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

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

Thanks Michael!

Mary
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Brauer [mailto:Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM] 
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 7:33 AM
> To: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org
> Cc: 'Lars Oppermann'; office@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: [office] OpenDocument TC Meeting Minutes 2005-04-04
> 
> Hello Mary,
> 
> Mary McRae wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> The minutes are unfortunately a little unprecise here. What 
> we want to do is to inform David Mason that the OpenDocument 
> standard voting will start soon, so that he knows that he may 
> be contacted by you (or Jamie Clark) regarding an 
> OpenDocument ISO standardization soon.
> 
> David Mason contacted us some time ago, because he heard of 
> our interest for submitting OpenDocument to ISO when it has 
> become an OASIS standard. The only thing we agreed is that we 
> keep him informed about the progress we make with the 
> OpenDocument standardization.
> 
> > 
> >   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.
> 
> I agree. Having two additional sub committees might be an option.
> 
> > 
> >   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!
> 
> Thanks. We will keep this is mind.
> 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Mary
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Michael
> > 
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > Mary P McRae
> > OASIS
> > Manager of TC Administration
> > email: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org
> > web: www.oasis-open.org
> > phone: 603.232.9090
> > cell: 603.557.7985
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> >>-----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
> >>
> > 
> >  ...
> > 
> > 
> >>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)
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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