OIC TC 2012-01-11 Meeting Minutes

["Dennis E. Hamilton" <dennis.hamilton@acm.org>]

OIC COORDINATION CALL
Date:  Wednesday 11 January 2012
Time:  14:30 - 15:30 UT
 
1. LOGISTICS
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The chat room: <http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/oic>
(doesn't count for attendance) 
 
The call-in numbers: 
 <https://www.teleconference.att.com/servlet/glbAccess?process=1&accessCode=84367726&accessNumber=2158616239>
 
Meeting agendas also provide the pass codes and the commonly-used call-in numbers
<http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/oic/201201/msg00003.html>

The action items (log-in required):
<http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/oic/members/action_items.php> 
 
 
1.1 ROLL CALL AND QUORUM CHECK
The 6/7 voting members present satisfied the 4/7 quorum requirement.
 
    MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE
    * Bart Hanssens, Fedict (Chair)
    * Rob Weir, IBM
    * Andreas Guelzow, Individual
    * Dennis Hamilton, Individual (Secretary)
    * Louis Suarez-Potts, Individual
    * John Haug, Microsoft

      [* = Voting Member at start of meeting (6)
       + = becoming Voting Member at conclusion of meeting (0)
       = = Persistent Non-Voting Member (0)]
 
    MEMBERS ABSENT
      Charles Schulz, Ars Aperta
      Peter Junge, Beijing Sursen International
      Alex Wang, Beijing Sursen International 
      Jeremy Allison, Google Inc.
      Don Harbison, IBM
      Mingfei Jia, IBM
    - Svante Schubert, Individual
      Cherie Ekholm, Microsoft
      Doug Mahugh, Microsoft
      Eric Patterson, Microsoft
      Kazmer Koleszar, MultiRacio
      Alan Clark, Novell
      Bernd Eilers, Oracle Corporation
      Andrew Rist, Oracle Corporation
      Tom Rabon, Red Hat
      Jerry Smith, US Department of Defense
 
      [* = Voting Member at start and end of meeting (0)
       - = Voting Member becoming non-voting Member at end of meeting (1)
       = = Persistent Non-Voting Member (0)]
 
1.2 PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES
Minutes for the 2011-12-14 Meeting, approved without objection: 
   <http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/oic/201201/msg00002.html>

1.3 TODAY'S AGENDA, approved without objection:
   <http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/oic/201201/msg00003.html>
 
2. STATUS OF ACTION ITEMS
  #0015 Template Scenarios.  Dennis reported no progress.  
  #0041 Battery of ODF 1.2 Assessment Documents.  Rob reported no progress.
  #0042 CLOSED: Update Draft Advisory 00005 - Bart fixed to refer to ODF 1.2 and checked that the wording is the same.  The action item is now closed.
  #0043 Update Draft Advisory 00004 - not done yet
  #0044 Split up Advisory 00002  - not done yet, work in progress
  #0045 Addition of some valid signatures that use namespaces correctly - Bart needs time to find some signed test documents
  #0046 Update Advisory 00007 to repair the wording and reflect in ODF 1.2 Errata and DOF 1.3 - pending
    
3. DELIVERABLES / TEST CASES

3.1 Interop Advisories, 

<http://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/svn/oic/Advisories/> 
and <http://wiki.oasis-open.org/oic/InteropAdvisories>

The prospects for further advisories were discussed.  Dennis still needs to advance 00009.  Bart invites submission of more advisories.

3.2 Second "State of Interoperability" Report

It appears desirable to create the next report as a Committee Note.  It would be interesting for the next Plugfest in April and for other events.  Rob had previously invited discussion of ideas and no issues have been created.  

This is also a way to report progress of OIC TC activity.  

There is no new draft yet.  Rob repeats his call for ideas.


3.3 Embedded Fonts, <http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/oic/201112/msg00004.html>

This is a new topic for consideration for advisories and for addressing at the next Plugfest.
It was noticed that OOXML supports font embedding.  Jost had produced an approach that is usable via existing provisions of ODF 1.0/1.1/1.2.  The idea is to see what can be done that remains benign with implementations that don't recognized the embedding and that all support for embedded fonts to evolve.


4. ODF EVENTS


4.1 ODF Plugfest, April 19-20, 2012.  

There are no updates.  The dates are set.  There need to be discussions with the host organization around local arrangements, etc.  The Program Committee needs to start up after the holidays and there needs to be a source of invitations from a local sponsor or the host.


4.2 LinuxTAG ODF Track, <http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/oic/201201/msg00001.html>


Svante had mentioned this opportunity. It is not known if there is a role for OIC TC.  The call for papers ends on 2012-01-24.  There is a partner event as well.

 

5. ROUND TABLE
 
  (1) FOSDEM and XML Prague 2012 are coming up quickly.

  (2) Bart notices that the ODF 1.2 specifications are available on the OASIS docs repository.  Rob reported that the final version is yet to be announced.  There could be an announcement shortly.

  (3) Dennis reported that there are two Test Assertions Guidelines (TAG) Committee Specifications now available - one for the TA Model, another for a TA Markup Language (TAML).  Rob considered the cases and there are three for use related to ODF Specifications, one of potential use to the OIC TC: (a) for test development, (b) for specification writing to ensure precision, and (c) for creating profiles/advisories.  

  (4) Rob reported on the Apache ODF Toolkit podling being about to have its first release, and what is coming next.


6. FUTURE MEETING PLANNING

The next call is on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 14:30 UTC.



Respectfully submitted,

  Dennis E. Hamilton, OIC TC Secretary