RE: [chairs] New OASIS TC Descriptions

["Carol Geyer" <carol.geyer@oasis-open.org>]

Not true. Your text will simply be moved a few inches down on the TC
homepage (if you spend the two minutes involved to move it).

Regards,
Six-of-twenty 

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew MacKenzie [mailto:mattm@adobe.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 3:17 PM
To: 'David RR Webber'; 'Carol Geyer'
Cc: chairs@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [chairs] New OASIS TC Descriptions

David,

Resistance is futile.  All your text will be assimilated.

;-p

-Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: David RR Webber [mailto:david@drrw.info]
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 3:13 PM
To: Carol Geyer
Cc: chairs@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [chairs] New OASIS TC Descriptions

Carol,

I sense I'm fumbling around in the dark here trying to find where the light
switch is....

Could we have a test URL  so we can see before-hand what this new site
frontend and TC L-n-F will be?

I've just reviewed several front-doors for TC's I'm involved with - and the
front end blurb contains such useful things as - Executive Brochure link;
Tutorial / Overview PPT; and Current Public draft of specification.

It would also be useful to have access to search engine keywords as embedded
metatags.

If this is all going to disappear - we need to understand where else that
might be - and how we can populate it...

Thanks, DW
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Carol Geyer wrote:

>OASIS TC chairs:
>
>OASIS will soon be making web site changes to enhance navigation and 
>make
it
>easier for visitors to locate TCs by category (in addition to the 
>current alpha list), highlight our approved work, identify TCs involved 
>in related areas, and educate visitors on the breadth of OASIS development
efforts.
>
>The first step in making that change is to standardize the way we 
>describe our TCs, i.e., the text that appears in the yellow box on each 
>TC's homepage. Originally, this text was copied by OASIS staff from TC 
>charters and, in some cases, updated or augmented later by TC chairs. 
>Over time,
some
>of these descriptions have become quite lengthy, overly technical, 
>and/or filled with extraneous information (conference call 
>instructions, etc.) As we'll soon be using these TC descriptions in 
>several locations on the OASIS site, as well as in our datasheets, it's 
>important that we move to maintain a consistent level of detail and
brevity.
>
>On Tuesday, 19 Oct, the OASIS webmaster will replace the current yellow 
>box text with a succinct description targeted towards a generic audience.
>
>Please review the new description for your TC (attached). If you would 
>like to edit this description, please send your suggestions to me. Keep 
>in mind, the new description must be brief and targeted towards a general
audience.
A
>more detailed and/or technical description of your work may still be 
>used
in
>the body copy of the TC homepage (below the yellow box) and on your FAQ 
>page.
>
>If you would like to continue to use the text that currently appears in
your
>TC's yellow box, please copy it from the Kavi Public Description field 
>and paste it in the Group Notes field, so it will appear under the 
>'Announcements' subhead on the TC homepage. This must be done by 
>Monday, 18 Oct, or it will be lost. Contact 
>sharon.nuccio@oasis-open.org if you need instructions for doing this.
>
>In the future, if you find it necessary to update your TC's yellow box 
>description, please contact me directly, so we can be sure the change 
>is applied consistently throughout OASIS communications.
>
>Thank you all for your cooperation on this very exciting project.
>
>Best regards,
>Carol
>
>
>
>
>
>______________________________
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>Director of Communications
>OASIS
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> 
>