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Subject: Re: [office-comment] About this mailing list
Hi Rick 2009/3/4 <rjelliffe@allette.com.au>: >> Hi Paul, >> >> In general, yes. The piece that's missing is that this list is intended >> to be "input only" - that is, one should not expect discussion from TC >> members on any of the posts on this list. The intent is that the posts >> would be discussed by the TC which would then decide what action, if >> any, to take. > > You say "one should not *expect* discussion" which is fine. However from > the latest ODF TC minutes: > > "Michael asked that in alignment with the OASIS technical committee > process *no* discussions should take place on the public comment mailing > list." > > These are clearly not the same thing. For example, under what Mary said, > an interested, engaged TC member could ask for clarification or suggest > other angles to a comment on the public list, at their discretion, but > with no obligation. Under what Michael has said, this is positively > disallowed under the OASIS process. (Under Michael's interpretation, there > is in fact *no* forum provided by OASIS for public discussion of the draft > or future ODF specs?) > > Which is correct please? > >> If individuals want to take an active role in the >> development of the spec, they should then join the technical committee >> itself. > > Certainly. However community engagement is often regarded as a sign of > openness. > >> I would like to make it clear to everyone commenting that the TC has not >> yet approved a formal 60-day Public Review of the specification; the >> approximate date posted in the call for requirements for "ODF-Next" was >> late April. At that point in time the TC will be required to log all >> comments received along with their resolution before proceeding to the >> next approval level. That said, OASIS encourages feedback at any stage >> of a specification's lifecycle; early feedback is typically much easier >> to react to than that provided late in the game. > > You say that the "at that point" (i.e. late April) the TC will be required > to log all comments for ODF-Next. Yet the call document* speaks of > gathering requirements "now" with an aim of having a report ready 1 May. > > Is it that requirements are not required to be logged but comments are? > That seems a little like formalizing discussion on details but not on the > broad strokes. > Requirements are being logged. Cheers Bob > Cheers > Rick Jelliffe > > * http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200902/msg00007.html > > -- > This publicly archived list offers a means to provide input to the > OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC. > > In order to verify user consent to the Feedback License terms and > to minimize spam in the list archive, subscription is required > before posting. > > Subscribe: office-comment-subscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > Unsubscribe: office-comment-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > List help: office-comment-help@lists.oasis-open.org > List archive: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office-comment/ > Feedback License: http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/feedback_license.pdf > List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php > Committee: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office > >
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