Draft Minutes: TC Coordination Call - January 27, 2009

[donald_harbison@us.ibm.com]

Dear TC Members,

Here are the draft minutes for review,
comment and ballot for acceptance at the next TC Coordination.

OASIS ODF ADOPTION TC
   
Tuesday, January 217, 2009 Coordination
Call
15:00 - 16:00 GMT

1. LOGISTICS
The 2009 bi-weekly TC Coordination meeting
schedule has been established: http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/odf-adoption/email/archives/200901/msg00002.html
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/odf-adoption/calendar.php

The next TC Coordination call is scheduled
for Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. EST, 15:00 hrs. UTC.

1a. Roll Call

Name          
              Company
                 
               
      Status

Donald Harbison      
  IBM              
               
               
  Group Member
Robert Weir        
        IBM        
               
               
        Group Member
Alan Clark        
        Novell*      
               
               
          Group Member
Marino Marcich      
          OpenDocument Format
Alliance (ODFA)         Group Member
Michael Brauer      
          Sun Microsystems  
               
              Group
Member
Louis Suarez-Potts      
  Sun Microsystems          
               
      Group Member


Meeting Statistics
Quorum rule        
51% of voting members
Achieved quorum      
  true
Counts toward voter eligibility  
      true
Individual Attendance    
    Members: 6 of 37 (16%)
Voting Members: 4 of 5 (80%) (used for
quorum calculation)
Company Attendance      
  Companies: 4 of 19 (21%)
Voting Companies: 3 of 4 (75%) 

2.) ODF Toolkit Union  - next steps

The TC discussed the current status
of the new ODF Toolkit Union open source software development community.
The web site ( http://odftoolkit.org
) is up and running. There are currently 207 registered members, however
project work has not begun in earnest.  The TC discussed its potential
role in terms of supporting the mission of the ODF Toolkit Union through
complementary educational outreach and other activities.

3.) OIC TC Update and Discussion for
Action Plan

Rob Weir updated TC members regarding
the latest progress and focus on deliverables within the OASIS OIC TC.
Project planning to produce an initial 'State of ODF Interoperability'
document is set for May 2009 delivery. Other work items include: defining
test cases for discrete test assertions; developing a full test suite comprised
of documents that support conformance testing, and interoperability testing
that goes beyond conformance testing; i.e. how well do specific ODF implementations
actually interoperate with one another.

Rajiv Shah, University of Illinois,
has formally contributed the test documents to the OASIS OIC TC used in
his report entitled, "An Empirical Study of Open Standards" posted
here: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1031749

There is good attendance and participation
within the new OIC TC

4.) ODF V1.2 Update and Discussion for
Action Plan
-- suggestions from Bart Hanssens: 
        --
an easy-to-grasp brochure on what's new in ODF 1.2 ?
        --
a list of platforms NOT supporting ODF yet (mainframe ? iPhone ?)
        --
a map (like Bob Sutor's map) showing where ODF is accepted as a
         
  national/regional standard

Rob updated the TC members regarding
a recent paper he has contributed to the IEEE Internet Computing magazine
focused on ODF, providing an overview, its context and a short technical
description. The paper is due for publication in the March/April issue.
The TC agreed to seek permission to link to this article or publish it
separately on http://opendocument.xml.org

The TC membership brainstormed a number
of project deliverables for the 2009 workplan. Rob proposed building a
Google map with pushpins showing the location of local support for ODF,
linking to any article of content published on ODF from a specific country
locale.

ACTION: Marino to discuss this project
concept with Zaheda Bhorat, and report back on recommended next steps.

Marino proposed an ODF V1.2 brochure
(as did Bart), highlighting the growing business value of ODF. 

ACTION: Marino to lead the Communications
Planning for the ODF Adoption TC's 2009 workplan collaborating directly
with Carol Geyer, OASIS Communications Mgr. and report back with recommended
next steps.


5. ODF Events Calendar for 2009

Louis provided the TC with a report
on his experience attending and speaking at the Linux Conference Australia
(LCA).

6.) Action Items Planning for 2009 
  http://wiki.oasis-open.org/odf-adoption/OdfAdoptionTcActionItems
The TC updated the action item table,
and will continue to reference and modify this going forward.

7.) ODF News / Round Table  -- All 
The TC was unable to conduct a news/roundtable
due to time expiring.


Regards,

/don

Don Harbison
Program Director, IBM ODF Initiative
Business & Technical Strategy
IBM Software Group
tel:1-978-399-7018
Mobile: +1-978-761-0116
email: donald_harbison@us.ibm.com