Re: [chairs] your input on OASIS functionality enhancements

["David RR Webber" <david@drrw.info>]

Rex,

I would add another wish - the ability to add XML instances and XSD
instances to
the registry along with PDF files - under a node in the tree for
"Use Cases and Examples"  these files and accompanying examples
could then be searchable - which would be very useful.

Yes - we can post these at Kavi - but they are not as easy to find or
reference then.

Thanks, DW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rex Brooks" <rexb@starbourne.com>
To: <karl.best@oasis-open.org>; "Chairs OASIS" <chairs@lists.oasis-open.org>
Cc: <jamie.clark@oasis-open.org>; <jeff.lomas@oasis-open.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [chairs] your input on OASIS functionality enhancements


> Hi Karl,
>
> I'm particularly glad to hear that work is getting underway on
> document repository issues. I think we need to have the resources to
> have our presentations, ppt and pdf and open office available for
> public viewing, not just downloading as files per se. We also need to
> have similar facilities for implementation guides, primers, etc. I'm
> working on two of those, WSRP and CAP from EM, and I just tried to
> uploaded a 60-slide ppt presentation and discovered that I can't
> upload batches. I ended up putting the html version of the ppt on
> another site but that doesn't do our OASIS public viewers much good.
> I also have a largish amount of archival material that was developed
> prior to the time when HumanMarkup joined OASIS which I would like to
> make available from the TC pages as part of the effort to consolidate
> all of this material in one place if possible. I know that similar
> conditions and considerations exist for CAP under EM and some other
> efforts.
>
> We've made some good progress, and I hope we are all appreciative of
> the effort that has gone into making the administrative tasks easier.
> So thanks very much and I also appreciate the complexity of the tasks
> ahead.
>
> So, to summarize, my wishlist consists of:
>
> 1- batch upload capabilities so we can upload entire directories for
> such projects as presentations;
> 2 - ability to display presentations and documents as html from
> documents repository; and
> 3 - allowing public document repository to show directories and allow
> full listings rather than search-only capability since presentations
> can result in very large numbers of documents, all of which need to
> be publicly accessible.
>
> Last thing, #3 above probably needs to be thought out better, and I
> have gotten some explanatory guidance from Brent that relates to it
> and which I will try to get to soon, but now that we are back from
> the holidays, the schedule gets nuts again. So I don't know when I
> will have the time to check the url advice to see if I can make
> things work.
>
> Thanks,
> Rex
>
> At 11:31 AM -0500 1/6/04, Karl F. Best wrote:
> >TC chairs and secretaries:
> >
> >As I've done in the past, I would like to ask for your input on the
> >infrastructure and functionality provided by OASIS to the TCs.
> >
> >Last spring we rolled out the new collaborative tools from Kavi,
> >including membership roster management, balloting, email lists,
> >document repository, action items, etc. While the rollout didn't go
> >as smoothly as we had hoped I think that we've got most of the bugs
> >worked out. We've recently updated the attendance notification
> >scripts (and as a reminder, these rely on your keeping your rosters
> >and meeting attendance current), and our IT staff has over the
> >holidays upgraded the Kavi software so you should see some
> >significant performance improvements.
> >
> >We have also recently launched the OASIS Standards Registry for the
> >purpose of sharing information about the status of our technical
> >work. We're asking our member organizations to submit information
> >about their implementations of OASIS TC specifications. We'll also
> >be working on synchronizing some aspects of the registry data with
> >the information stored in the Kavi database so that we don't have to
> >enter identical information in two places.
> >
> >I've had on my list for some time now the development of a document
> >management system, including functionality for persistent URLs,
> >version control, checkin/out, etc. I gathered some input from you
> >last spring and summer, and we're going to resume putting together
> >the design for this system so that we can then start development.
> >It's evident that this functionality is needed by our TCs, and we
> >want to be able to deliver this soon.
> >
> >I would like to hear from you what other functionality is crucially
> >needed by the TCs for their operation. While our development
> >resources are limited and so we must concentrate on those things
> >most important to the largest number of our members, we want to hear
> >from you what sorts of things we ought to be working on. (We would
> >also be interested in hearing about any development resources that
> >any of our member companies could contribute to our infrastructure
> >efforts.)
> >
> >Please reply to this list or to me directly over the next couple of
> >weeks so that we on the OASIS staff can make our development plans
> >for the rest of the year.
> >
> >-Karl
> >
> >
> >=================================================================
> >Karl F. Best
> >Vice President, OASIS
> >office  +1 978.667.5115 x206     mobile +1 978.761.1648
> >karl.best@oasis-open.org      http://www.oasis-open.org
>
>
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