FW: [chairs] Changes to OASIS TC Comment Facilitiy

["Breininger, Kathryn R" <kathryn.r.breininger@boeing.com>]

Comment on Appendix A - feedback license: 
The form states:
The "OASIS ___________ Technical Committee" is developing technology
(the "OASIS ____________ Specification") as defined by its charter and
welcomes input, suggestions and other feedback ("Feedback") on the OASIS
____________ Specification.

This sounds like the feedback license is limited to work on a specific
specification. However, many TCs have other items as their deliverables
(technical notes, white papers, etc. etc.). In order to make this form
generic to cover all the deliverables a TC may develop you need to
delete "(the "OASIS ____________ Specification")" and "on the OASIS
____________ Specification"


Comment on "subscribe to the list" paragraph on the "Send a comment"
landing page
(http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/comments/form-test.php?wg_abbrev=d
ita).  There should be some instruction in this paragraph that tells the
user what to do (enter words in the subject line, or in the body, or
send a blank e-mail, etc.).   



Kathryn Breininger
Boeing Library Services
425-965-0182 phone




-----Original Message-----
From: Breininger, Kathryn R 
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 10:50 AM
To: 'shoes-markup-comment-subscribe@lists.oasis-open.org'
Cc: 'mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org'
Subject: FW: [chairs] Changes to OASIS TC Comment Facilitiy

 
Comment on Appendix A - feedback license: 
The form states:
The "OASIS ___________ Technical Committee" is developing technology
(the "OASIS ____________ Specification") as defined by its charter and
welcomes input, suggestions and other feedback ("Feedback") on the OASIS
____________ Specification.

This sounds like the feedback license is limited to work on a specific
specification. However, many TCs have other items as their deliverables
(technical notes, white papers, etc. etc.). In order to make this form
generic to cover all the deliverables a TC may develop you need to
delete "(the "OASIS ____________ Specification")" and "on the OASIS
____________ Specification"


Comment on "subscribe to the list" link.  There should be some
instruction in this paragraph that tells the user what to do (enter
words in the subject line, or in the body, or send a blank e-mail,
etc.).  I tried to subscribe a couple different ways, but did not get a
notification back. So I don't know whether I actually subscribed or not,
and as a result, am not able to comment on the subscription message...
Maybe I am not in the right place to subscribe to the list.  Where is
the test list located?

Kathryn Breininger
Boeing Library Services
425-965-0182 phone




-----Original Message-----
From: Mary McRae [mailto:mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org]
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 2:40 PM
To: Chairs@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [chairs] Changes to OASIS TC Comment Facilitiy

OASIS staff is evaluating a variety of long-term solutions for enhancing
public feedback on Committee work. An initial step, which should
significantly minimize spam postings in Committee comment lists, will be
to eliminate the "comment form" and switch to a subscription-based email
list. Each subscription request will require a confirmation, which will
include agreement to the Feedback License. We have set up a test list
and encourage you to subscribe, read through the text of the
subscription message, and provide feedback.

Send email to: shoes-markup-comment-subscribe@lists.oasis-open.org

We believe this change has numerous benefits, including:

- closing the access point that was allowing spam to get through,
- allowing comment submitters to use their email tool of choice and the
additional functionality it provides,
- providing an authenticated email address for sender with a reliable
means of responding to the submitter, and
- offering the ability to enter a meaningful subject line that is
included in the email archive.

We have also rewritten the "Send A Comment" landing page to contain
useful information, including:

- instructions for subscribing and other details related to the email
list,
- an overview of what happens to submitted feedback, and
- related mailing lists for the TC (-dev, -users, etc.).

The new "Send A Comment" landing page can be previewed here:
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/comments/form-test.php?wg_abbrev=di
ta

In order to put this new functionality in place, all existing
subscribers to current comment lists will be automatically unsubscribed
-- notification will be sent to each subscriber letting them know that
the change is taking place and that they should re-subscribe after the
launch date. Chairs and secretaries will be automatically re-subscribed
to their TC's comment list.

Please provide any feedback to the chairs list on or before Thursday, 1
June 2006. After reviewing the feedback we will notify the chairs list
as well as tc-comment list subscribers of any changes, and announce the
planned roll-out date.

Regards,

Mary

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Mary P McRae
Manager of TC Administration, OASIS
email: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org  web: www.oasis-open.org
phone: 603.232.9090 (US)