FW: [cpexchange-wg] New Name Proposal: Please vote now

[Ram Kumar <rkumar@msi.com.au>]

Hi all

 

FYI

 

Ram

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Burman [mailto:linda@laburman.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 3 October 2001 7:28 AM
To: cpexchange-wg@yahoogroups.com
Cc: melledge@gca.org; dsteinhardt@gca.org
Subject: [cpexchange-wg] New Name Proposal: Please vote now

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Vote NOW

Cutoff Date: October 15.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

During the past weeks a major topic on the conference calls has been the necessity for a name change. The goal is to more clearly describe what the specification does and to prevent the previous misinterpretations which arose from the combination of the words  "profile", "customer" and "exchange".

Following are two proposed name changes. These suggestions are a result of a fairly complicated email thread. Tom Edwards has been very instrumental in this process. I'd also like to thank Con O'Connell and Allen Wyke.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

OPPTml -  Organization, Person, and Transaction Profile Markup Language

PTOP - Person, Transaction and Organization Profile Markup Language

There has also been some conversation about including the word "Privacy" in the expanded description but there are two drawbacks to this approach.  First, while the spec makes it possible to carry privacy information, there is no enforcement currently included in the spec. although there has been discussion about moving forward in that direction. Second, just the word privacy may serve as a red flag to those who react first and read never.

To truly prove to the world that the specification encourages the protection of privacy rather than the infringement of it we need an interoperability demo. This is now again a hot topic and there will be more email and discussion in the near future.

But first we have to agree on a name change. Please send your comments and votes either to the email group or directly to me at linda@laburman.com. The final outcome - and the comments -- will be read on the conference call on Oct. 16. It would be excellent if you could join in on that call.

best regards

Linda Burman 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

President and CEO, L. A. Burman Associates Inc.
Founder, PRISM Working Group
Co-author, Mastering XML

23 Hambly Ave.
Suite 300
Toronto, ON M4E 2R5
linda@laburman.com
phone   416 699-7198
fax     416 699-1178

To Post a message, send it 
to:   cpexchange-wg@eGroups.com 

Your use of Yahoo! 
Groups is subject to the Yahoo! 
Terms of Service.