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Subject: Proposal for clarified charter
TC members, Karl, please find attached the proposal for a clarified charter. Words that will be deleted have a red background color, words that are new or hove been changed have a yellow background color. Feedback to this proposal is very welcome. Best regards Michael
Name OASIS Open Office XML Format TC. Statement of Purpose The purpose of this TC is to create an open, XML-based file format specification for office applications. The resulting file format must meet the following requirements:
Scope Since the OpenOffice.org XML format specification was developed to meet these criteria and has proven its value in real life, this TC will use it as the basis for its work. Sun Microsystems intends to contribute the OpenOffice.org XML Format to this TC at the first meeting of the TC, under reciprocal Royalty Free terms. A standard for office document processing and interchange will be of great utility to many users and software companies developing applications, and should be made available as soon as possible. Thus, the work of this TC has been divided in two phases:
The TC intends to submit completed and approved work to other organizations in accordance with the OASIS Liaison Policy, and when doing so intends to continue responsibility for the maintenance of its specifications. List of Deliverables Each of the TC's phases will result in a Committee Specification that includes:
The TC has delivered a first Committee Draft at March, the 20th 2004. The TC aims to deliver a second Committee Draft in November 2004 and aims to submit this Committee Draft for balloting by OASIS membership for OASIS standard status. The TC aims to deliver additional Committee Drafts throughout the second phase every six months in March/September. If one of these Committee Drafts contains substantial changes from the last Committee Draft that has OASIS standard status, the TC shall submit this Committee Draft for balloting by OASIS membership for OASIS standard status. Standing Rules Under no circumstances shall the TC accept, during any phase, contributions that are not granted to all under perpetual, royalty free, non-discriminatory terms. This TC shall not finalize or approve a specification if it believes that the use, distribution, or implementation of such specification would necessarily require the unauthorized infringement of any party's rights known to the technical committee, and such party has not agreed to provide necessary license rights on perpetual, royalty-free, non-discriminatory terms. Anticipated Audience The anticipated audience for this work includes, but is not restricted to:
Language The TC shall conduct its proceedings in English. |
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