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Subject: Re: [dita] Emergency TC meeting tomorrow?
- From: Michael Priestley <mpriestl@ca.ibm.com>
- To: "Kristen Eberlein" <keberlein@sdl.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 15:49:07 -0400
I'm in, and we can provide a statement
of use.
I'm free any time tomorrow for a call
(I can shuffle stuff).
Michael Priestley, Senior Technical
Staff Member (STSM)
Lead IBM DITA Architect
mpriestl@ca.ibm.com
http://dita.xml.org/blog/25
From:
| "Kristen Eberlein" <keberlein@sdl.com>
|
To:
| "DITA TC" <dita@lists.oasis-open.org>
|
Date:
| 10/05/2010 03:34 PM
|
Subject:
| [dita] Emergency TC meeting tomorrow? |
OK, if we want to have the
DITA 1.2 spec voted on by OASIS in November, we need to do the following:
1. Have
an emergency TC meeting tomorrow, at which we rescind our motion for a
15-day review; request that OASIS sets up a ballot for us to approve a
committee specification and submit the committee specification to OASIS
for consideration as an OASIS standard.
2. Provide
Mary McRae with three statements of use tomorrow. Mary McRae will then
expedite our request and set up the ballot to run Thursday, 7 November
2010 – Wednesday 13 November 2010.
3. Get
all supporting materials to Mary by the October 15th deadline;
she will work with us to ensure that the submission is complete and that
DITA 1.2 submitted to OASIS on November 1, for vote November 16-31.
Shall we try to do this and
get DITA 1.2 out this year?
Best regards,
Kris
Kristen James Eberlein
l DITA
Architect and Technical Specialist l
SDL Structured Content Technologies Division l
(t) + 1 (919) 682-2290
l
keberlein@sdl.com
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From: Mary McRae [mailto:mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org]
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 2:56 PM
Cc: Michael Priestley; dita@lists.oasis-open.org; Don Day (LbW)
Subject: Re: [dita] Changes in OASIS TC processes and when we can send
the DITA 1.2 spec to OASIS for a vote
Hi Kris,
The only other thing you
need to have before we can start the CS ballot is the 3 statements of use.
If you can garner those in the next few hours (I doubt there should be
any problem other than people reading their email) then yes, your schedule
works.
Just keep me posted so I
can be on high alert :)
Regards,
Mary
On Oct 5, 2010, at 2:00 PM, Kristen
Eberlein wrote:
Obviously, I made a finger
fumble and typed November in the second list item; it should be “Thursday,
7 October 2010 – Wednesday 13 October 2010.”
Best regards,
Kris
Kristen James Eberlein
l DITA
Architect and Technical Specialist l
SDL Structured Content Technologies Division l
(t) + 1 (919) 682-2290
l
keberlein@sdl.com
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From: Kristen Eberlein [mailto:keberlein@sdl.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 1:54 PM
To: Mary McRae; Michael Priestley
Cc: dita@lists.oasis-open.org;
Don Day (LbW)
Subject: RE: [dita] Changes in OASIS TC processes and when we can send
the DITA 1.2 spec to OASIS for a vote
Mary, if we want to withdraw
our request for a 15-day review and proceed with a CS approval
and OS submission ballot, what would that entail? Is the following an accurate
lists of necessary steps, and would you be available to help us meet those
milestones?
·
We
rescind our motion for a 15-day review; request that OASIS sets up a ballot
for us to approve a committee specification and submit the committee specification
to OASIS for consideration as an OASIS standard. (We could set up an emergency
meeting for tomorrow, Wednesday, 6 October to accomplish this, if necessary.)
·
You
expedite our request and set up the ballot to run Thursday, 7 November
2010 – Wednesday 13 November 2010.
·
We
have two days to get all supporting materials to you; you work with us
to ensure that the submission is complete.
·
DITA
1.2 submitted to OASIS on November 1, for vote November 16-31.
Best regards,
Kris
Kristen James Eberlein
l DITA
Architect and Technical Specialist l
SDL Structured Content Technologies Division l
(t) + 1 (919) 682-2290
l
keberlein@sdl.com
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From: Mary McRae [mailto:mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org]
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 1:50 PM
To: Michael Priestley
Cc: dita@lists.oasis-open.org;
Don Day (LbW); Kristen Eberlein
Subject: Re: [dita] Changes in OASIS TC processes and when we can send
the DITA 1.2 spec to OASIS for a vote
Hi Michael,
Package acceptance is one
of the rules. All specifications must conform to those rules, again, ensuring
all OASIS specifications are uniform in appearance and contain the required
content. I am sorry that the new DITA toolkit processing prepared by the
TC did not include the proper notices statement, but this cannot be taken
as a fault of OASIS staff. I think a four-and-a-half day turnaround
(including a weekend) to move an entire office, including a network, and
get the new T1 connections up and running was almost as good as we could
have possibly hoped for. We are just at the seven day mark with regard
to the submission for a 15 day public review and that includes a reprocessing
on the part of the TC.
I sincerely appreciate the
desire of the TC to move this as quickly as possible, and we will do everything
within our power, and our rules, to help you meet your goals. Unfortunately,
that does not mean disregarding those rules.
I am still hoping to get
the public review announced today, although time is now running short.
If the TC wishes to withdraw that request and feels that there were no
substantive changes made and is instead ready to proceed with CS approval
and OS submission ballot, please let me know asap.
All the best,
Mary
Mary P McRae
Director, Standards Development
Technical Committee Administrator
Member Section Administrator
OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society
email: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org
web: www.oasis-open.org
twitter: @fiberartisan #oasisopen
phone: 1.603.232.9090
Standards are like parachutes: they work best when they're
open.
On Oct 5, 2010, at 1:00 PM, Michael
Priestley wrote:
Hi Mary,
>We have rules to ensure that each and every Technical Committee follows
the same process and there is no favoritism. "Bending" the rules
in effect breaks them and renders them useless.
I can appreciate this, but it sucks when our spec is pushed out to another
year (!) because of OASIS problems with servers and package acceptance.
I feel like our TC is being penalized for OASIS process and technology
problems.
Michael Priestley, Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM)
Lead IBM DITA Architect
mpriestl@ca.ibm.com
http://dita.xml.org/blog/25
Hi Michael,
Answers inline.
Mary
On Oct 5, 2010, at 12:22 PM, Michael Priestley wrote:
Hi Mary,
We missed the deadline by only a few days, which is really unfortunate
since it pushes us over a full month.
There are still additional ballots to be held before the submission can
take place. Post review, two ballots (which can run concurrently): approval
as CS, and agreement to submit for OS ballot. Those are both 7 day ballots
and again, like most TC Admin requests, have an SLA of 7 days. We shoot
for less, but that needs to be built into your timetable.
Is there any room for expediting any of the following:
- the current 15-day public review - is it really required?
That's up to the TC. The rule is that if substantive changes are made,
an additional 15-day review is required. If no further review is required
the TC can agree that no substantive changes were made and request the
CS/OS ballots to be initiated. Depending on when the next TC meeting is
that may still not be completed in time for a 15 Oct deadline. Don't forget
you also need your statements of use.
- the submission for voting - does it need to wait till Nov 15th, or could
it be submitted earlier, per the new process?
to follow the new process you would need to instead have the 60-day Candidate
OASIS Standard review.
- the 15-day familiarization period - is that absolutely required, or could
it be waived, per the new process?
see above.
I urge everyone to read the new TC Process. It's an either/or - current
section 3.4 or new section 3.4. New section 3.4 includes statements of
use explicitly referring to the Committee Specification, a 60-day review,
and further confirmation before proceeding with OS ballot.
We have rules to ensure that each and every Technical Committee follows
the same process and there is no favoritism. "Bending" the rules
in effect breaks them and renders them useless.
Any of those options would get us back into a November timeframe for the
vote.
Michael Priestley, Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM)
Lead IBM DITA Architect
mpriestl@ca.ibm.com
http://dita.xml.org/blog/25
Hi Michael,
You would need to submit by 15 Oct for a November vote; that can't happen
since you'll still be out for public review. I agree and typically advise
against December votes, however WebCGM has done it and passed so we know
it's possible, and certainly DITA has a much larger following than WebCGM.
Regards,
Mary
On Oct 5, 2010, at 11:32 AM, Michael Priestley wrote:
Hi Mary,
I think we're really looking for a standard in 2010. My one concern is
that a December vote would be hard to get numbers for.
Is there any way to move up the process to allow a vote in November?
Michael Priestley, Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM)
Lead IBM DITA Architect
mpriestl@ca.ibm.com
http://dita.xml.org/blog/25
Hi everyone,
Thanks, Kris, for drawing everyone's attention to the process changes about
to take place. I think the TC is well within the timeline to get to ballot
in Dec or Jan under the old rules unless another round of changes is anticipated
after the public review that is about to be announced.
The one point to consider if it's delayed beyond that is that another 60
day public review will be required at the new Candidate OASIS Standard
stage.
I am planning to come to each TC meeting for a quick review of the changes
and to answer any questions and will be sending a message later in the
week requesting a 15-min time slot.
Regards,
Mary
On Oct 5, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Kristen Eberlein wrote:
Hi, Don and the rest of the DITA TC.
I have an additional item that I think should move to the front of the
agenda for today’s meeting. It concerns changes in TC rules and when
we anticipate being able to get the DITA 1.2 spec out for an OASIS
vote. (I also think that we need to work on the items that must be submitted
to Mary at the same time as the request for an OASIS vote; see items highlighted
in red
below.)
Will we potentially be able to send the DITA 1.2 spec out for a vote in
2010, or will it need to happen in 2011?
Under the old rules, the following conditions apply, which would
mean that the earliest an OASIS vote could occur is December 16-31.
·
The DITA TC
can approve a committee specification no sooner than seven days after a
public review ends. The vote is by ballot that OASIS administration sets
up. The TC can simultaneously request to submit the Committee Specification
to the Membership of OASIS for consideration as an OASIS Standard.
·
Upon resolution
of the TC to submit the specification for consideration as an OASIS standard,
the TC submits the following items (copied verbatim) to the TC Administrator:
·
(a)
Links to the approved Committee Specification in the TC’s document repository,
and any appropriate supplemental documentation for the specification, both
of which must be written using the OASIS templates. The specification may
not have been changed between its approval as a Committee Specification
and its submission to OASIS for consideration as an OASIS Standard, except
for the changes on the title page and running footer noting the approval
status and date.
·
(b)
The editable version of all files that are part of the Committee Specification;
·
(c)
Certification by the TC that all schema and XML instances included in the
specification, whether by inclusion or reference, including fragments of
such, are well formed, and that all expressions are valid;
·
(d)
A clear English-language summary of the specification;
·
(e)
A statement regarding the relationship of this specification to similar
work of other OASIS TCs or other standards developing organizations;
·
(f)
The Statements of Use presented above;
·
(g)
The beginning and ending dates of the public review(s), a pointer to the
announcement of the public review(s), and a pointer to an account of each
of the comments/issues raised during the public review period(s), along
with its resolution;
·
(h)
An account of and results of the voting to approve the specification as
a Committee Specification, including the date of the ballot and a pointer
to the ballot;
·
(i)
An account of or pointer to votes and comments received in any earlier
attempts to standardize substantially the same specification, together
with the originating TC’s response to each comment;
·
(j)
A pointer to the publicly visible comments archive for the originating
TC;
·
(k)
A pointer to any minority reports delivered by one or more Members who
did not vote in favor of approving the Committee Specification, which report
may include statements regarding why the member voted against the specification
or that the member believes that Substantive Changes were made which have
not gone through public review; or certification by the Chair that no minority
reports exist.
·
The above
submission must be made by the 15th of any month to the TC Administrator,
who shall have until the end of the month to complete administrative processing
and checking for completeness and correctness of the submission. If the
submission is incomplete it shall be rejected but may be resubmitted at
a later time.
·
The TC Administrator
shall submit the proposal to the OASIS Membership by the first day of the
following month. The first 15 days of that month shall be used by the membership
to familiarize themselves with the submission. Voting shall start on the
16th of the month. The voting representatives of those OASIS Organizational
Members who were members at the beginning of the familiarization period
are eligible to vote, and must cast their ballots by the end of the month.
The new rules introduce the following
changes (as well as others):
·
There is no
longer a fixed timeline requiring submissions to be made by the 15th of
the month; submissions may be made at any time.
·
No familiarization
period is required prior to a vote by OASIS membership.
Best regards,
Kris
Kristen James Eberlein
l DITA
Architect and Technical Specialist l
SDL Structured Content Technologies Division l
(t) + 1 (919) 682-2290
l
keberlein@sdl.com
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From: Don Day (LbW) [mailto:donday@learningbywrote.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 8:48 AM
To: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org;
kim.goolsby@oasis-open.org
Cc: dita@lists.oasis-open.org;
Kristen Eberlein
Subject: Re: [dita] When will the 15-day review be announced
Hi. I'm bumping this request in hopes that I can provide the DITA TC with
an outlook at our meeting coming up later this morning. Given that the
requested changes were timely effected due to prioritized turnaround on
our end, I thought it would be considerate to get a sooner response.
--
Don Day
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
On 9/30/2010 1:33 PM, Kristen Eberlein wrote:
Hi, Mary and Kim.
When will the 15-day review be announced?
Best regards,
Kris
Kristen James Eberlein
l DITA
Architect and Technical Specialist l
SDL Structured Content Technologies Division l
(t) + 1 (919) 682-2290 l
keberlein@sdl.com
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From: Kristen Eberlein [mailto:keberlein@sdl.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 8:05 AM
To: Kim Goolsby; Mary McRae
Cc: dita@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [dita] Changes required to submitted document - Darwin
Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Version 1.2
Many thanks, Kim!
Best regards,
Kris
Kristen James Eberlein
l DITA
Architect and Technical Specialist l
SDL Structured Content Technologies Division l (t)
+ 1 (919) 682-2290 l
keberlein@sdl.com
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From: Kim Goolsby [mailto:kim.goolsby@oasis-open.org]
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 7:26 AM
To: Mary McRae
Cc: Kristen Eberlein; dita@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [dita] Changes required to submitted document - Darwin
Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Version 1.2
Hi all,
I'll upload the spec this morning. I am so glad this is resolved!
Best,
Kim
On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Mary McRae <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>
wrote:
(one more time, sorry)
And my apologies to Kim for trying to answer too many questions at once
and not paying close attention to the matter at hand.
Mary
On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Mary McRae <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>
wrote:
Hi Kristen,
Yes, that's fine since you have the separate change log; while the blank
page isn't perfect, it doesn't harm or detract in any way.
Regards,
Mary
On Sep 29, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Kristen Eberlein wrote:
Hi, Kim.
1. Since the “Revision history” was indicated as
optional in the OASIS template, we decided to omit it from our committee
drafts. Therefore we do not want to reintroduce it at this point.
2. I can delete page 1237 from the PDF output. However,
all the pages will continue to be marked with “Page x of 1237.” I think
retaining the blank page is better.
Thoughts? I very much appreciate your help with this matter.
Best regards,
Kris
Kristen James Eberlein
l DITA
Architect and Technical Specialist l
SDL Structured Content Technologies Division l
(t) + 1 (919) 682-2290
l
keberlein@sdl.com
<image001.jpg>
Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
From: Kim Goolsby [mailto:kim.goolsby@oasis-open.org]
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 12:42 PM
To: dita@lists.oasis-open.org
Cc: mary.mcrae
Subject: [dita] Changes required to submitted document - Darwin Information
Typing Architecture (DITA) Version 1.2
TCADMIN-243
Please make the following change:
1. Please add a 'Revision History' appendix to this document.
2. Looking at the pdf, there is an empty page 1237 at the end of the document.
I suggest removing this.
Thank you,
Kim
--
Kim Goolsby
Publications Specialist
OASIS Open: Advancing open standards for the information society
email: kim.goolsby@oasis-open.org
web: www.oasis-open.org
phone: 1.734.223.6890
--
Mary P McRae
OASIS
Director, Standards Development
TC Administrator
Member Section Administrator
OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society
email: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org
phone: 603.232.9090
--
Kim Goolsby
Publications Specialist
OASIS Open: Advancing open standards for the information society
email: kim.goolsby@oasis-open.org
web: www.oasis-open.org
phone: 1.734.223.6890
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