Re: [emergency] Final editorial corrections?

[Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com>]

Thank you, Allen,

FWIW, I've reconfirmed the offer of a special issue of java location 
service newsletter, so that is waiting for us do less rushed, and 
perhaps happier edition.

I'm pooped,
Rex

At 4:30 PM -0500 3/31/04, R. Allen Wyke wrote:
>At this point, we do not need to hurry and resolve this issue, as 
>there is no hard date (that I am aware of) for publication of an 
>approved OASIS Standard. Plus, the TC Admin has 7 days to announce 
>the result of the voting anyway. Jamie had offered last week to sit 
>on our call next week, to which I welcomed. We can sort out the 
>process then, so please hold tight on calling for them.
>
>That aside, and to provide some clarity to what changes can happen, 
>I will point the group to the following quote from the TC Guidelines:
>
>"After approval of the specification as an OASIS Standard the TC 
>must prepare the final version for publication. Usually this would 
>involve changing only the title page to reflect the new status of 
>the document. There must not be any substantive or normative changes 
>made to the specification. The document must be renamed according to 
>the OASIS file naming scheme and submitted to the TC Admin for 
>publication. The TC may create a non-normative errata document, but 
>no normative changes may be made to the specification; making 
>normative changes will require sending the specification through the 
>approval process."
>
>The key word here that helps to quantify, but not necessary 
>encompass 100%, when you have to go back through the process is the 
>word "normative." The XSD, for instance, would be normative, so 
>according the Guidelines we can not change that without going back 
>through the process. I am referring to the anonymous simpleType 
>issue here. I will defer to Jamie regarding any latitude or 
>misinterpretation there.
>
>Allen
>
>On Mar 31, 2004, at 3:37 PM, Bob Wyman wrote:
>
>>Art Botterell wrote:
>>>Sorry, Bob... I'd been advised by an experienced
>>>source (in fact, I believe it was you) that final
>>>non-substantive editorial corrections to a standards
>>>document are normally permitted prior to publication.
>>	When we spoke, my comments were made based on experience with
>>standards groups in general rather than specific knowledge of the
>>OASIS process. My reading of the OASIS process leads me to believe
>>that OASIS has explicitly prohibited corrections to documents once the
>>"member approval" voting process begins. If corrections are to be
>>made, I think you should get a formal opinion on this from the OASIS
>>leadership.
>>	Also, please note that the distinction between changes which
>>are "substantive" and those which are "non-substantive" is often the
>>source of considerable debate...
>>
>>		bob wyman
>>
>>>    "Errata or Corrigenda to a submission are not permitted;
>>>     if changes are required the Committee Draft must be
>>>     withdrawn by the TC, edited, re-approved as a Committee
>>>     Draft, then resubmitted."
>>
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