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Subject: Fwd: [docbook-publishers] Re: permission to use Writing Matters
FYI! We now have permission to use Writing Matters for our test sample. Best regards, --Scott -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [docbook-publishers] Re: permission to use Writing Matters Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:38:19 -0600 From: Scott Hudson <scott.hudson@flatironssolutions.com> To: Lynette Guastaferro <lguastaferro@teachingmatters.org> CC: Naomi Cooperman <ncooperman@teachingmatters.org>, Evan O'Donnell <eodonnell@teachingmatters.org>, "docbook-publishers@lists.oasis-open.org" <docbook-publishers@lists.oasis-open.org> Great! Thank you very much! Here is the updated text we will use in the XML: <info> <dcterms:title xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/";>Writing Matters</dcterms:title> <dcterms:creator xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/";>Teaching Matters, Inc.</dcterms:creator> <dcterms:contributor xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/";>DocBook version by Scott Hudson, 2010.</dcterms:contributor> <dcterms:license xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/";>Teaching Matters, Inc. and Hudson license this work for worldwide use under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/legalcode).</dcterms:license> <dcterms:source xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/";>http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Coll_tmicontent/WritingMatters?bc=</dcterms:source> </info> Thanks and best regards, --Scott Scott Hudson Senior XML Architect +1 (303) 542-2146 | Office +1 (720) 663-SCOT [7268] | Gvoice Scott.Hudson@flatironssolutions.com http://www.flatironssolutions.com On 12-Apr-10 3:56 PM, Lynette Guastaferro wrote: > Yes we like that one. > > That one i can approve. > > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Scott Hudson > <scott.hudson@flatironssolutions.com > <mailto:scott.hudson@flatironssolutions.com>> wrote: > > Hi Lynette, et al, > > perhaps the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No > Derivative Works 3.0 United States License would be more appropriate? > > See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ > > and http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/legalcode > > <a rel="license" > href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/";><img > alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" > src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/88x31.png"; > /></a><br /><span xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"; > property="dc:title">Writing Matters</span> by<a > xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"; > href="http://www.teachingmatters.org"; > property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL">Teaching > Matters, Inc.</a> is licensed under a<a rel="license" > href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/";>Creative > Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United > States License</a>.<br />Based on a work at<a > xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"; > href="http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Coll_tmicontent/WritingMatters?bc="; > rel="dc:source">www.curriki.org<http://www.curriki.org></a>. > > > Best regards, > > --Scott > > Scott Hudson > Senior XML Architect > +1 (303) 542-2146 | Office > +1 (720) 663-SCOT [7268] | Gvoice > Scott.Hudson@flatironssolutions.com > <mailto:Scott.Hudson@flatironssolutions.com> > http://www.flatironssolutions.com > > > > > > On 12-Apr-10 12:46 PM, Lynette Guastaferro wrote: > > Scott my group is having a problem with the fact that others > could modify the content in that agreement. > > We dont mind you taking the course as is and using it as a > prototype. However, we dont want others using bits and peices > of it. > That may be exactly what we agreed to on Curriki ...however we > are worried about the integrity of the program and don't want > changes. > > It appeared others could modify it and call it Writing Matters > and that is a trademarked name. > > Any thoughts? > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Scott Hudson > <scott.hudson@flatironssolutions.com > <mailto:scott.hudson@flatironssolutions.com> > <mailto:scott.hudson@flatironssolutions.com > <mailto:scott.hudson@flatironssolutions.com>>> wrote: > > To Whom It May Concern, > > I am the chair of the OASIS DocBook subcommittee for > eLearning. We > discovered the Writing Matters course on curriki.org > <http://curriki.org> > <http://curriki.org> > > > (http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Coll_tmicontent/WritingMatters?bc=) > and would like to use this course to prototype our eLearning > standard for DocBook XML. > > I am seeking explicit permission to use this course as a sample > for our XML standard. Full credit will be given for the use of > this course. > > Following is some brief information on our effort: > > **OASIS DocBook Subcommittee for eLearning** > > *Background* > > For more than a decade, DocBook has provided a structured > markup > vocabulary for hardware and software documentation. DocBook > is now > widely used in both commercial and Open Source environments. > DocBook has > a very broad element set, and applies to much more than > just technical > documentation. The DocBook TC is engaged in evolving the > suite of > DocBook specifications. The community benefits from having > a standard, > open, interchangeable vocabulary in which to write > structured content. > DocBook has been, and will continue to be, designed to > satisfy this > requirement. > > The OASIS DocBook SubCommittee for eLearning is chartered to > develop and > maintain official variants of DocBook in support of the > eLearning > industry. Specifically, the subcommittee will focus on > schema and > stylesheet customizations to support: > > 1. Develop and design a DocBook-based method for creating > reusable > learning objects, and the learning content types needed to > support > them. > Some specifics of the design for learning content include: > > 1. learning types, including assessments and exercises > > 2. a content assembly for structuring, sequencing and > managing the > learning types as reusable learning objects > > 3. linking and relationships between learning objects > > 4. interactions > > 2. Establish guidelines that promote best practices for > applying > DocBook > markup to learning content > > *Scope of Work* > > This subcommittee will submit additional enhancements back > to the full > DocBook standard as appropriate. The scope of this DocBook > subcommittee > is eLearning content. Broadly, this includes online learning, > instructor-led training and other related educational > materials. > > This effort will deliver on the following goals: > > * Build official DocBook variants, based against the > DocBook v5.0 > schemas. > > * Address issues and enhancement requests that have arisen from > experience with real-world DocBook and eLearning > implementations. > > * Add support for features specific to the eLearning industry. > > > Interested/prospective members include: > Scott Hudson (Chair), Flatirons Solutions > Tim Arnold (Secretary), SAS Institute > Emma Hogbin, HICK Tech > Jirka Kosek, OASIS DocBook TC member, W3C Invited Expert, ISO > JTC1/SC34 > member > Corey Leong, Global Real Estate And Technology Consortium > (GR8C) > > > The XML sample will be posted to our sourceforge repository at: > http://docbook.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/docbook/trunk/docbook/relaxng/elearning/samples > > > and referenced in the schema specification. > > Please let me know if we may proceed, or if you require further > information. Of course, we would also welcome your > participation > in this standard as well! > > Thanks and best regards, > > -- Scott > > Scott Hudson > Senior XML Architect > chair, OASIS DocBook subcommittee for eLearning > chair, OASIS DocBook subcommittee for Publishers > +1 (303) 542-2146 | Office > +1 (720) 663-SCOT [7268] | Gvoice > Scott.Hudson@flatironssolutions.com > <mailto:Scott.Hudson@flatironssolutions.com> > <mailto:Scott.Hudson@flatironssolutions.com > <mailto:Scott.Hudson@flatironssolutions.com>> > http://www.flatironssolutions.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php
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