Fwd: Membership and Public Review of OASIS Artifact Standard Identification Scheme for Metadata

[James Bryce Clark <jamie.clark@oasis-open.org>]

     FYI.  Comments in response to this review are being directed to this 
list, through 1 March 2006.
Regards  JBC

~   James Bryce Clark
~   Director, Standards Development, OASIS
~   jamie.clark@oasis-open.org

>Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:44:36 -0800
>To: members@lists.oasis-open.org, tc-announce@lists.oasis-open.org
>From: James Bryce Clark <jamie.clark@oasis-open.org>
>Subject: Membership and Public Review of OASIS Artifact Standard
>   Identification Scheme for Metadata
>
>OASIS Members:
>
>The OASIS Technical Advisory Board (TAB) has asked that the OASIS 
>membership and the public review its
>
>     OASIS Artifact Standard Identification Scheme for Metadata
>
>and provide comments during the period ending 1 March 2006 (details below).
>
>This document, approved by the TAB, proposes rules for how OASIS artifacts 
>(e.g. specifications, schemas, WSDL) are named, what metadata must be 
>associated with each artifact, consistent filenames and persistent (and 
>consistent) URIs for artifacts (incorporating some of the required 
>metadata), and updates to the OASIS URN spaces.
>
>This work furthers goals for consistent naming, persistent URIs, and the 
>efficiency of data and document management across OASIS. Many of the 
>recommendations are already in effect, e.g. in the current document 
>templates. Others are guidance for work in progress, e.g. persistent URIs 
>for accessing OASIS artifacts.
>
>Please carefully consider the proposed requirements, as their 
>implementation will facilitate pending improvements in OASIS document 
>management, process automation, and expression of namespaces.
>
>While this document is written as a set of requirements, the use of this 
>document is recommended and not mandated. After this second General 
>Membership review in February 2006, we expect that the OASIS Technical 
>Advisory Board will approve a future version as a contribution to ongoing 
>OASIS policy discussions.
>
>Earlier versions of this document, under various names, have been 
>circulated to the OASIS Chairs email list and (as the "Artifact 
>Identification Requirements") went through a General Membership Review 
>cycle in July 2005.
>
>The package for this General Membership Review includes
>
>(1) This cover letter
>
>(2) The document 
>ArtifactStandardIdentificationSchemeForMetadata-v1.0.1.pdf:  at 
>http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/16546/ArtifactStandardIdentificationSchemeForMetadata-1.0.1.pdf
>
>(3) A spreadsheet listing comments and responses from the July 2005 
>review:  at: 
>http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/16547/ArtifactStandardIdentificationSchemeForMetadata%20Public%20Review%20Resolutions.pdf
>
>Discussion will take place, and comments will be taken from, the 
>oasis-member-discuss list; to send to that list and to receive real-time 
>emails, please apply to join the list(login as a member, select All 
>Groups, scroll down to OASIS Member Discuss, and click the "Join Group" 
>link. There is no waiting period.
>
>Comments will be considered through those received on March 1, 2006, 
>midnight US Eastern Standard Time.
>
>Thank you for your consideration of these important issues.
>
>The OASIS TAB