Fwd: EML v5 - OASIS STANDARD SUBMISSION

[John Borras <johnaborras@yahoo.co.uk>]

John Borras <johnaborras@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:58:56 +0100 (BST)
From: John Borras <johnaborras@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: EML v5 - OASIS STANDARD SUBMISSION
To: Mary Mcrae <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>
CC: EML TC <election-services@lists.oasis-open.org>

Mary

 

Now that EML v5 has been approved by the E&VS TC as a Committee Specification, we would like to move this version onto an OASIS Standard.  The required information follows in order for you to conduct the necessary ballot.

 

1.  Attached are the editable versions of the Committee Spec documentation.  Can you add the appropriate URLs please.  The schema files are available separately at:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/election/eml/v5.0/pr02/EML-Schemas-v5.0/

 

2. The TC confirms that the schemas and XML instances are all well formed and all expressions are valid.

 

3.  A plain language summary of the Spec is as follows:

EML has been developed as a standard for the structured interchange of data among hardware, software, and service providers who engage in any aspect of providing election or voter services to public or private organisations.The objective has been to introduce a uniform and reliable way to allow systems involved in the election process to interoperate.

 

4.  We have been liaising very closely with the IEEE Voting System Electronic Data Interchange Project 1622, and their draft specification is seen as a compatible subset and USA localisation of EML.  The chair of that committee is a memebr of our TC.

 

5.  Statements of Use:

 

IBM - http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/election/email/archives/200708/msg00016.html

EDS - http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/election/email/archives/200708/msg00019.html

Opt2Vote - http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/election/email/archives/200709/msg00008.html

 

6.  Public Reviews:

 

1st PR  started  11/4/07   ended 10/06/07  annoucement http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200704/msg00014.html

Comments Resolution - http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/election/document.php?document_id=25238

 

2nd PR started  15/08/07  ended  30/08/07  annoucement http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200708/msg00003.html

No comments received

 

7.  Committee Specification ballot:  http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/election/ballot.php?id=1367

 

8.  There are no earlier attempts to standardise a similar spec.

 

9.  Comments archive:  http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/election-services/

 

10.  No minority reports from TC members exist.

 

I hope this covers everything required but please let me know if I have missed anything. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regards
John

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