RE: [pmrm] OASIS wiki for the PMRM TC?

["Alterman, Peter (NIH/CIT) [E]" <altermap@mail.nih.gov>]

Sounds like a useful tool for us to have.

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Willett [mailto:mwillett@nc.rr.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 4:07 PM
To: pmrm@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [pmrm] OASIS wiki for the PMRM TC?

Below is the thorough response from OASIS/Admin 
concerning a potential PMRM TC "wiki".

Read.

Decide if we want to proceed.

Michael  

-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Cover [mailto:robin@oasis-open.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 1:33 PM
To: Michael Willett
Cc: Robin Cover; Dee Schur
Subject: Re: FW: OASIS Wiki?


1. The PMRM TC can indeed have a TC Wiki, and all you need
    to do is ask me to have one activated, and the Webmaster
    will do most of the techie work.  When he's done, I'll add
    a proper header to the Front Page, and you will be all set!!

2. There's a note in the TC's archive about the Wiki option,
    but it's buried by now [2]

3. Here's a list of OASIS TC Wikis as of now:
    OASIS Wiki List
    http://wiki.oasis-open.org/

4. As to general Wiki usage policy, it's presented here
    Wiki use policy
    http://tools.oasis-open.org/
    It's important to read this policy document (top to
    bottom) because it explains how not to leave work
    stranded in the Wiki - there's a "TC Repository"
    connection (i.e., TC Kavi Document Repository)

5. Similar to #4 above, here's the boilerplate text that
will appear on your Wiki site when activated:

NOTE: This wiki is provided by the OASIS standards
consortium as a collaborative tool for members of
the [PMRM]  Technical Committee, who are permited
to post to these pages. As this is an official
workspace of the TC, the OASIS IPR Policy and other
OASIS rules apply to its use. To learn more about
the work of the TC, send a comment, or join this
effort, visit the [PMRM] TC homepage.

Wiki pages are transient documents, so intermediate
edits may not be saved. TC members should move all
permanent work and stable artifacts to the TC's
document repository, where the archival work
product of the TC also can be viewed by the public.
[Link:
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/documents.php?wg_abbrev=pmrm ]

6. A "Wiki" is essentially just a scratch space where the TC
members can write collaboratively, and the texts are
automatically revisioned, so anyone can easily see what
someone else wrote.

You can inspect the other OASIS TC Wikis to see how
other TCs are using Wikis, for various kinds of work where
having a "live" space is easier and more efficient than
passing around documents that are revisioned initially
in Kavi as static documents.  A wiki page is locked
when someone is editing (to prevent collisions), but
it can be updated more or less "in real time".

A Wiki is not a good publication venue for fixed (static)
documents, for example, white papers, published
technical reports, or anything that is understood to
be in final form already.

And finally, the TC would want to make sure that any
material incorporated into a Wiki is appropriately
used; broadly speaking, anything uploaded to Kavi
or SVN or a Wiki is considered a "contribution" so
anyone putting content in those publication areas
should be the content owner or have permission
from the content owner to upload some document.
In general, we don't encourage uploading of
documents not authored by Members of the TC
because of IPR concerns, which need to be
followed with respect to the OASIS IPR Policy
and TC Process (Policy) documents.

In any case, let me know if the TC wants a Wiki.
We can activate it for you!

- Robin



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