Re: [search-ws] Say NO to mandatory Atom Feeds

[Farrukh Najmi <farrukh@wellfleetsoftware.com>]

LeVan,Ralph wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Farrukh Najmi [mailto:farrukh@wellfleetsoftware.com] 
>> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 2:32 PM
>>
>> BTW in light of the IPR issues Mary had mentioned and
>> duplicated effort I ask that we reconsider usine of
>> zng list and conduct all TC business on this list on
>> the search-ws-comments list.
>>     
>
> I've seen no indication that the SRU user community is participating in
> that list.  I'd prefer have these sorts of discussions in an environment
> where we are likely to get some feedback.
>
>   

The primary issue is one of OASIS Policy which prohibits conducting 
OASIS TC business on lists other than OASIS.
The main reason as I understand is one of IPR concerns.

OASIS provides the comments lists to each TC to allow anyone to 
particpate and comment without requiring TC membership.
However they MUST accept an IPR related statement before they can post 
to the list.

I believe above is a hard and fast OASIS policy. Mary, please correct me 
if I am wrong.

As a secondary issue, I have not seen the zng list be all that useful in 
terms of the feedback received so far. Ray echoed those feelings
at the last meeting.

As a tertiary issue, it is accepted netiquette to not cross post to 
multiple mailing lists. There are many good reasons for that.
This means that many of our threads get posted twice, once on this list 
and once on zng list. This is a burden.

That said, I will live with the status quo if OASIS does not tell us to 
cease and desist.

-- 
Regards,
Farrukh Najmi

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