RE: [xri] The process for moving forward

["Dave McAlpin" <Dave.McAlpin@epok.net>]

I think this is a fine approach. FYI, I've started drafting a new rev to
incorporate simple changes, like alignment with current IRI draft and
incorporation of BNF from the current 2396bis draft, so work on step 5
has already begun.

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wachob, Gabe [mailto:gwachob@visa.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 11:05 AM
> To: xri@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [xri] The process for moving forward
> 
> TC Members-
> 	I'd like to get moving on the XRI spec changes, and I'd like to
> propose the following process.
> 
> 1) The TC conducts a survey of how people feel on the change to .
> Given the fact that the summary has been posted to the list, its time
to
> narrow down our change proposals. Are we going to discuss any
characters
> besides * and !? Are we going to change to using *: and *. or just to
*
> and
> : (ie make the new character always used in combination)?
> 
> 2) Hold a vote on the proposals from #1
> 
> 3) Solicit any other changes to the XRI spec that people feel are
> crtitical
> (maybe in parallel to 1 and 2, but I'm a little concerned about
> distracting
> the TC from the */! issue)
> 
> ... some delay for discussion ...
> 
> 4) Vote on any proposals coming out of #3
> 
> 5) Either in parallel with 3 & 4, or after 5, start drafting the
changes
> to
> the core spec as needed.
> 
> ... some delay for review ...
> 
> 6) Vote on 1.1 committee draft
> 
> 	I'm hoping this process frontloads the big change proposals so
that
> implementers will have increasing confidence that their code will
require
> fewer changes as time goes on (if any).
> 
> 	Thoughts?
> 
> 	-Gabe
> 
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