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From: Mary McRae <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>
To: members@lists.oasis-open.org; tc-announce@lists.oasis-open.org
Cc: election@lists.oasis-open.org
Sent: Thursday, 1 November, 2007 8:12:33 PM
Subject: [members] Election Markup Language (EML) Version 5.0 Submitted for OASIS Standard
OASIS Members:
The OASIS Election and Voter Services Technical Committee has submitted the
following specification, which is an approved Committee Specification, to be
considered as an OASIS Standard:
Election Markup Language (EML) Version 5.0
- Process and Data Requirements
- Data Dictionary
- Schema Descriptions
- Schema
The text of the TC submission is appended.
You now have until 15 November to familiarize yourself with the submission and
provide input to your organization's voting
representative.
On 16 November, a Call For Vote will be issued to all Voting Representatives of
OASIS member organizations. They will have until the last day of November,
inclusive, to cast their ballots on whether this Committee Specification should
be approved as an OASIS Standard or not.
Members who wish to discuss this ballot may do so through
member-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org.
In accordance with the OASIS Technical Committee Process, this Committee
Specification has already completed the necessary 60-day public review period as
noted in the submission below.
The normative TC Process for approval of Committee Specifications as OASIS
Standards is found at
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#3.4Any statements related to the IPR of this specification are posted at:
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/election/ipr.phpYour participation in the review and balloting process is greatly appreciated.
Mary
Mary P McRae
Manager of TC Administration, OASIS
email:
mary.mcrae@oasis-open.orgphone: 603.232.9090
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a./b. Attached are the editable versions of the Committee Spec documentation.
Election Markup Language (EML) Version 5.0
- Process and Data Requirements
Editable Source (doc):
http://docs.oasis-open.org/election/eml/v5.0/cs01/EML-Process-Data-Requirements-v5.0.doc
HTML:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/election/eml/v5.0/cs01/EML-Process-Data-Requirements-v5.0.html
PDF:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/election/eml/v5.0/cs01/EML-Process-Data-Requirements-v5.0.pdf
- Data Dictionary
Editable Source (xls):
http://docs.oasis-open.org/election/eml/v5.0/cs01/EML-Data-Dictionary-v5.0.xlsHTML:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/election/eml/v5.0/cs01/EML-Data-Dictionary-v5.0.html- Schema Descriptions
Editable Source (doc):
http://docs.oasis-open.org/election/eml/v5.0/cs01/EML-Schema-Descriptions-v5.0.doc
HTML:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/election/eml/v5.0/cs01/EML-Schema-Descriptions-v5.0.html
PDF:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/election/eml/v5.0/cs01/EML-Schema-Descriptions-v5.0.pdf
- Schema
http://docs.oasis-open.org/election/eml/v5.0/cs01/EML-Schemas-v5.0/c. The TC confirms that the schemas and XML instances are all well formed and
all expressions are valid.
d. A plain language summary of the Spec is as follows:
EML has been developed as a standard for the structured interchange of data
among hardware, software, and service providers who engage in any aspect of
providing election or voter services to public or private organisations. The
objective has been to introduce a uniform and reliable way to allow systems
involved in the election process to interoperate.
e. We have been liaising very closely with the IEEE Voting System Electronic
Data Interchange Project 1622, and their draft specification is seen as a
compatible subset and USA localisation of EML. The chair of that committee is a
member of our TC.
f. Statements of Use:
IBM
-
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/election/email/archives/200708/msg00016.html
EDS -
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/election/email/archives/200708/msg00019.html
Opt2Vote -
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/election/email/archives/200709/msg00008.html
g. Public Reviews:
1st PR started 11/4/07 ended 10/06/07
announcement
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200704/msg00014.htmlComments Resolution
-
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/election/document.php?document_id=25238
2nd PR started 15/08/07 ended 30/08/07
announcement
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200708/msg00003.htmlNo comments received
h. Committee Specification ballot:
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/election/ballot.php?id=1367i. There are no earlier attempts to standardise a similar spec.
j. Comments archive:
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/election-services/k. No minority reports from TC members exist.
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