[egov] RE: A proposal regarding the Language Translation Subcommittee

[Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com>]

Title: [egov] RE: A proposal regarding the Language Translati

Please excuse my brief interjection. I don't usually post to lists in which I don't actively participate. However, in this case I suspect you might benefit from some relatively objective  advice. I think you would be well-advised to choose an idependent OASIS member rather than a member-company representative for chairing a subcommittee where you can't field a government representative.

I will return to monitoring silently.

Ciao,

Rex

At 12:06 PM +0000 1/9/03, John.Borras@e-Envoy.gsi.gov.uk wrote:

> Peter/Tony
> We certainly will need to have a discussion to sort
> out our respective remits but as yet we don't have anybody to lead our
> sub-committee so we'll have to take a rain check on that for now.
>  I'll add it to our TO Do list and we'll get back in touch as
> soon as we can find a name.
> Regards,
> John
> "Reynolds, Peter"
> <Peter.Reynolds@bowneglobal.ie>
> 29/12/2002
> 16:41
>      
>  
>        
> To:        "'Patrick Gannon'"
> <patrick.gannon@oasis-open.org>, Evdemon John
> <evdemon_john@bah.com>,
> John.Borras@e-envoy.gsi.gov.uk
>        
> cc:      
>  egov@lists.oasis-open.org, "'Tony.Jewtushenko@oracle.com'"
> <Tony.Jewtushenko@oracle.com>
>        
> Subject:        RE: A proposal
> regarding the Language Translation Subcommittee
> Hi John,
>
> Patrick is correct in his outline of the scope of the Translation
> Web
> Services TC.
>
> There are probably areas where your sub-committee can work with not
> just the
> TWS TC but the XLIFF group as well. I have been involved with the
> XLIFF TC
> since that started and that has some of the most knowledgeable people
> in
> this area as members. Tony Jewtushenko is chair of the XLIFF TC. It
> might be
> worth having a discussion so each group knows what each other is doing
> and
> how we can work together.
>
> I will be out of the office next week but available in the week
> starting
> January 6th.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Gannon [mailto:patrick.gannon@oasis-open.org]
> Sent: 26 December 2002 17:55
> To: Evdemon John; John.Borras@e-Envoy.gsi.gov.uk
> Cc: egov@lists.oasis-open.org; Peter.Reynolds@bowneglobal.ie
> Subject: RE: A proposal regarding the Language Translation
> Subcommittee
>
>
> John E.,
>
> From my understanding of the charter of the Translation Web Services
> TC,
> their scope is focused on defining the vocabulary and WSDL
> interactions
> between publishers of information and translation vendors.  To
> the extent
> that Governments have unique requirements regarding how they need
> to
> interact with translation vendors to translate documents, web sites
> and
> information used in transactions, then it would likely be appropriate
> for
> the e-Government TC's Language Translation Subcommittee (LTS) to
> establish a
> Liaison with the Translation WS TC.  It was my understanding,
> however, that
> the scope of the LTS was broader than that of the T-WS TC.
>
> In either case, I have included the T-WS TC Chair, Peter Reynolds, in
> this
> email thread so that he can more appropriately interact with the
> e-Government TC Chair. Possibly there would be someone from the T-WS
> TC who
> would volunteer to Chair the LT Subcommittee and provide the
> Liaison
> function.
>
> Respectfully submitted from an Observer,
>
> Patrick Gannon
> President & CEO
> OASIS
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Evdemon John [mailto:evdemon_john@bah.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 11:29 AM
> To: John.Borras@e-Envoy.gsi.gov.uk
> Cc: egov@lists.oasis-open.org;
> Subject: A proposal regarding the Language Translation
> Subcommittee
>
>
> WRT the proposed Language Translation subcommittee, might this
> entire
> subcommittee be replaced with a liaison (or liaisons) with the new
> OASIS
> Translation Web Services TC?
>
> John Evdemon
> Senior Associate
> Digital Strategies
> Booz | Allen | Hamilton
>
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