Re: RE: [egov] OASIS E-GOV TC : XML.ORG CONTENT PARTNER

[Howard Stanley Swaren <stan.swaren@cgi.com>]

John, Diane:

Sounds good.  I'll also volunteer for editing duties, if the TC decides 
to accept this mission.  ;-)

-Stan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane.Lewis@usdoj.gov" <Diane.Lewis@usdoj.gov>
Date: Monday, October 6, 2003 8:23 am
Subject: RE: [egov] OASIS E-GOV TC : XML.ORG CONTENT PARTNER

> John,
> sounds like a great opportunity that the eGov TC should take 
> advantage of..
> 
> i would be happy to be one of several volunteers (on a rotating 
> basis) to act as editor.   diane
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: john.borras@e-envoy.gsi.gov.uk
> [mailto:john.borras@e-envoy.gsi.gov.uk]
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 3:39 AM
> To: egov@lists.oasis-open.org
> Cc: carol.geyer@oasis-open.org
> Subject: [egov] OASIS E-GOV TC : XML.ORG CONTENT PARTNER
> Importance: Low
> 
> 
> OASIS e-Gov TC members:
> 
> We have been asked by OASIS to consider serving as the Content 
> Partner for 
> a new XML.org Focus Area on e-Government. The attached document 
> provides 
> details on the program and the benefits and responsibilities of 
> being a 
> Content Partner. I would appreciate your consideration of this 
> opportunity, and I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have.
> 
> 1. What is an XML.org Focus Area?
> 
> OASIS launched XML.org (http://xml.org) in June 1999 to minimize 
> overlap and duplication of standards efforts by 
> providing public access to XML schemas, vocabularies, and 
> information. 
> Today, XML.org has grown into a centralized portal valued by 
> technologists 
> developing purpose-built XML languages and business people 
> tracking the 
> use of XML in industry. XML.org receives approximately 16,700 page 
> views 
> from over 4,400 visitors per day.
> 
> Recently, OASIS launched the first in a series of XML.org Focus 
> Areas to 
> provide domain-specific content on XML standards.  Focus Areas 
> showcase 
> the industries or sectors where XML is making the greatest impact 
> and 
> expand community participation by providing focused content (news, 
> events, 
> standards, etc.) easily accessed by specific
> industries or market sections.
> 
> Each XML.org Focus Area consists of six basic pages--1) main page, 
> 2) 
> News, 3) Events calendar, 4) Standards and Initiatives list, 5) 
> Players 
> list, and 6) Resources links.
> 
> Editorial for each Focus Area is provided by XML.org Content 
> Partners, 
> groups--either internal or external to OASIS--that have domain 
> expertise.
> 
> 2. Who else is involved?
> 
> Current XML.org Content Partners/Focus Areas include:
> ACORD/Insurance
> HR-XML/Human Resources
> IDEAlliance/Printing & Publishing
> HL7/Healthcare
> LRC/Localisation
> 
> Future XML.org Content Partners/Focus Areas may include:
> Rosettanet/Manufacturing
> UCC/Retail
> OASIS e-Procurement TC/Procurement
> OASIS PKI Member Section/Security
> OASIS Tax XML TC/Tax
> OASIS e-Government TC/e-Government
> 
> 
> 3. What are the benefits to the TC?
> 
> Serving as an XML.org Content Partner would be a great opportunity 
> to 
> spotlight the work of the TC and advance our mission to promote 
> the 
> adoption of OASIS specs/standards within Governments. Benefits 
> include:
> - Opportunity to build awareness for TC activities, 
> accomplishments, and
> events to the broad XML.org readership.
> - Recognition as the e-Government domain expert throughout the XML.org
> website and in all materials.
> - Premiere placement of the TC name on all pages in the XML.org
> e-Government Focus Area.
> - Special treatment for TC participants, presentations, guidelines,
> press releases, white papers.
> - Control over how e-Government Focus Area information is 
> presented and
> categorized.
> - Opportunity to drive traffic to the OASIS e-Government TC web pages
> 
> 
> 4. How is an XML.org Focus Area different from the OASIS TC web pages?
> 
> The XML.org Focus Area is a clearinghouse of information relative 
> to the 
> domain, so it's much broader in focus than the OASIS TC pages. The 
> XML.org 
> Focus Area will feature links to many docs on the OASIS TC site, 
> but it 
> will also be a place for links to information that's relevant, but 
> not 
> appropriate for the OASIS TC site, e.g., links to other
> standards bodies and descriptions of their work, listings of 
> product/service suppliers, links to press releases and articles 
> containing 
> relevant information (not necessarily OASIS-specific), links to 
> conferences and other events that feature e-Gov topics.
> 
> 
> 5. What would the TC need to do?
> 
> Volunteers from the TC would work with OASIS staff to create the 
> Focus 
> Area (re-purposing a lot of content that's already on the OASIS, 
> XML.org, 
> and Cover Pages sites). After this initial set-up, we anticipate 
> the task 
> of editing and updating the information will require about one to 
> two 
> hours a week. This task could be assigned to a
> volunteer from the OASIS e-Government TC on a permanent or 
> rotating basis. 
> OASIS will create an email alias for the Focus Area editor, and TC 
> members 
> (as well as XML.org readers) are able to send suggestions for 
> content to 
> that address.
> 
> It's important to realize that XML.org is a reference collection 
> of 
> relevant links. Content Partners are not called on to create 
> information 
> so much as collect it.
> 
> I believe this is a great opportunity for us to advance our work 
> on 
> e-governemtn standards and to establish ourselves as the centre 
> for this 
> work, so I would recommend that we take up this offer.  I'll 
> include a 
> discussion about this on the agenda of our next TC meeting but in 
> the 
> meantime if anyone has any views please let me have them. Also if 
> there 
> are any volunteers to become editor let me know.
> 
> Regards,
> John
> 
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