MNDR Status (Fri Jan 28)

["Scott Came" <scott@justiceintegration.com>]

The purpose of this email is to report status of the MNDR subcommittee.

1.  Subcommittee status.  The subcommittee's charter was approved
by the full TC.  Unfortunately, OASIS staff have not yet set up our
document area and mailing list, despite a number of requests from Ellen
and myself.  We will keep working this issue.  In the meantime, the
subcommittee will use the full TC list for communication.

2. 
Status check-ins.  I would like to propose that the leads identified for
each section provide a brief email status each Friday to the subcommittee
list.  Leads are identified in the minutes from the Jan 12 conference
call, which are posted to the TC document area at OASIS.  Leads, please
let me know if you disagree with this proposal.  I think it's important,
given our tight schedule for this deliverable, to maintain a weekly
"heartbeat" so we don't lose momentum.

For
convenience, the leads are:

Sec 1: Ellen Perry
Sec 2: Tom
Carlson
Sec 3: Scott Came
Sec 4: Scott Came
Sec 5: Nancy
Rutter
Sec 6: John Ruegg (tentative...see below)
Sec 7: John
Ruegg
Sec 8: Scott Came (tentative...see below)

3.  Leads
needed.  We did not identify leads for sections 6 and 8.  The lead's chief
responsibilities (beyond being a contributor) would be to submit the brief
weekly check-in and coordinate the work of the other contributors.  I
propose that John Ruegg and Scott Came serve as leads for sections 6 and
8, respectively.  John, please let me know if you're unwilling to lead
section 6.

4.  Section documents.  I took an action item from
the Jan 12 call to investigate document format for the deliverable.  OASIS
maintains Word templates for specifications (http://www.oasis-open.org/spectools/index.php).
 I propose that each lead set up the skeleton document for each section,
and then distribute it to the other contributors as appropriate.  We can
use the change tracking and document merging features of Word to manage
collaborations.

Be sure to use only the identified styles in
the template and sample document.  This will make the merging of the final
deliverable easier.

Please name your section file according to
the OASIS specifications at http://www.oasis-open.org/spectools/docs/wd-spectools-instructions-02.html.
 I propose that we use "mndr-secX" for the "short
title" part of the name, and that we use "wd" (working
draft) for the editorial status.  For the "version" part of the
name, I propose that each section group work out how they maintain
versions within the group, but that drafts shared outside the group (e.g.,
posted to the document area) use sequential numbering.  As an example,
section 1 would be:  wd-ijtc-mndr-sec1-v1.doc.

Don't bother
with the document metadata...we'll do that in the final, single merged
MNDR document.

If you need some guidance for style, tone, etc.
(especially with respect to how to phrase normative statements), look at
any of the existing OASIS standards on the web, but especially the UBL NDR
document at http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/9943/cd-UBL-NDR-1.0Rev1b.pdf.

For significant normative statements, it would probably be a good
idea to vet them on the subcommittee or TC list (as appropriate), since
these will form the core of the MNDR standard.  We should do these as we
go as much as possible, so we don't try to vet and approve them in a big
chunk in April.

Section documents should be posted to the
document area (once OASIS sets it up for us) whenever any significant
changes are made.

5.  Terminology.  As some TC members may be
aware, the GJXDM Training and Technical Assistance Committee (GTTAC) has
recently proposed changing the term "Exchange Document" to
"Information Exchange Package".  (This was briefly discussed on
the TC conference call last week.)  Since some of this terminology is
still "in limbo", I propose that we continue using the term
"exchange document" in the short term, and that we change it
globally once the issue settles down a bit (which it should do in the next
month.)

6.  Upcoming milestone.  Three weeks from today (Feb
18) is the due date of first drafts of sections.

7.  Membership
reminder.  Just a reminder that all IJ TC members and observers are
encouraged to participate in the MNDR work.  We are in need of all the
help we can get!

Thanks everyone.  Please respond to the list
if you disagree with any of the proposals above.  Absent that, we'll
exchange status check-ins next Friday, with perhaps some discussions in
the meantime.

--Scott

Scott Came
President and
Principal Consultant
Justice Integration Solutions, Inc.
Olympia, Washington
360-402-6525
scott@justiceintegration.com
http://www.justiceintegration.com