Semiconductor Information Design Subcommittee (SIDSC)Charter

Version 4 Last updated: August 6, 2007

Name Selection

"Semiconductor Information Design Subcommittee" does not limit the scope of our activities to specializations.

Goals

We will have iterative and phased releases toward a goal of a complete set of specializations to encompass the information types listed below. The order in which we develop the specializations will be prioritized by the participating members.

Identify information types that are consistent and/or specific to the semiconductor industry.

Examples may include:

Features
Instruction sets data (may not have standard/native syntax/data structure)
Register data
Signals data
Mechanicals data
Electrical characteristics
Timing data
Thermal characteristics
Revision histories
Component Data
Programmers' API Data
Product Family Data Most of these content types/structures are well-defined by other standards, such as IP-XACT, IEC-61360, IEEE-P1685, etc.; others are not.

For the most up-to-date list of information types and the committee-determined priority, please see [../RoadMap].

Define how information stored in standards-based formats will interact with DITA systems.

Data stored in other XML formats may be used in a number of ways, including (but not limited to):

Data is referenced as “foreign” content
Data is transformed from native format to DITA
Determine which content types/patterns justify the creation of a DITA specialization.
Create specializations.
Establish guidelines and XSLT for transforming specialized data.
Create metadata guidelines.
Provide high-level perspective of how DITA systems should interface with RTL, Verilog, design flow tools, and other relevant tools, processes, and standard data formats.
Consider role of SVG, TDML, MATHML and characterize how they should interact with DITA. The recommendations of this committee should have enough weight to re-energize ownership and development of neglected domains.
Provide justification for standardizing semiconductor industry and propose business benefits of participating in SIDSC.

Membership

Membership is open to semiconductor manufacturers, equipment manufacturers, EDA vendors, IP vendors, users, consultants, and others who have an interest in semiconductor information types.

Revision History

[Please help reconstruct version history for v1 and v2]

v3 - This revision prepared at committee meeting on 25 July 2007

v4 - removed "purpose of this document" section (s.park); moved "Deliverables section to [../RoadMap] page and added information in the style of the Learning SC charter.