Re: Proposed DocBook charter update

[Eduardo Gutentag <eduardo.gutentag@Sun.COM>]

Norm, I think that the second paragraph may be too specific, and would
necessitate redrawing the charter every time the TC discovers there was
something in the SGML world that needs porting to XML and the appropriate
authority is not interested in doing it. Now, it may be that the only work
the TC envisions in this realm is ISO 9573, in which case the wording you
propose is just dandy, but just in case, you may want to consider the 
following wording:

   The DocBook TC will also develop specifications based on previously
   published standards for use in the XML version of DocBook and other
   related XML specifications; the first such specification will be based
   on previously published ISO 9573 entity sets (themselves an extension
   of the ISO 8879 entity sets).


Norman Walsh wrote:
> 
> During my discussions with Karl about producing a set of XML character
> entities, we concluded that the DocBook TC could accomplish this by
> modifying its charter. It subsequently became evident that we never
> published an official charter.
> 
> I propose the text below. Comments, please. (I intended to call a vote
> on this charter at the next meeting, 21 Aug 2001 (assuming no one
> objects, naturally).)
> 
>    The purpose of this committee is to develop and maintain the DocBook
>    family of specifications. In particular, this TC maintains the XML
>    and SGML DocBook DTDs, a suite of extension modules, and a simplified
>    authoring subset of DocBook. The TC may also support other schema
>    languages in the future and may develop additional modules and
>    derived document types.
> 
>    The DocBook TC will develop, and publish as a separate specfication,
>    a set of XML character entities, based on previously published ISO
>    9573 entity sets (themselves an extension of the ISO 8879 entity
>    sets) for use in the XML version of DocBook and other related XML
>    specifications.
> 
>                                         Be seeing you,
>                                           norm
> 
> --
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> http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/ | others hide from us, and we
> Chair, DocBook Technical Committee | recognize in others what we hide
>                                    | from ourselves.--Vauvenargues
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