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Subject: [legalxml-odr] Minutes of Kick-Off Meeting
The OdrXML Technical
Committee held its first conference call on December 5, 2002 from 5:00 to 6:30
EST using web conferencing software to the review the charter during the
call. After introductions, (see,
attendee list below) the group reviewed and affirmed the goals set forth in the
charter.
A key and recurring point of
discussion was about keeping an even balance between ODR for eCommerce and
traditional ADR that is in transition to web services.
Glossary: We discussed and agreed to utilize the
term "Neutrals" to categorize arbitrators, mediators and other ADR providers
generally.
1) Identify Stakeholders: There was consensus that the first order of business is to identify stakeholders in the development of OdrXML standards. The stakeholders should include neutrals and neutral organizations, ODR providers, and referring entities such as courts or corporations that might utilize ODR providers and would also wish to monitor progress and closure of referred matters
2) Functional Requirements: The next task discussed was development of high level, functional requirements for the different phases and aspects of online dispute activity. We discussed building on the work of eContracts, Court Filing, ebML and other standards already adopted by OASIS and related organizations.
3) Technical Specifications: The group discussed using the ODR schema developed by the EU Joint Research Centre. The general conclusion was that this may have been developed independently of other standards activities, particularly the work of LegalXML, and that we needed see if the concepts, data model and data dictionary can be harmonized with other work.
There was general approval of utilizing the data dictionary, object repository and data model developed by the Integrated Justice Technical Committee developed at Georgia Technical Research Institute. We need to determine how much can used and to what extent we need to supplement this work with specialized tags, roles and attributes unique to ODR, as well as work process elements such as BPML (Business Process XML) under development by Computer Sciences Corporation, as noted in a pre-meeting eMail by Debi Miller-Moore, Co-Chair.
4) Gather Resources: The final undertaking was to collect links, citations and resources about ODR on the TC's web site. OASIS is in the process of switching it web site management and document repository to new vendors. We agreed nevertheless to conduct and eMail exchange to identify resources, criteria and a process to collect them.
To wrap up this discussion, we also agreed to use the eMail list to identify stakeholders, develop functional requirements, discuss data models, compare existing standards to OdrXML needs, and gather resource material and links for the Technical Committee group page on OASIS.
The group reviewed
potential meetings of OdrXML during the ABA Mid Year Meeting in Seattle during
February 2003 and at the Annual meeting in San Francisco in August. It was noted that the Dispute Resolution
Section is holding a multi-day educational conference with ODR seminars at their
conference in San Antonio from March 20-22. The specific ODR courses are noted at
the end of these minutes. http://www.abanet.org/dispute/conference/brochure.pdf [In subsequent discussions and a poll we
concluded the DR section meeting in March was a more promising forum for a face
to face meeting.]
Ethan Katsch also
proposed consideration of the UN ODR Forum on June 30, 2003 in Geneva, which might be an
excellent forum to have a dialogue with OdrXML folks from around the world. http://www.unece.org/press/pr2002/02opa09e.htm
(Notice of 2002 meeting)
Respectfully
Submitted
Jim Keane + Debi
Moore
Co-Chairs, OdrXML Technical
Committee
Legal XML / OASIS
(Based in part on RSVP List)
We held the meeting via a web conference and teleconference. We reserved a bridge based on the number of RSVP's. Gratefully, we had more last minute attendees. Bad news, we had limited telecon seats and several of our key players were not able to attend so I was a bit overwhelmed with running the meeting, setting up the web conference, fielding last minute eMail and taking roll. All this caused confusion about who was there. If we left you off the attendeed list or the list of people who wanted to attend, please send a private eMail to jik@jkeane.com to correct this.
INet Legal Network, a
provider of online seminars for Continuing Legal Education provided the WebEx
software facilities.
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March
20 - March 22, 2003
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TX
Dave Renfro, Irving,
TX
Kevin Buffington, Washington,
DC
Bill McKee, Denton, TX
John Farnan, Pittsburgh,
PA
Gerald S. Clay, Honolulu,
HI
Peter Michaelson, Red Bank,
NJ
Sandra Franklin, Troy,
MI
James Carmody, Houston, TX
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David Larson, St. Paul,
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Benjamin G. Davis, Fort Worth, TX
Ethan Katsh, Amherst,
MA
Alan Gaitenby, Amherst,
MA
Franklin G. Snyder, Fort Worth,
TX
Ayesha Hassan, Paris, France
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