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Subject: [legalxml-courtfiling] Re: Including transcripts within our charter
A couple of thoughts come to mind. First, if we accept this additional work, we would need to establish a subcommittee, needing a chair, within the Electronic Court Filing TC. I would recommend that a chairperson be identified before we decide. Second, I don't know how much overlap there was between the old Court Filing and Transcripts work groups' memberships. We should identify if there are members now, or folks who are committed to joining the TC, that are interested in doing the Transcripts work. Our present membership is considerably smaller than LegalXML's was, and virtually everybody is committed to one or more subcommittees now. I am concerned about who could take on the additional work. I think Transcripts is a valuable piece of the whole electronic court records picture and think the industry can benefit from a Transcripts standard. As far as including it in our Charter. I think the general scope identified in the Purpose section of our existing Charter is expansive enough to support adding Transcripts as a Subcommittee without revising the charter. Once voted upon, the subcommittee would be listed as part of our work in the other information on our web site. Robin Robin Gibson Information Technology Division Office of State Courts Administrator robin_gibson@osca.state.mo.us 573-751-4377 "John M. Greacen" To: "Bergeron, Donald L. (LNG)" <Donald.Bergeron@LEXIS-NEXIS.COM>, <john@greacen. jik <jik@jkeane.com>, Larry Webster <Larry.Webster@SEARCH.ORG>, Mary net> Campbell McQueen <mary.mcqueen@courts.wa.gov>, Mohyeddin Abdulaziz <abdulaziz@APLTWO.CT.STATE.AZ.US>, Robin Gibson 07/17/2002 <Robin_Gibson@osca.state.mo.us>, Rolly Chambers 10:41 AM <rlchambers@justice.com>, Terrie Bousquin <bousquin@greacen.net>, Eddie OBrien <eddie@ringtailsolutions.com>, Roger Winters <Roger.Winters@METROKC.GOV>, "Gregory W. Arnold" <arnoldg@aoc.courts.state.ga.us>, "Dr. Laurence Leff" <D-Leff@wiu.edu>, John Messing <jmessing@LAW-ON-LINE.COM>, Allen Jensen <AJENSEN@OCCOURTS.ORG>, Rory Perry <rory@COURTS.STATE.WV.US>, "Ron.Beach" <Ron.Beach@isd-corp.com>, "moira.rowley" <moira.rowley@acs-inc.com>, Dwight R Daniels <drdaniels@kpmg.com>, john <john@greacen.net>, Ron Bowmaster <rbowmast@notes.state.ne.us>, "Karl F. Best" <karl.best@oasis-open.org>, "Benjamin T. Wilson" <ben.wilson@xcera.net>, Charles Gilliam <charles.gilliam@contentguard.com>, aerts <aerts@lasd.org>, jeromeb <jeromeb@email.utcourts.gov>, tbrown <tbrown@o2exchange.com>, "tom.clarke" <tom.clarke@courts.wa.gov>, "bruce.gitlin" <bruce.gitlin@contentguard.com>, dagoodwi <dagoodwi@mail.maricopa.gov>, roger <roger@number7.demon.co.uk>, wjohnsto <wjohnsto@adobe.com>, pkasselman <pkasselman@baltimore.com>, "Catherine.Krause" <Catherine.Krause@METROKC.GOV>, "Diane.Lewis" <Diane.Lewis@usdoj.gov>, manoj <manoj@infomosaic.com>, "meng-chun.lin" <meng-chun.lin@usdoj.gov>, "gary.pinder" <gary.pinder@fct-cf.gc.ca>, gpoindexter <gpoindexter@kpmg.com>, dpowell <dpowell@tybera.com>, ssansom <ssansom@austin.rr.com>, tjsmith <tjsmith@itdecision.com>, "steve.spohn" <steve.spohn@jud.ca.gov>, "steven.taylor" <steven.taylor@courts.sa.gov.au>, kthotti <kthotti@NOTES.STATE.NE.US>, swood <swood@perfectprobate.com>, "Mark S. Yuan" <Mark.Yuan@jud.ca.gov>, Robert DeFilippis <rtd@faxfile.com>, John Ruegg <jruegg@isab.co.la.ca.us>, John McClure <jmcclure@hypergrove.com>, Court Filing List <legalxml-courtfiling@lists.oasis-open.org> cc: Subject: Including transcripts within our charter I just got an email from Eddie O'Brien, former chair of the Transcripts Work Group in Legal XML, asking if our TC would be willing to absorb the transcripts work. There has been a TC discussion list for 90 days, the group has a charter, and it has a draft DTD. It does not have anyone willing to serve as chair of the TC. I am copying his message below in italics. Based on the response to a similar request from a member of another potential TC, I do not believe that OASIS will extend the time for the discussion list (Eddie's third option). Are we willing to take this on? Our plate is already full. However XML transcripts are an obviously good thing, and closely related to our task, since they are official court records. Is there anyone in our group, not already committed to a major task, willing to provide leadership to a subcommittee on transcripts? The TC discussion list will close after Friday. So we need to respond immediately. Please respond by the close of business on Thursday. Thanks for your thoughts on this. In line with the approach set out by OASIS I understand that the timeframe for establishing the Transcripts TC is approaching. Background: The Charter for the group is in place and there is already draft transcript standard. I have polled the community who are subscribed to the Transcript discussion list and have had some significant positive feedback on establishing a forum for the creation of a transcript standard. I have also approached two of the National governing bodies for transcript production - National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) and also the National Verbatim Reporters Association (NVRA) - for their support. The holiday season has certainly had an effect on their ability to respond. However, no prospective TC leader has come forward and, as stated previously, I'm unable to commit the considerable amount of time to continue this effort alone although I'm prepared to contribute to any standard. Assessment: I'm convinced, and it appears that many others also agree, that a transcript standard is appropriate to the needs of the legal community. Option 1: There has been some discussion that Court Transcripts could be part of the Court eFiling TC. This makes some sense and may be a better place for this work to take place although John Greacen would need to poll his community to approve this. Therefore, I suggest that John's group be polled to see if this is a suitable forum to progress transcripts. Option 2: We suspend this effort until a later date. Option 3: Oasis leave the Discussion List open for an extended period to allow the community to decide whether it wants to establish a Transcripts TC. -- John M. Greacen Greacen Associates, LLC. 18 Fairly Road Santa Fe, NM 87507 505-471-0203
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