Re: [odf-adoption] Minutes: ODF Adoption TC Call 05 May 2009

["Charles-H. Schulz" <charles-h.schulz@arsaperta.com>]

Hello, 

Aren't we supposed to have our call now?

Best,
Charles.


Le Tue, 19 May 2009 10:01:22 -0400,
Louis Suarez-Potts <Louis.Suarez-Potts@Sun.COM> a écrit :

> 
> Dear TC Members:
> 
> Please find the draft minutes of our 5 May 2009 TC meeting below.
> 
> Proposed Agenda
> ===============
> 
> 1.) Logistics
> - Roll call
> 
> Name
> Company
> Status
> Peter Junge
> Beijing Redflag Chinese 2000 Software Co.,...
> Group Member
> Bart Hanssens
> Fedict
> Group Member
> 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
> 
> - Determination of quorum status
> Meeting Statistics Quorum rule 51% of voting members Achieved quorum
> true Counts toward voter eligibility true Individual Attendance
> Members: 7 of 35 (20%)
> Voting Members: 6 of 8 (75%) (used for quorum calculation)
> Company Attendance Companies: 6 of 19 (31%)
> Voting Companies: 5 of 6 (83%)
> - Approval of minutes from April 7, 2009 TC meeting
> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/odf-adoption/email/archives/200904/msg00005.html
> 
> 
> 
> The minutes were approved.
> 
> - Acceptance of today's agenda
> 
> 2.) Review, TC Action Item plan:
> http://wiki.oasis-open.org/odf-adoption/OdfAdoptionTcActionItems - All
> The TC discussed the event plan at length with a focus on the
> Government 2.0 Summit (O'Reilly Conference), the upcoming
> interoperability event at The Hague (June 15 - 16), and the
> OpenOffice.org Conference in early November (Orvieto, Italy).
> 
> The TC agreed to plan another ODF plug-fest, or 'camp' for the
> OpenOffice.org Conference. Don to the action item to 'put the stake
> in the ground' with the conference organizers via the new discussion
> list at OpenOffice.org. Bart agreed to promote this at the OIC TC
> list as well, once it has taken shape.
> 
> The TC agreed to review and update the ODF Adoption wiki with a
> current list of ODF implementations. Rob can reference this in his
> State of ODF Interoperability Report being drafted for the ODF
> Interoperability and Conformance TC.
> 
> Bart informed the TC of an upcoming Microsoft Document
> Interoperability Initiative event, scheduled for London on May 18th.
> Bart will attend.
> 
> Bart is creating a rough draft of a Digital Signature profile as part
> of his efforts at the OIC TC.
> 
> Bart is speaking in Zagreb where he'll be be presenting an ODF key
> note at the DORS/CLUC 2009 event (www.open.hr).
> 
> 
> 
> --- Marino adoption plan: that requests come from Carol G. and not
> just from ODF Alliance.
> 
> Update: two weeks time
> 
> --
> Draft ODF is a web standards; w3c interest group 12 May but they
> ignore issueof docs and do not consider formats as a web standard;
> ignore standard and do not reference XML or doc formats. oppose
> proprietary formats etc but nothing specific. the w3c report to be
> issued will have no impact then on doc web standards.
> - Marino: take a look at the working draft but it does not see it as
> relevant.
> - rob they have shown little interest in ODF
> - there is no reference to odf or other doc formats, besides
> anti-proprietary
> - Rob: w3c do not do things absent ref implementation... ask what do
> you want to do: odf in a browser? then get firefox to do it; nothing
> will happen unless there is an implementation.
> -marino: initial report in 12 May but they may extend the mandate, as
> they are interested in expanding it and there is still time to engage
> them in this.
> - rob: could push the odf packaging model--file with manifest, etc.:
> killer thing for web as well, to lay out browser specs. They have not
> solved this problem in w3c. Post 1.2, the packaging model will be
> split.
> 
> look at this later.
> 
> 
> 3.) ODF Interoperability Event at The Hague - Bart Hanssens
> 
> 4.) Government 2.0 Summit - Don
> 
> 
> 
> 5.) OpenOffice.org Conference - Louis
> 
> no update but time to investigate and drive :-)
> 
> Peter: they are contacting prior organizers (peter, jesus, et al.) and
> interested to know what the odf adoption can do this year; and want a
> larger odf event this year than prior. They want an adoption event in
> Orvieto.
> Louis: they must work publicly and on the lists. The TC can help but
> we need for them to work with us more publicly.
> Peter: looking for sponsors.....
> 
> 
> 
> 6.) ODF News / Round Table  -- All
> 
> 
> 
> Peter Junge: RedOffice will bridge ODF and UOF. It currently defaults
> to read/write ODF V1.1.
> 
> --cannot say too much about it; there is an english versin of spec but
> it is not too good... colleagues working oin it; nothing new at the
> moment.
> 
> -- RedOffice is shipping 4.5 is soon to be released.. .supporting ODF
> 1.1
> 
> --
> Marino: nothing
> Alan: nothing to add
> Rob: quick update on ODF TC: approved 0.2 of draft 1.2 and put it out
> for review; community drafts issued 3/4 weeks. Next week meeting in
> Brussels in idabc on Nature of Administrative Documents, and several
> of us have been invited to this--additional requirements for ODF
> -press on this not until public review
> -  technical estimate of when review: Not before July for public
> review. Marino that means that we have papers, press material by end
> of June. Issue is that we want to get this done before vacation
> season. Michael Bauer: when would this be done for public review?
> Opinion? we separate public review from formula (formal?) part as
> that latter needs more work; and July seems likely too for public
> review. But it depends on how many public comments we receive. The
> two large blocs are editorial notes in spec and public
> comments--received in March 170 alone. Time depends then on the
> number of comments received in the next few weeks.
> 
> Marino but given info we can still draft white papers for end of June.
> MB: from technical perspective, the spec is complete--so we know the
> tech details, like new features, etc. Specis complete but what is not
> is the editorial element--the annotation--not the actual
> determination of the functionality.
> MB: last draft is not quite available but will be shortly, as
> requirement of Oasis is that there have to be various publishable
> versions. Will be available sometime this week.
> 
> --RT: michael bauer: nothing besides the above
> -- louis: importance of w3c,gov't needing good arguments for migrating
> to odf
> 
> 
> 
> Marino: Drafting an ODF V1.2 brochure; will circulate this to the TC.
> 
> The meeting was adjourned.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
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