The OASIS Editor's Handbook is now available

[Chet Ensign <chet.ensign@oasis-open.org>]

Chairs,Â

The OASIS TAB announces version 1.0 of the OASIS Editor's Manual. Please share these with your spec editors.Â

The Editor's Manual is published in four parts:Â

Part 1: The role of editor - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lTartcAzlqidzrCxuXFFiwdRDKRipqMnNsMS24SZdjg/edit#heading=h.bi4fdsq13pue - explains the basics of the job you undertake when you volunteer to edit a work product.ÂÂ

Part 2: The Editorial Process - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gaYTQleiGMRA1vt2sLo1YUXqlGJe-JXgukJvSSlOhRI/edit#heading=h.bi4fdsq13pue - describes the work flow for TC work products from working draft through OASIS Standard.

Part 3: Document Structure - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yA-wt2wB4NOpgoQ81VBfuJ1WPA1GK_BuddiVP_L6BnU/edit#heading=h.psw0b8lwn5fm - covers the components of work products including required sections and considerations about whether to organize a work as a single part or a multi-part work.Â

Part 4: Work Product Preparation - https://docs.google.com/document/d/10lt8f2pn_ebZTsWJiGYiWYzyo6NbjuTskvDcS2tSyPw/edit# - covers lessons learned, tips, etc for preparing documents without errors.Â

The manual is prepared in four Google Docs for now. Anyone with the link can add comments and we would welcome feedback. Please feel free to comment directly to the documents. If you prefer, you can send your thoughts to tab-askthetab@lists.oasis-open.org.

If you run into any difficulties accessing or commenting on the documents, please reply directly back to me.Â

Many thanks,Â

The OASIS Technical Advisory Board (TAB)Â

Chet Ensign (chair)

Trey Darley

Jacques Durand

Patrick Durusau

Stefan Hagen

Ashok Malhotra (invited expert)Â

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