RE: Fw: [election-services] Re possible EML v5.0 submission to ISO/IEC J

Subject: RE: Fw: [election-services] Re possible EML v5.0 submission to ISO/IEC JTC1

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Subject: Fw: [election-services] Re possible EML v5.0 submission to
ISO/IEC JTC1
From: John Borras <johnaborras@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, March 25, 2008 5:47 am
To: EML TC <election-services@lists.oasis-open.org>, James Bryce Clark
<jamie.clark@oasis-open.org>
Cc: David Canning <David.Canning@JUSTICE.GSI.GOV.UK>, Stuart
Harrington <stuart.harrington@justice.gsi.gov.uk>

Jamie

Thank you for sight of the draft submission. I have made a few suggested amendments in the .doc version attached. My main request is that we use the short name EML throughout and not ElectionML. EML is now well established and referenced in many documents/reports and I would not want to change that in the future please.

TC Members

I have discussed the way forward on the ISO submission with Jamie several times over the last few months and the approach he is proposing is in my opinion the best way forward. I hope you will endorse this suggested approach.

Regards
John

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From: James Bryce Clark <jamie.clark@oasis-open.org>
To: EML TC <election-services@lists.oasis-open.org>
Cc: Mary McRae <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>; Carol Cosgrove-Sacks <carol.cosgrove-sacks@oasis-open.org>
Sent: Tuesday, 25 March, 2008 1:17:21 AM
Subject: [election-services] Re possible EML v5.0 submission to ISO/IEC JTC1

> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:30:06 -0700
> From: James Bryce Clark <jamie.clark@oasis-open.org>
> To: election@lists.oasis-open.org
> CC: Mary McRae <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>, Carol Cosgrove-Sacks <carol.cosgrove-sacks@oasis-open.org>
> Subject: Re possible EML v5.0 submission to ISO/IEC JTC1

Re-sending. Apologies, as I don't see that this got into the list
archives. JBC

> To: OASIS Election & Voter Services TC
>
> We have discussed the possible submission of your OASIS Standard EML
> v5.0 to the international de jure standardization organizations, and
> after some consultation, suggest that the best target for submission
> likely would be ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 on Information
> Technology (JTC1). See:
> http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink/fetch/2000/2122/327993/customview.html?func=ll&objId=327993
>
> JTC1 operates through a set of substantive subcommittees. While no
> current JTC1 SC squarely addresses government elections
> facilitation, as such, any of one several SCs likely could take on the
> topic successfully, if properly constituted. It's also possible in some
> cases that JTC1 would choose to vote directly (as a full committee)
> without designating a subcommittee referral.
>
> Submissions by OASIS are made under our Liaison Policy:
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/liaison_policy.php#submitwork
> Generally, OASIS selects and manages submissions, and the selection
> of approval venues, at the consortium-wide level, subject to that
> policy, with feedback from the originating TC. We do have several
> protections to avoid the "forking" of a standard (into incompatable
> competing versions), but please note that such submissions do,
> nevertheless, involve some loss of unilateral control over the work.
> For example, once a standard is submitted, generally that version
> cannot be changed, unless a carefully-negotiated & -coordinated
> errata and feedback loop is created.
>
> We have been invited to ask JTC1's secretariat to identify possible
> subcommittees for official submission, and have done so. We also are
> renewing our PAS submitter status for the next two years in a ballot
> closing shortly. (Note, this inquiry is not yet a commitment of the
> work by OASIS to JTC1, although we do anticipate doing so, if reasonably
> satisfactory arrangements can be confirmed.)
>
> Once JTC1 has identified a proper subpanel or submission route, we
> will present a final version of the proposed submission itself to
> the OASIS President for approval. In order to get ahead of that
> schedule a bit, we have prepared a preliminary draft, for your
> review, which is attached, The submission documents serve several
> purposes:
>
> * They are the official "cover letter" for the submission, and
> so point to the relevant source documents, including the standard
> itself; supporting works such as your helpful "The Case for EML"
> white paper; and various OASIS organizational documents that confirm
> the eligibility of this submission to JTC1.
>
> * They lay out the "terms" of the future ownership of the
> standard, once approved by both organizations. (Obviously this is based
> on our experience with prior JTC1 submissions.)
>
> * They make statements and claims about the future of the
> standard -- including the intent of your committee to continue to
> operate, improve the standard, and be available to JTC1 for future
> dialogue about the work. On these particularly, we will need the input
> and guidance of you, who as the TC members serve as our experts.
>
> We would appreciate your review of these draft statements and terms, and
> any improvements you may suggest. If it would be helpful, OASIS staff
> would be happy to attend a formal or informal telephone meeting of the
> TC to review any of these matters. However, feedback by e-mail from
> interested members also would be welcome.
>
> Kind regards, JBC
>
> ~ James Bryce Clark
> ~ Director of Standards Development, OASIS
> ~ http://www.oasis-open.org/who/staff.php#clark
>
>
>
>
>
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