OdrXML Meetings - Room Location Update - During ABA Dispute ResolutionSection Conference in San Antonio. RSVP.

[jkeane <jik@jkeane.com>]

Update:  Saturday OdrXML Workshop Location:  Room CC006B in the Convention
Center.

Please note: There is a general meeting of the Sections Online DR Committee
from 5:30 - 6:30 on Friday.

Don't forget to RSVP: Please check off whether you can meet for lunch or
dinner on Friday, but most of all we need a headcount for the Saturday
workshop. Just check off the RSVP columns
http://www.bowie-jensen.com/mtg/index.php

Column 1 is for lunch; Column 2 for dinner; Column 3 for the Saturday
Workshop.

The minutes of the last telephonic meeting appears below in the text of this
message. Right at the end you will find the very interesting line-up of ODR
programs taking places at the DR Section meeting on Friday. It's a
remarkable line-up!

During the no-host lunch and dinner we want to meet with anyone interested
in participating in efforts to develop data exchange standards for on-line
dispute resolution.  During the working session on Saturday, we want to
address:

1) Identifying and involving the stakeholder community
2) Defining functional requirements
            a) The requirement need to bridge across multiple types of ODR
processes, and
            b) address key workflows within ODR and with external entities
such as courts,
               agencies and other institutional users of ODR/ADR
              (e.g., eCommerce, Brokerage, Real Estate)
4) The emerging Data Models and Data Dictionaries available as starting
points for and ODR data exchange schema.
5) Plans for Development of Technical Specifications and harmonizing Schemas

Please use the RSVP web site to indicate your availability - and feel free
to respond to me, Debi and Dan Greenwood on any issues you wish to discuss.

We strongly encourage anyone who wants to play an active role to join OASIS
and become a member or observer on the OdrXML TC list.
https://www.oasis-open.org/join/.  Anyone can visit the archives
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/  or post comments to the Public
Comment List: legalxml-odr-comment@lists.oasis-open.org.

We look forward to meeting you in person at the San Antonio meeting.

Very best regards,

Jim Keane + Debbie Miller Moore Co-Chairs
Dan Greenwood, Vice Chair
OdrXML Technical Committee - LegalXML/ OASIS

MINUTES

LegalXML/ OASIS
OdrXML Technical Committee
Minutes of Initial Teleconference
5 December 2002

The OdrXML Technical Committee held its first conference call on December 5,
2002 from 5:00 to 6:30 EST using web conferencing software to the review the
charter during the call.  After introductions, (see, attendee list below)
the group reviewed and affirmed the goals set forth in the charter.

A key and recurring point of discussion was about keeping an even balance
between ODR for eCommerce and traditional ADR that is in transition to web
services.
Glossary:  We discussed and agreed to utilize the term "Neutrals" to
categorize arbitrators, mediators and other ADR providers generally.

Statement of Work
1) Identify Stakeholders: There was consensus that the first order of
business is to identify stakeholders in the development of OdrXML standards.
The stakeholders should include neutrals and neutral organizations, ODR
providers, and referring entities such as courts or corporations that might
utilize ODR providers and would also wish to monitor progress and closure of
referred matters

2) Functional Requirements: The next task discussed was development of high
level, functional requirements for the different phases and aspects of
online dispute activity.  We discussed building on the work of eContracts,
Court Filing, ebXML and other standards already adopted by OASIS and related
organizations.

3) Technical Specifications: The group discussed using the ODR schema
developed by the EU Joint Research Centre.  The general conclusion was that
this may have been developed independently of other standards activities,
particularly the work of LegalXML, and that we needed see if the concepts,
data model and data dictionary can be harmonized with other work.

There was general approval of utilizing the data dictionary, object
repository and data model developed by the Integrated Justice Technical
Committee developed at Georgia Technical Research Institute.  We need to
determine how much can used and to what extent we need to supplement this
work with specialized tags, roles and attributes unique to ODR, as well as
work process elements such as BPML (Business Process XML) under development
by Computer Sciences Corporation, as noted in a pre-meeting eMail by Debi
Miller-Moore, Co-Chair.

4) Gather Resources: The final undertaking was to collect links, citations
and resources about ODR on the TC's web site.  OASIS is in the process of
switching it web site management and document repository to new vendors.  We
agreed nevertheless to conduct and eMail exchange to identify resources,
criteria and a process to collect them.
To wrap up this discussion, we also agreed to use the eMail list to identify
stakeholders, develop functional requirements, discuss data models, compare
existing standards to OdrXML needs, and gather resource material and links
for the Technical Committee group page on OASIS.

Future Meetings
The group reviewed potential meetings of OdrXML during the ABA Mid Year
Meeting in Seattle during February 2003 and at the Annual meeting in San
Francisco in August.  It was noted that the Dispute Resolution Section is
holding a multi-day educational conference with ODR seminars at their
conference in San Antonio from March 20-22.  The specific ODR courses are
noted at the end of these minutes.
http://www.abanet.org/dispute/conference/brochure.pdf
[In subsequent discussions and a poll we concluded the DR section meeting in
March was a more promising forum for a face to face meeting.]

Ethan Katsch also proposed consideration of the UN ODR Forum on June 30,
2003 in Geneva, which might be an excellent forum to have a dialogue with
OdrXML folks from around the world.
http://www.unece.org/press/pr2002/02opa09e.htm (Notice of 2002 meeting)

Respectfully Submitted
Jim Keane + Debi Moore
Co-Chairs, OdrXML Technical Committee
Legal XML / OASIS

Attendees
(Based in part on RSVP List)
Don Bergeron - Lexis-Nexis) Chair, LegalXML Steering Committee)
Donald.Bergeron@LEXISNEXIS.COM
David Baron - Web Mediate  - david@webmediate.com
Rolly Chambers, Smith Curry (Charlotte) rlchambers@smithcurrie.com
Scott Donahey - sdonahey@tzllp.com
Mark Eckstein,  SquareTrade - mark@squaretrade.com
Dana Haviland - Online Dispute Resolution - dhaviland@onlineresolution.com
Ethan Katsch - Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution,
University of Massachusetts - katsh@legal.umass.edu
Jane Juliano - JAMS -  jjuliano@igc.org
Jim Keane - JKeane.Pro  jik@jkeane.com
Lawrence Leff - Western Illinois University, Dept of Computer Science
D-Leff@wiu.edu
John Messing, Law-on-Line, jmessing@law-on-line.com
Paul Nicolai - paul.nicolai@niclawgrp.com
Colin Rule AAB Associates - rule@raabassociates.org
Hon. Alice D. Sullivan (Ret.) Private Judge, Inc. ads@privatejudge.com

Note on Attendance
We held the meeting via a web conference and teleconference.  We reserved a
bridge based on the number of RSVP's.  Gratefully, we had more last minute
attendees.  Bad news, we had limited Telecon seats and several of our key
players were not able to attend so I was a bit overwhelmed with running the
meeting, setting up the web conference, fielding last minute eMail and
taking roll.  All this caused confusion about who was there.  If we left you
off the attendee list or the list of people who wanted to attend, please
send a private eMail to jik@jkeane.com to correct this.

Credits
INet Legal Network, a provider of online seminars for Continuing Legal
Education provided the WebEx software facilities.

On RSVP list but Unable to Attend
Hon. Arthur M. Ahalt (Ret), Virtual Courthouse -
amhalt@virtualcourthouse.com
Ben Davis - Professor - Texas Wesleyan Law School bdavis@law.txwes.edu
Dan Greenwood - MIT dang@mit.edu
Atul Grover - Verizon - atulgr@rediffmail.com
Jeffrey Joel - Law Student - University of Indiana - jjoel@indiana.edu
Anne McNaughton - a.macnaughton_brune@sbcglobal.net
Debi Miller Moore - AAA - MooreD@adr.org (OdrXML Co-chair - stranded in snow
storm at airport)
Anita Ramastasy, University of Washington  - arama@u.washington.edu
Dana Tait, taitlaw@msn.com
James Macpherson, National Mediation - jmacpherson@nationalmediation.com

OdrXML Technical Committee Roster and Interested Parties
As of 2/7/2003
                    * Member of OASIS, entitled to Vote
1.      Hon. Arthur M. Ahalt (Ret.), Virtual Courthouse -
amhalt@virtualcourthouse.com
2.      David Baron - Web Mediate  - david@webmediate.com
3.      * Donald Bergeron - Lexis-Nexis - (Chair, LegalXML Steering
Committee)
        Donald.Bergeron@LEXISNEXIS.COM
4.      * Rolly Chambers, Smith Curry (Charlotte)  -
rlchambers@smithcurrie.com
5.      Tony Cardona - tonycardona1@juno.com
6.      Ben Davis - Professor - Texas Wesleyan Law School -
bdavis@law.txwes.edu
7.      Scott Donahey - Tomlinson Zisko LLP - sdonahey@tzllp.com
8.      Mark Eckstein,  SquareTrade - mark@squaretrade.com
9.      * Dan Greenwood - MIT dang@mit.edu - (OdrXML Vice-Chair)
10.     * Atul Grover - Verizon - atulgr@rediffmail.com
11.     Dana Haviland - Online Dispute Resolution -
dhaviland@onlineresolution.com
12.     Ethan Katsch - Center for Information Technology and Dispute
Resolution,
         University of Massachusetts - katsh@legal.umass.edu
13.     Jane Juliano - JAMS - jjuliano@igc.org
14.     Jeffrey Joel - Law Student - Univesity of Indiana -
jjoel@indiana.edu
15.     * Jim Keane - JKeane.Pro  jik@jkeane.com (OdrXML Co-Chair)
16.     Matthews, Joseph, Joseph@colson.com
17.     * John Messing , Law-on-Line, jmessing@law-on-line.com
18.     * Dr. Lawrence Leff, Western Ill University -  D-Leff@wiu.edu
19.     Anne McNaughton - a.macnaughton_brune@sbcglobal.net
20.     * Debi Miller Moore - AAA - MooreD@adr.org (OdrXML Co-Chair)
21.     Timothy J. Mordaunt, Attorney-Mediator - attorney@timmordaunt.com
22.     Paul Nicolai - paul.nicolai@niclawgrp.com
23.     * Eddie O'Brien, Ringtail Systems eddie@ringtail.com
24.     Anita Ramastasy, University of Washington  - arama@u.washington.edu
25.     Colin Rule AAB Associates - rule@raabassociates.org
26.     Hon. Alice D. Sullivan (Ret.) Private Judge, Inc.
ads@privatejudge.com
27.     Dana Tait, taitlaw@msn.com

ABA DR Conference - Courses on ODR
-          http://www.abanet.org/dispute/conference/brochure.pdf
Dispute Resolution Section
San Antonio, TX
March 20 - March 22, 2003
Friday March 21
10:15 - 11:45 Online Mediation: On Track or Out of Touch?
Gilbert Escudero, Irving, TX
Dave Renfro, Irving, TX
Kevin Buffington, Washington, DC
Bill McKee, Denton, TX
2:00 - 3:30
C4. Web-Empowered Partnering: Using Web-Based Communication Systems for
Conflict Management, Dispute Avoidance, and Early Resolution of Construction
Disputes
John Farnan, Pittsburgh, PA
Gerald S. Clay, Honolulu, HI

C15.  ADR in a High Tech World
Peter Michaelson, Red Bank, NJ
Sandra Franklin, Troy, MI
James Carmody, Houston, TX
D15. International Competition for Online Dispute Resolution:
Connecting Law Students Worldwide
David Larson, St. Paul, MN
Benjamin G. Davis, Fort Worth, TX
Ethan Katsh, Amherst, MA
Alan Gaitenby, Amherst, MA
Franklin G. Snyder, Fort Worth, TX
Ayesha Hassan, Paris, France

James I. Keane
JKeane.Law.Pro
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North Potomac MD 20878
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Co-Author and Annual Update Editor of Treatise: Litigation Support Systems,
An Attorney Guide 2nd  Ed. (WestGroup, 1992, updated through 2002)