CLOSET::DOC_V20:V20_REQUIREMENTS.PS, .LN03, and .TXT. The remainder of the
project documentation for the new V2.0 (functional spec, development plan,
customer support plan) will be forthcoming over the next several weeks.
The second release (tentatively called V3.0) will contain the remainder of
the high priority VAX DOCUMENT requirements. We expect VAX DOCUMENT V3.0
to be available for external field test one quarter after FCS for V3.0 of
the DECwindows Bookreader. A preliminary Product Requirements document for
VAX DOCUMENT V3.0 will be available soon.
Complete project documentation for VAX DOCUMENT V3.0 will be available
after V2.0 goes to field test.
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Date: 7/3/90
From: Dean Fachon, CUP Product Management, 381-2418, CLOSET::FACHON
George Pappas, CSBG Product Management, 223-4160, USEM::GPAPPAS
Subject: VAX DOCUMENT V2.0 - Phases 0, 1, and 2 open for review
The VAX DOCUMENT team announces the opening of phases 1 and 2 for
VAX DOCUMENT V2.0. Phase 0 has been open for some time.
The VAX DOCUMENT team plans to close phases 0, 1, and 2 on 7/17/90.
This compressed schedule reflects the advanced status of product
engineering and our confidence that related planning is sufficiently
in place to begin field test on July 23, 1990.
The following plans are now available in .PS, .LN03, or .TXT format
from CLOSET::DOC_V20:
- Product Requirements: V20_REQUIREMENTS (replacing 29-May version)
- Business Plan: V20_BUS_PLAN
- Field Test Plan: V20_FT_PLAN
- Development Plan: V20_DEV_PLAN
- Documentation Plan: V20_DOC_PLAN
- Phase Planner: V20_PHASE_PLANNER (schedule of milestones)
The following plans will be available on or before 7/10/90:
- Functional Specification: V20_FUNC_SPEC
- CSSE Plan: V20_CSSE_PLAN
- Internationalization Plan: V20_I18N_PLAN
VAX DOCUMENT has been without product management for most of the V2.0
development cycle. Consequently, with product management coming on
board in early June, our primary task has been to bring the phase
review process up to speed with the actual state of development.
This task of retrofitting the phase review process has reached the
critical stage of publishing these product plans.
Should you have comments on any product plans, please forward them to
the plan's author by 7/16/90. For further information, contact Dean
Fachon or George Pappas.
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| 343.2 | cross-posted query | MARVIN::KNOWLES | Domimina nustio illumea | Tue Apr 16 1991 09:11 | 13 |
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Does DOCUMENT V2.0 build .DECW$BOOK* files for Bookreader V2.0 as well
as Bookreader V3.0? I want to know whether we should have it installed
on a cluster that produces Bookreader output for the OLD CDROM (and so
must support Bookreader V2.0). Should we stick with 1.2B?
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| 343.3 | cross-posted reply | VAXUUM::UTT | Mary Utt | Tue Apr 16 1991 12:08 | 19 |
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VAXUUM::UTT "Mary Utt" 11 lines 16-APR-1991 08:38
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VAX DOCUMENT V2.0 generates Bookreader V2.0 files *only*. There is no
support for Bookreader V3.0 in VAX DOCUMENT V2.0.
However, there are some formatting enhancements and other new things,
such as support for DDIF images, so we think the V2.0 Bookreader
support is an improvement over V1.2B.
For a lively discussion of Bookreader v2/v3 support, see the
BULOVA::BOOKREADER notes conf, note 275.
Mary
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