Hey Rob,
Well, we’ve done all kinds of things
with InterOps. With one standard, each vendor was a part of a book store supply
chain. Another InterOp, each vendor was a group of financial institutions
exchanging secure access to a record, etc.
Imagine that each InterOp participant is a
branch of a large company (an enterprise), these branches use different
document formats to exchange data; plus most enterprises have historical
records (archives). This may be too ambitious but can we think of a scenario where
we can successfully fetch, exchange, create and store a document? What about an
employment record starting with an application, add resume, interviewer
comments, hire contract, personnel, benefits, etc. Many branches do touch
this type of document, no?
This may be way off and I know Mary will
have a better idea but you must think like the end-user (obviously) with
overwhelming document management issues. Does this help at all?
The sooner we come up with something the
better.
Regards,
d
Dee Schur
OASIS Member Support
www.oasis-open.org
dee.schur@oasis-open.org
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From:
robert_weir@us.ibm.com [mailto:robert_weir@us.ibm.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 26,
2007 3:44 PM
To: Dee Schur
Cc: 'Dee Schur';
odf-adoption@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [odf-adoption] XML
2007
Hi Dee,
I read
over the OASIS policy document for official InterOp Demo's. What we had
in Barcelona was less formal, and more in lines with what that document
describes when it says:
"OASIS
recognizes that some TCs find value in internally testing specifications
through non-promotional, informal, proof-of-concept activities (plug fests,
etc.). The results of these activities are primarily intended to benefit
further specification development."
I
think there is great value in having future such "non-promotional,
informal" type interop workshops,but I can also see the value of a more
formal event.
In Barcelona, although the conference was formally an OpenOffice.org conference,a good deal
of the material covered would not have been out of place in an ODF-focused
conference. Scanning over the program, I count 15 presentations that
would have worked well in that kind of context. So something we might consider,
given a longer planning cycle, is whether we want to have an ODF conference
next year? I think we could line up enough speakers to have a 2-day 2-track
conference entirely on ODF.
But
back to XML 2007... I'm trying to imagine what an interesting InterOp
demo would look like. Any ideas? Certainly creating a document in KOffice or
Lotus Symphony and then opening it in OpenOffice or MS Office would be
underwhelming. Although this is a basic, key operation that will be repeated
billions of time, it doesn't make a compelling demo.
Maybe
I'm getting caught upon the word "interop"? What kinds of things have
other such events dealt with? Is this typically an hour demo? Or
are we looking for a series of demos spanning a half day?
Regards,
-Rob
___________________________
Rob Weir
Software Architect
Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software
IBM Software Group
email: robert_weir@us.ibm.com
phone: 1-978-399-7122
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"Dee
Schur" <dee.schur@oasis-open.org> wrote on 09/26/2007 11:47:25 AM:
> Any feedback here? Should I reach out to the
ODF TC?
> Thanks!
>
> Dee Schur
> OASIS Member Support
> www.oasis-open.org
> dee.schur@oasis-open.org
>
> Register now for the Open Standards Forum:
> "Enabling Transformational Government
Through Web Services and SOA"
> 29-30 Oct 2007 * London
> http://events.oasis-open.org/home/forum/2007
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dee Schur [mailto:dee.schur@oasis-open.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 11:29 AM
> To: odf-adoption@lists.oasis-open.org
> Cc: dee.schur@oasis-open.org
> Subject: [odf-adoption] XML 2007
> Importance: High
>
> Hi,
> I spoke with the XML 2007,
> http://2007.xmlconference.org/public/content/home, organizer this
morning
> regarding an OASIS ODF InterOp Demonstration
<see Policy document for
> participation: http://www.oasis-open.org/who/interop_demo_policy.php> which
> we discussed on the call this morning.
> She was intrigued but needed a better
description (abstract) to take to
> management to make a determination regarding
our participation. I think this
> is a great opportunity for all participants
but it will be different than
> the ODF Camp. It will be incumbent on the
participants to identify and agree
> on a scenario (the more straight forward the
better in my opinion) that
> would be compelling for the attendees of this
conference. Participation is
> open to all OASIS members and we often gain
membership with these
> opportunities. We require membership (of
course we have many options) to
> insure fairness and to preserve a
non-commercial 'feel' to these events. I
> will be responsible for all logistics and
will quickly create an InterOp
> email list to be used by participants.
> First, we need to decide if we move forward
very quickly? Then we must send
> Georgia an abstract as soon as possible as
they are in the middle of fixing
> the programme.
> Please send your feedback, questions or
concerns ASAP.
> Best regards,
> Dee
>
>