Strawman schedule for OASIS processes

[Kristen James Eberlein <kris@eberleinconsulting.com>]

OASIS phase	Dates	Description	Assumptions
Public review of committee specification draft (CSD)	2 June - 20 July (7 weeks)		We cannot make any material changes to the spec after we enter this review. (FYI, OASIS TC process does not define what a non-material change is ...)
Approval of committee specification	21 July - 3 August (2 weeks)
Approval of candidate OASIS standard	4 August - 31 August (4 weeks)		We need three statements of use to enter this phase. We cannot make ANY changes to the spec after we approve it as a "candidate OASIS standard".
Public review of candidate OASIS standard	1 September - 19 October (7 weeks)		We do not receive any comments that would force us to revise the spec.
Approval of OASIS standard	20 October - 23 November (5 weeks)		We get enough positive votes for approval and NO negative votes.

We could potentially slip this schedule 2-3 weeks and still release in December 2014.

Open question: Could we index the DITA source after we enter these OASIS phases?

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Best,
Kris

Kristen James Eberlein
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
www.eberleinconsulting.com
+1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)