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Subject: Re: [office] Proposal for an ODF 2.0 Requirements SC
Why 1.2 instead of 1.3 or whatever? Is 2.0 going to be a backward incompatible with 1.x? In other words, are we going to be removing tags/attributes from the XML? Thanks, wt On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:56 PM, <robert_weir@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > As we finish up ODF 1.2 over the next few months I'd like to start up a > parallel, background thread to collect ODF 2.0 requirements. I think a > subcommittee would a good way to do this. I feel bad that we see so many > good ideas come through, from TC members, but also increasingly from public > comments, that we can't possibly fit into our ODF 1.2 revision. Instead of > merely rejecting these good ideas, I'd like to start the analysis of how > some of these ideas might fit into an ODF 2.0 plan. What are the themes of > work for ODF 2.0? What are the "big blocks" that we should be looking at? > What is the "Vision" for ODF 2.0? > > So here is a rough draft of what a SC definition might look like, its > purpose, scope of work, deliverables, etc. This is very rough, so please > don't hesitate to suggest bold changes to the text. > > We can discuss on the list and on the next ODF TC call. I'll suggest it for > a vote when we have a consensus on the wording. > > I'm cc'ing the ODF Adoption TC list on this since I see that their charter > has the following : > > "The Adoption Committee will align and support the activities of the OASIS > OpenDocument Technical Committee by providing market-based requirements. > These requirements will help guide future development of the OpenDocument > specification by the OASIS OpenDocument Technical Committee." > > So there is some possible overlap there. If anyone feels strongly that this > is a concern, I could move this activity solely into the Adoption TC. But > we may find it more productive to collaborate on this. > > -Rob > > > ==================================================== > > Name: The Subcommittee will be called the "2.0 Requirements SC" > > Statement of purpose > -------------------- > As the ODF TC completes its work on ODF 1.2, it is desirable to instantiate > a parallel effort to gather requirements and define a vision for any > subsequent revision of the standard. > > It is the purpose of the 2.0 Requirements Subcommittee to gather > requirements, to categorize these requirements by theme, to prioritize these > requirements, and to submit a report to the ODF TC on a recommended set of > work items for ODF 2.0. > > Scope of work > ------------- > > In accordance with the above Purpose, the 2.0 Requirements SC would > undertake the following activities: > > To collect requirements for ODF 1.2 from TC members, from the OASIS ODF > Adoption TC, from implementors, from users, from the public, and from other > stakeholders; > To ensure that all requirements collected have been formally submitted as > contributions to the ODF TC, either as TC member contributions or via the > Feedback Licence; > To categorize these comments according theme; > To prioritize the themes and the requirements within the themes; > To produce and submit to the ODF TC a report on a recommended set of work > items for ODF 2.0 > > Deliverables > ------------ > 1. An ODF 2.0 Requirements Proposal document (target May 1st, 2009) > > > Manner and schedule of work > --------------------------- > The work of the subcommittee will be primarily through conference calls and > a mail list set up by OASIS for subcommittee work, or other IT tools > provided by OASIS for TC work. Access by the public will be through an > openly available mail list archive. > > Conference calls may be scheduled on a regular basis as agreed by the > subcommittee after its formation. The intent is to have this be a > low-intensity background activity that sets a pace of work that will not > distract from ongoing ODF 1.2 work, and which will allow all interested TC > members to participate. > > Chair & Editor > --------------------------- > TBD. > >
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