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Subject: Draft text for call for proposals


Here is a first stab at a draft message.  Please be brutal with feedback.

-Rob

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The OASIS ODF TC has recently finalized the approval of technical 
proposals which will be included in ODF 1.2.  After these proposals are 
integrated into the ODF 1.2 draft, and remaining editorial tasks are 
completed, the draft specification will be sent on for a required 60-day 
Public Review, and then finally onto a ballot for approval as an OASIS 
Standard. 

Concurrent with these final stages of ODF 1.2 work -- which may take 
several months -- the ODF TC wishes to start a public conversation related 
to the technical contents of "ODF-Next", the provisional name for the next 
major version of ODF.   The ODF TC has created a subcommittee, the ODF 
Requirements Subcommittee, chaired by Bob Jolliffe (email address here), 
in order to gather, categorize and prioritize proposals for ODF-Next, and 
to report back tot he ODF TC with recommendations.  The target for this 
report is May 1st, 2009.

We wish to now start gathering proposals, from TC members, from the OASIS 
community, from ODF implementors, government, academia, and from the 
public at large.  What features should be added?  What capabilities do we 
need?  Where do we want to take ODF next?  We want you to think broadly 
and boldly on where we can take this standard in the next major revision.

Some things to keep in mind:

1) ODF is a standard for a document format.  It is not a standard for a 
word processor or spreadsheet application.  So proposals will need to 
touch upon items that are reflected in the stored document.  Requests to 
change the UI of an application, or make it print faster, are examples of 
things that are out of scope.

2) The more detail you can provide in the proposal, the better.  If a 
specific change is requested, please give section references relative to 
the latest ODF 1.2 Committee Draft (insert URL here).

3) All proposals will need to be submitted in accordance with OASIS IPR 
Policy to the ODF TC's public comment list.  Information on joining this 
list can be found here (insert URL here).  Please also indicate "ODF-Next" 
as part of the subject line of your post.

4) All proposals previously submitted to the ODF TC's public comment list 
will automatically be considered for ODF-Next.  So there is no need to 
resubmit an idea if it was already previously submitted.

5) For inclusion in the ODF-Next report, proposals must be received by 
March 31st, 2009.


We welcome and look forward to your contributions !


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