[legalxml-courtfiling] RE: Including transcripts within our charter

["Karl F. Best" <karl.best@oasis-open.org>]

Could everyone please take me off the CC list for this thread? I'm
already subscribed to the legalxml-courtfiling list, and don't need
another copy.

And why is this going to such a long list of CC people in addition to
the TC list?

</karl>
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Karl F. Best
OASIS - Director, Technical Operations
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lewis, Diane [mailto:Diane.Lewis@usdoj.gov]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 12:12 PM
> To: Lin, Meng-chun; 'John M. Greacen'; 'Bergeron Donald L. (LNG)';
> 'jik'; 'Larry Webster'; 'Mary Campbell McQueen'; 'Mohyeddin
> Abdulaziz';
> 'Robin Gibson'; 'Rolly Chambers'; 'Terrie Bousquin'; 'Eddie OBrien';
> 'Roger Winters'; 'Gregory W. Arnold'; 'Dr. Laurence Leff'; 'John
> Messing'; 'Allen Jensen'; 'Rory Perry'; 'Ron.Beach'; 'moira.rowley';
> 'Dwight R Daniels'; 'Ron Bowmaster'; 'Karl F. Best'; 'Benjamin T.
> Wilson'; 'Charles Gilliam'; 'aerts'; 'jeromeb'; 'tbrown';
> 'tom.clarke';
> 'bruce.gitlin'; 'dagoodwi'; 'roger'; 'wjohnsto'; 'pkasselman';
> 'Catherine.Krause'; 'manoj'; 'gary.pinder'; 'gpoindexter';
> 'dpowell';
> 'ssansom'; 'tjsmith'; 'steve.spohn'; 'steven.taylor'; 'kthotti';
> 'swood'; 'Mark S. Yuan'; 'Robert DeFilippis'; 'John Ruegg'; 'John
> McClure'; legalxml-courtfiling@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: Including transcripts within our charter
>
>
> suggest this is a court document....... can we for the time
> being place it within the scope of the existing subcommittee ??
>
> we have the court filing specifications; court document
> specifications;  what do you think?   Diane Lewis DOJ/EOUSA Wash.DC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John M. Greacen [mailto:john@greacen.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 11:44 AM
> To: Lewis, Diane; Lin, Meng-chun; Bergeron Donald L. (LNG);
> jik; Larry
> Webster; Mary Campbell McQueen; Mohyeddin Abdulaziz; Robin
> Gibson; Rolly
> Chambers; Terrie Bousquin; Eddie OBrien; Roger Winters; Gregory W.
> Arnold; Dr. Laurence Leff; John Messing; Allen Jensen; Rory Perry;
> Ron.Beach; moira.rowley; Dwight R Daniels; john; Ron
> Bowmaster; Karl F.
> Best; Benjamin T. Wilson; Charles Gilliam; aerts; jeromeb; tbrown;
> tom.clarke; bruce.gitlin; dagoodwi; roger; wjohnsto; pkasselman;
> Catherine.Krause; manoj; gary.pinder; gpoindexter; dpowell; ssansom;
> tjsmith; steve.spohn; steven.taylor; kthotti; swood; Mark S. Yuan;
> Robert DeFilippis; John Ruegg; John McClure; Court Filing List
> 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 a
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
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