RE: [office] OpenDocument TC Meeting Minutes 2005-04-04

["Mary McRae" <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>]

Hello Michael et al,

  I was reading the minutes and noticed the mention of contacting David Mason regarding ISO submission. All coordination with ISO
must be done through OASIS staff; if the TC would like to submit OpenDocument to ISO once it is approved, I will be more than happy
to have Jamie Clark work with the TC on how this can be accomplished.

  Also, on the topic of conformance/adoption, it might make sense to think about two different sub-committees - one for conformance
specifics, and the other focused on adoption. In one instance you'd most likely need fairly technical individuals; in the other
you'd want more of a marketing/documentation/training focus.

  Congratulations again on the spec - I'll be launching the ballot on the 16th. Let me know if I can be of any assistance in your
recruiting efforts!

Regards,

Mary

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lars Oppermann [mailto:Lars.Oppermann@Sun.COM] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 12:12 PM
> To: office@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [office] OpenDocument TC Meeting Minutes 2005-04-04
> 
> MINUTES OF THE OASIS OPENDOCUMENT TC MEETING
> 2005-04-04 3PM GMT - 4PM GMT
> 
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> 
> TC Discussion
> -------------
> ISO:
> Michael will contact David Mason again, to start coordinating 
> for ISO submission
> 
> Conformance:
> Using the OASIS model would make it impossible for 
> free-software/opensource implementations to become 
> conformant, since fees would have to be paid for conformance 
> verification.
> The TC thinks, that conformance should be handled in the 
> following way:
> - The TC defines the conformance rules
> - A SubCommittee is to be created, which refines those rules 
> and enables 3rd parties to test compliance. This SC should 
> also be chartered to drive general adoption of OpenDocument 
> and conforming applications.
> - community driven projects (e.g. KOffice, OpenOffice.org) 
> should report conformance problems with 3rd parties to the 
> TC, and the TC will try to resolve those conformance problems 
> with those parties.
> - All TC members should try to recruit members for such a new SC
> 
> 
> New action items
> ----------------
> All: recruit members for conformance/marketing TC (until 2005-04-25)
>