FW: [members] TC Process changes at OASIS

["Breininger, Kathryn R" <kathryn.r.breininger@boeing.com>]

 New TC processes approved and posted. Please review the new process
document (http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php) and note
specifically the change allowing approved errata, the clarification of
definitions (committee draft vs. committee spec), Tc membership and
participation, specification quality, etc.



Kathryn Breininger
Boeing Library Services
425-965-0182 phone




-----Original Message-----
From: James Bryce Clark [mailto:jamie.clark@oasis-open.org] 
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 1:43 PM
To: members@lists.oasis-open.org; tc-announce@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [members] TC Process changes at OASIS

To: OASIS Members

     Please be advised that the OASIS TC Process, our principal rules
for standards development in our technical committees, have been amended
by our Board of Directors.  The changes are effective immediately.  They
make several significant process improvements suggested by our members,
and a few other clarifications.
     The newly revised rules are posted to the usual location [1].
The prior version has been moved to an archival location [2]. A summary
of principal changes follows below.
     We continue to review and consider revisions to these rules
periodically, to facilitate smoother operation of OASIS TCs.  This set
of changes was built on the member comments we received during our last
revision cycle [3], and input from TC leaders.  Other feedback that we
have received is under continuing review by the Board's Process
Committee, in conjunction with our staff, Technical Advisory Board and
membership.

     The two most significant changes made to the TC Process rules
relate to errata and starting a TC.

     1.  We have improved the rules for starting a new OASIS technical
committee in Section 2.2.  The review period for a new TC proposal is
now 30 days, to permit wider review.  We will post each compliant
proposal within 5 days of receipt, and invite member comment for 2
weeks, as a part of the preparations for launch.
While the proposers still will define the committee's scope, this
increased transparency should assist in optimizing new projects and
driving re-use and convergence.
     2.  We have added an official method for adopting "Approved Errata"
for existing approved standards, primarily in new Section 3.5.  This
will allow committees to give official sanction to errata lists, when
they wish, short of issuing a new version of a spec.

     Additional changes include the following:

     3.  The definition of "minimum membership" in Section 1(m) has been
clarified.
     4.  The nomination method for TC chairs of new committees in
sections 2.2 and 2.3 have been changed.
     5.  The 60-day rule for acquiring voting rights in a TC in section
2.4 has been clarified.
     6.  The voting requirement for TC chair elections in Section
2.7 has been clarified.
     7.  A requirement has been added to distinctly note normative
(versus non-normative) references in specifications, primarily in
Section 2.18.
     8.  The specification quality requirements in Section 2.18 now
specify XHTML rather than HTML file format.

Regards  JBC

~   James Bryce Clark
~   Director, Standards Development, OASIS
~   jamie.clark@oasis-open.org

[1] http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php.
[2] http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process_2005.08.09.php.
[3] http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200410/msg00004.html.


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