Re: [office] A proposed resolution

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

That is always an option for the TC,
whenever we have a chunk of work that is large enough and specialized enough
to warrant a subcommittee to work on it.  

But I wouldn't read this resolution
as being focused entirely on Ecma 376, though that is certainly a topic
of interest,  For example you may recall last year, during the ISO
ballot of ODF 1.0, that there were some awkward times when a NB had some
questions about IRI's or BiDi support and could not figure out how to officially
ask the TC questions.  So such questions were handled informally,
via intermediaries, etc.  I'd like to do better in this area when
we submit ODF 1.2, so that SC34 knows that we value their questions and
their input.

-Rob


garylyn@gmail.com wrote on 02/08/2007 02:40:40 PM:

> +1
> 
> Rob, have you considered the ODF TC option of establishing a 
> harmonization sub committee, where your work on UOF might serve as
a
> useful guideline for JTC1/SC34 MS Ecma 376 considerations?  
> 
> ~ge~

> On 2/8/07, robert_weir@us.ibm.com <robert_weir@us.ibm.com>
wrote: 
> 
> I'd like to propose the following resolution for consideration on
> Monday's TC call.   
> 
> I think it is self-explanatory, but please ask question or suggest
> revisions as needed. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> -Rob 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------- 
> 
> Resolved: 
> 
> 1) That the ODF TC welcomes any questions from ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34 and
> member NB's regarding OpenDocument Format, the functionality it 
> describes, the planned evolution of this standard, and its relationship
> to other work on the technical agenda of JTC1/SC34
> 
> 2) That the ODF TC has welcomed and continues to welcome the 
> participation of all companies, agencies and individuals with an 
> interest in editable office document formats.
> 
> 3) That the ODF TC request that the OASIS Liaison to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34
> communicate this Resolution to the SC34 Secretariat and request that
> this communication be entered into the document registry of SC34.
> 
> 
> 
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