Re: [chairs] What can Standards Development / TC Administration do to help?

[Frederick Hirsch <frederick.hirsch@nokia.com>]

Example:

An example of how new tools can evolve is the new emerging use of  
ReSpec in W3C, not mandated by the organization. This is HTML 5 with  
special markup that is processed within the browser by Javascript to  
create all the markup, boilerplate etc automatically, including shared  
bibliographic references and formatting. Makes editors life much  
easier, while also enabling conformance to organizational publication  
rules and style. (Previous efforts to hand-craft HTML or use XML in a  
build environment were not very editor friendly)

No makefile, no build, no special tools other than support for  
Javascript in the Browser and the use of HTML 5.

I'm not saying this is the tool for OASIS, but an example of grass- 
roots adoption of a tool to ease editing and publication to solve this  
sort of problem (thanks to Robin Berjon for creating it). I understand  
a v2 is in the works.

http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/ReSpec.js/documentation.html

regards, Frederick

Frederick Hirsch
Nokia



On Apr 23, 2010, at 3:10 AM, ext Mike Edwards wrote:

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> Folks,
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> If an XML publication format is proposed, what are the tools that  
> you expect the folks
> developing the specs to use?
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> There is no point in automating the back end of the process if we  
> make the front end of
> the process slower.
>
> Yours,  Mike.
>
> Strategist - Emerging Technologies, SCA & SDO.
> Co Chair OASIS SCA Assembly TC.
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> From:
> Bob Freund <bob.freund@hitachisoftware.com>
> To:
> Dave Ings <ings@ca.ibm.com>
> Cc:
> Mary McRae <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>, "chairs@lists.oasis- 
> open.org" <chairs@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Date:
> 22/04/2010 17:41
> Subject:
> Re: [chairs] What can Standards Development / TC Administration do  
> to help?
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> How much of this review might be automated?
> might be a lot if we had an xml publication format.
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> On Apr 22, 2010, at 9:24 AM, Dave Ings wrote:
> +1
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> This would really cut down on the iterative churn that seems to  
> frustrate the people involved in the publication process. Great idea!
>
> Regards, Dave Ings,
> Emerging Software Standards
> Email: ings@ca.ibm.com
> Yahoo Messenger: dave_ings
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> <graycol.gif>Hanssens Bart ---2010/04/22 09:02:30 AM---> Would you  
> like us to review your specifications prior to TC ballots so you  
> don't need to go back a
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> From: Hanssens Bart <Bart.Hanssens@fedict.be>
> To: Mary McRae <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>, "chairs@lists.oasis-open.org 
> " <chairs@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Date: 2010/04/22 09:02 AM
> Subject: RE: [chairs] What can Standards Development / TC  
> Administration do to help?
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> > Would you like us to review your specifications prior to TC  
> ballots so you don't need to go back and fix stuff afterwards?
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> That would be very helpful indeed, especially for new TC's / people  
> submitting specifications for the first time...
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> Best regards
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> Bart
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