Re: [ciq] CIQ TC Charter - for your review

["Karl F. Best" <karl.best@oasis-open.org>]

Ram:

Thanks for starting this revision.

One thing that will need to be taken into account is that the 
requirement for charters has changed since the CIQ TC charter was first 
written. The following information must now be in TC charters (see 
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#formation):

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    1. The name of the TC, such name not to have been previously used 
for an OASIS TC and not to include any trademarks or service marks not 
owned by OASIS;
    2. A statement of purpose, including a definition of the problem to 
be solved;
    3. The scope of the work of the TC, which must be germane to the 
mission of OASIS, and which includes a definition of what is and what is 
not the work of the TC, and how it can be determined when the work of 
the TC has been completed. ....
    4. A list of deliverables, with completion dates;
    5. The anticipated audience or users of the work; and
    6. The language in which the TC will conduct business;
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So you'll probably want to rearrange the information under the current 
Statement of Purpose section to cover both that topic as well as the 
Scope. Make sure to define the Scope in such as way that a person can 
know what is in and out of scope for the TC's work.

For the Deliverables section, you may want to note if it is the intent 
of the TC to eventually submit these specifications for consideration as 
OASIS Standards.

You'll also need to add sections for Audience and Language.

-Karl




Ram Kumar wrote:
> CIQ TC,
> 
> Enclosed is the revised CIQ TC charter (an initial draft)
> for your review. Once we agree on the charter, we will 
> call for a vote to get the final approval. I expect to
> conduct the vote during the conference call next week.
> 
> Please feel free to comment on the charter.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ram
> 
> Ram Kumar
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> 
> 
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> 
> OASIS Customer Information Quality TC
> 
> Last Updated: 26 August 2004
> 
> 
> STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
> 
> The objective of the Technical Committee (TC) on Customer Information Quality (CIQ) 
> is to deliver XML specifications for customer profile/information management 
> to the industry. 
> 
> 
> NEED FOR CUSTOMER INFORMATION XML SPECIFICATIONS
> 
> Research tells us that it is much more cost effective to retain and 
> invest in our existing customer base than to build or buy market share. One customer 
> lost through ineffective marketing means a massive expenditure on acquiring new customers 
> to make up the lost revenue. This is more apparent as we move into the e-business environment. 
> The Internet has created the need to rethink the issue of customer profile/information 
> management for many, if not most, large organisations. 
> 
> In the highly competitive world being driven by e-business, organisations have to 
> provide customers, vendors, and potential employees with accurate, up-to-date on-line 
> information. Customer data forms the foundation for all organisations dealing with 
> customers to build effective customer relationships. To be effective, customer data 
> must meet the highest possible standards of both quality and integrity.  
> 
> Interoperability of customer data across different systems within and outside 
> organisational boundaries, is also becoming significantly important particulary
> in this new millenium where cross border terrorism is high in the agenda for any 
> organisation. 
> 
> To meet the above needs, it is important to implement a common set of standards 
> for managing customer information.
>  
> Many XML specifications involving customer data have been developed for specific
> applications (eg. Purchasing, invoicing, shipment, tax, accounting, human resources,
> health, etc). But despite the realisation by organisations on the importance of 
> customer information management particularly in global e-business, no XML specifications 
> that concentrate on customer profile/information management independent
> of specific application requirements have been developed. 
> 
> This technical committee aims at delivering these specifications that enable 
> interoperability of customer information within and across organisational boundaries and
> at the same time help in maintaining data quality and integrity.
> 
> GOALS OF CUSTOMER INFORMATION XML SPECIFICATIONS
> 
> The goals of the CIQ TC specifications for customer profile/information are:
> - To be application independent
> - To be vendor neutral
> - To be free of any royalties and IPRs
> - To be truly "global" (in particular, capable of representing customer name and address
>   data of 240+ countries independent of laguage, culture, geographical boundaries, 
>   applications and data formats).
> 
> 
> WHAT HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO DATE
> 
> The CIQ TC has delivered 3 versions of the following specifications to the industry
> since its inception in December 2000:
> 
> - extensible Name Language (xNL)  
> - extensible Address Language (xAL)
> - extensbile Name and Address Language (xNAL)
> - extensible Customer Information Language (xCIL), and
> - extensible Customer Relationships Language (xCRL)
> 
> VERSIONS:
> 
> xNL: V1.0, 1.1 and 2.0
> xAL: V1.0, 1.1 and 2.0
> xNAL: V1.0, 1.1 and 2.0
> xCIL: V1.0, 1.1 and 2.0
> xCRL: V1.0 and 1.1
> 
> 
> WHAT IS NEXT?
> 
> The CIQ Specifications V2.0 has been stable since July 2002. The work that will be
> conducted by the CIQ TC is to simplify the current CIQ specifications to enable wider 
> acceptance and adoption by industry. 
> 
> 
> LIST OF DELIVERABLES (SEPTEMBER 2004 ONWARDS)
> 
> Following are the list of deliverables:
> - V3.0 draft versions of xNL and xAL specifications by December 2004 for review
> - Approved committee specifications of xNL and xAL specifications by March 2005
> - V3.0 draft version of xCIL by July 2005
> - Approved committee specification of xCIL by October 2005
> 
> 
> 
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