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Subject: Re: [office-requirements] (Draft 2) text for call for proposals
Rob, First of all well done. I think, prompted by Patrick, you have a touch for popular stylish blurb. I think the "some things to bear in mind" can be integrated into the (evolving) wiki page here - http://wiki.oasis-open.org/office/Requirements . Looks like we now have sufficient discussion content to warrant a call on the 27th. Cheers Bob 2009/1/15 Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>: > Rob, > > Much, much better. > > Still a bit dry in the middle. Suggest perhaps a one liner about ODF 1.2 > getting cleaned up to go out the door. Followed by a general call as per > your last paragraph before the "Some things to keep in mind." > > That would just about fit on the average email window and take about as long > to read as a 15-second spot on TV. > > If we can hold their attention for that long. > > I would lose the "Some things to keep in mind." I rather doubt we are going > to be overrun by suggestions that run afoul of those. May have a few but > those will be from people who won't read/understand the rules anyway. > > I think what we want are the immediate reaction sort of suggestions. "If I > could have anything it would be...." sort of stuff. We can then massage that > into features for ODF-Next. > > The really long, "considered" stuff, I have a trunk full of it, people are > going to generate anyway. ;-) > > I suppose I see the ODF-Next effort as having a two-fold purpose: 1) to get > new ideas, but just as importantly, 2) to attract new people who are willing > to contribute on a regular basis. > > Hope you are having a great day! > > Patrick > > robert_weir@us.ibm.com wrote: >> >> Here is a second draft. >> Patrick suggested we have a more compelling lead paragraph. I considered >> saying "The Power of XML compels you !" and repeating it 3 or 4 times, but >> on further reflection abandoned that approach. But I did try to jazz it up >> a little to encourage the reader to read further. >> >> Mary also brought up an interesting timing aspect of this. Since we will >> likely end up with proposals coming in during the ODF 1.2 pubic review >> periods, even from people who are unaware of this ODF-Next call for >> proposals, we should probably time the comment period accordingly. So I'd >> suggest that we start the call to coincide with the approval of the next >> Committee Draft of ODF 1.2, and conclude it when the last part of ODF 1.2 >> has ended its public review. This will likely cause us to miss the May 1st >> deadline we originally conceived, but it will ensure that we don't write up >> the ODF-Next report while relevant comments are still coming in. >> >> -Rob >> >> --------------------------------------- >> >> "We have it in our power to begin the world over again" -- Thomas Paine >> (Common Sense, 1776) >> >> You are invited to help define the feature set of the next revision of >> OASIS OpenDocument Format (ODF). Help us take "ODF-Next" to a higher stage >> of document evolution. Be creative. Push the envelope. Be provocative. >> Change the paradigm. Start a revolution.. The only limits on our vision are >> our own. >> >> 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 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 now, 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 ! >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that >> generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: >> https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php >> >> > > -- > Patrick Durusau > patrick@durusau.net > Chair, V1 - US TAG to JTC 1/SC 34 > Convener, JTC 1/SC 34/WG 3 (Topic Maps) > Editor, OpenDocument Format TC (OASIS), Project Editor ISO/IEC 26300 > Co-Editor, ISO/IEC 13250-1, 13250-5 (Topic Maps) > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that > generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php > > -- > This message has been scanned by DST MailScanner > > >
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