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Subject: RE: [emergency] RE: EDXL-DE and misrepresentation in the market


Hi Rex,

  It was announced Friday afternoon ;-)

Mary 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rex Brooks [mailto:rexb@starbourne.com] 
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 5:22 PM
> To: Elysa Jones; Lee Tincher; 'Tom Merkle'; 'Carl Reed OGC 
> Account'; emergency@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [emergency] RE: EDXL-DE and misrepresentation in 
> the market
> 
> I would be willing to bet dimes to dollars that this 
> confusion is not originating with the TC or TC members. It is 
> either enthusiastic practitioners who have heard that it is 
> cllose enough to use, and don't reali ze the harm they do, to 
> themselves as well as us, or else third parties listening to 
> some of us discuss the spec and mistake a comment along that 
> lines that "we can start testing with it..." to mean that is 
> approved. If we know of names, we should take it upon 
> ourselve to educate those whose error is causing this situation.
> 
> I, as well, have been holding off on implementing a couple of 
> projects until we have something we can legitimately work 
> with for testing, such as the announcement of the 15-day 
> public comment period. Is there any word on what the hold up 
> is with that?
> 
> Regards,
> Rex
> 
> At 1:17 PM -0600 2/20/06, Elysa Jones wrote:
> >I would also like to get some specifics, email me directly if 
> >necessary.  I am also very careful to make sure we are 
> always talking 
> >about the DRAFT.  Thanks, Elysa
> >
> >At 12:52 PM 2/20/2006, Lee Tincher wrote:
> >
> >>Can we get some specifics so we can know what we are 
> dealing with?  I 
> >>know that Tim and I are always very careful to describe 
> where the DE 
> >>is in the process.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Lee
> >>
> >>
> >>From: Tom Merkle [mailto:TMerkle@capwin.org]
> >>Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 1:49 PM
> >>To: Carl Reed OGC Account; emergency@lists.oasis-open.org
> >>Subject: RE: [emergency] RE: EDXL-DE and misrepresentation in the 
> >>market
> >>
> >>I echo Carl's observations. This is occurring in two 
> different market 
> >>segments and is creating a major obstacle in trying to obtain 
> >>consensus on the national level. We need to put a stop to 
> this or we 
> >>will spend many hours untangling the confusion.
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>
> >>Tom Merkle
> >>
> >>CapWIN:       <http://www.capwin.org/>www.capwin.org
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> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>From: Carl Reed OGC Account [mailto:creed@opengeospatial.org]
> >>Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 1:36 PM
> >>To: emergency@lists.oasis-open.org
> >>Subject: [emergency] RE: EDXL-DE and misrepresentation in 
> the market 
> >>All -
> >>
> >>I hate to bring issues such as this up to the TC. However, 
> it has come 
> >>to my attention that someone is representing EDXL-DE as an approved 
> >>OASIS standard in discussions and presentations. The 
> representation as 
> >>EDXL-DE as an OASIS standard may not be intentional, just a 
> result of 
> >>enthusiasm. Whatever the cause, this misrepresentation is causing 
> >>confusion in the market to the extent that they are 
> potential policy 
> >>implications.
> >>
> >>Such confusion and misrepresentation does a disservice to both the 
> >>draft EDXL-DE specification and the OASIS standards setting 
> process. 
> >>Having worked for a standards setting organization for 
> almost 5 years, 
> >>I am especially sensitive to these situations.
> >>
> >>I can only ask that we all be careful in how we represent 
> the ongoing 
> >>standards work in OASIS.
> >>Otherwise, we risk diminishing the
> >>effectiveness of our collaborative standards setting 
> process while at 
> >>the same time creating unnecessary conflict and confusion in the 
> >>marketplace.
> >>
> >>Carl Reed, PhD
> >>CTO and Executive Director Specification Program OGC
> >>
> >>The OGC: Helping the World to Communicate Geographically
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> 
> --
> Rex Brooks
> President, CEO
> Starbourne Communications Design
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