Re: RQ draft

["Lauren Wood" <lauren@sqwest.bc.ca>]

Since I can't take part in today's meeting, here are my thoughts on 
Jon's paper. 

Most of the cases I can think of seem to be covered. In terms of 
the open questions:

1) should those outside OASIS be able to submit a request for an 
operation?

I think so; however, such requests need to be validated by OASIS 
members in some way. Perhaps an OASIS member would need to 
be found who is prepared to act as "sponsor" of that operation  
throughout the rest of the operation process.

2) Does OASIS standardization of a collaborative effort require a 
formal vote of all the collaborating organizations?

I think so; however there should be a procedure in place where an 
organization can waive their right to a formal vote, in effect, passing 
the operation on to the OASIS committee.

3)What is the vote required for the committee to approve a spec (as 
opposed to a working draft)?

I have no strong feelings on this one, except that a higher 
proportion of members should approve the final spec than are 
required to approve interim working drafts of it.

The names of propsed levels of specifications (draft or final) are fine 
by me.


Lauren