RE: [codelist] Minutes of Code List Representation TC teleconference 2007-04-17

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com>]

Thanks, Mary, for this guidance regarding "statements of use" per 
"3.4 Approval of an OASIS Standard" in:

   http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#3.4

The question came up in today's meeting "Can another OASIS Technical 
Committee qualify as an entity writing a statement of use?"  In the 
case of UBL 2.0, all users of UBL 2.0 are successfully using a 
version of genericode and the UBL 2.0 support materials are being 
updated to the developing genericode specifications.

Thanks for your help.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken

At 2007-04-25 22:16 -0400, Mary McRae wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>   Sorry for being silent - last week was the OASIS Symposium in San 
> Diego, CA USA and I'm still trying to catch up. If
>you look at any of the OASIS Standard Ballot familiarization 
>announcements you'll see links to statements of use. In
>their most general form:
>
>"This certifies that [insert Company name] is successfully using 
>[insert specification name] consistent with the
>requirements of the OASIS Technical Committee Process."
>
>Note, however, that a new rule goes into effect 1 June:
>dd) "Statement of Use", with respect to a specification, is a 
>written statement by an OASIS Organizational Member
>stating that it is successfully using or implementing that 
>specification in accordance with the conformance clauses
>specified in Section 2.18*, and stating whether its use included the 
>interoperation of multiple independent
>implementations.
>
>[NOTE: The following words in Section 1(dd), referring to 
>conformance clauses, will be effective as of 1 June 2007, and
>will not apply to any version approved as a Committee Specification 
>by that date which does not include conformance
>clauses: "in accordance with the conformance clauses specified in 
>Section 2.18". See also the Note to Section 2.18,
>below.]
>
>This places an additional burden on the certifying organization; it 
>also means that any specification put forth on/after
>1 June will need to contain a separate conformance clause section. 
>Please note that a "best practices" document and
>revised templates are in the works and will be posted as soon as available.
>
>Regards,
>
>Mary
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: G. Ken Holman [mailto:gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 7:52 AM
> > To: Code List Representation TC
> > Subject: RE: [codelist] Minutes of Code List Representation
> > TC teleconference 2007-04-17
> >
> > At 2007-04-18 06:08 -0400, Marc Gratacos wrote:
> > >Sorry for missing the meeting.
> >
> > Not a problem ... everyone is so very busy these days.
> >
> > >What's the 'statement of use' that you mention in the minutes?
> >
> > Check out section 1 definition "dd" and the first sentence of
> > section 3.4 of:
> >
> >    http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php
> >
> > These are public indications that there are actual users of
> > the specification and that it is not being produced in a vacuum.
> >
> > I've tried to find posted examples of this but cannot ...
> > perhaps Mary can point us to some posted examples of
> > acceptable wording.
> >
> > Thanks, Marc!
> >
> > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken
> >
> > p.s. at the meeting I stated I was in a position to post a
> > statement of use but I now read that it has to be an
> > Organizational Member and not and Individual Member ... so we
> > need to find more Organizational Members to include in the
> > process ... I also doubt we can use other OASIS committees in
> > the vote, as I had planned to do by citing the UBL project.


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