Timing of WebCGM 2.0

["Cruikshank, David W" <david.w.cruikshank@boeing.com>]

All,

I've been at the EPWG meeting, an AIA Tech Pubs Workshop, the S1000D User Forum and the new ATA/ASD/AIA collaboration meetings for the last two weeks.

There is keen interest in the DOM/XCF functionality of WebCGM 2.0 in the S1000D community (ASD, AIA, and now ATA) for the next release of the S1000D spec (probably V2.3).  

We are now in a time crunch...

Here's the issue:

Deadline for placeholders (white paper/initial CPF -Change Proposal Form) is Aug 19th, 2005. (Peter will take care of that if we can show progress)
CPF for V2.3 due probably by the end of 2005
Edited chapter probably due end of Jan, 2005
The TPSMG would unlikely go forward with a promise of something in the future for WebCGM 2.0 in this version.

To me this means we really have to have a "stable", if not approved spec by the end of the year.  I'm confident that we can get the technical work done in time to support that date.  I'm concerned about the vendor implementations that we need to process through the W3C.  The MS SC has opened discussions with both OASIS and the W3C and has had preliminary positive response, but we have a lot of hoops to jump through and probably some territorial boundaries to soften.

I'd like to see all the vendors crank up their implementation schedule, so we can meet the S1000D requirements.

We will also probably need a f2f meeting late summer or early fall to make sure we are on track, along with our bi-weekly telecons.

thx...Dave Cruikshank
Technical Fellow - Graphics/Digital Data Interchange
Boeing Commercial Airplane
206.544.8876, fax 206.544.9590
david.w.cruikshank@boeing.com