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Subject: Re: permission to use Writing Matters


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
>
>
>


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