Intellectual Property Rights Categories

[netman@us.ibm.com]

We are striving to get an agreed to IPR policy in place as soon as possible
to
facilitate the work of the OASIS/xml.org committees that will be producing
standards.
Our goal is to have an IPR policy approved by the ebXML meeting in
mid-November.
We welcome your recommendations on the categories of intellecutal proberty
that we
need to deal with.   We would like your recommendations by Monday, Nov.
1st.

The following IPR categories were excerpted from a note by Terry Allen. It
is a good
starting point  for furthur elaboration.

"What do we need IPR for?

 - textual contents of XML.org site
 - software created by XML.org/OASIS aside from DTDs, schemas
 - DTDs, schemas created by XML.org/OASIS
 - contents of repository
 - third-party information, such as user reviews
 - DTDs, schemas created as part of ebXML activity

These various categories may require different IPR solutions.

regards, Terry

Terry Allen
Advanced Technology Group
Commerce One, Inc."

Thank you for your help.

Regards,
         Harold
Harold A. Anderson, Jr., Ph.D.
XML Strategic Relationship, Manager
Network Computing Software Division
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: T/L 526-1738,  919-486-1738
Internet:  netman@us.ibm.com