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Subject: ODF 1.1 and JTC1: suggestions
Hi, this is actually a follow-up on Rob's suggestions regarding submission of ODF 1.1 to JTC1. I think what Rob suggest may work, but read James Clark's last mail to the TC as if we can submit a diff between ODF 1.0 2nd edition and ODF 1.1 to JTC1. Unless we are proven wrong with that assumption, I think we should assume that this is possible. I further think it may be reasonable to work out some kind of plan how we continue to maintain the three ODF versions (1.0, 1.1 and 1.2) as soon as ODF 1.1 has been submitted to ISO. The motivation of submitting ODF 1.1 to JTC1 is to get ISO 26300 in sync with OASIS ODF. However, ODF 1.2 is close to its completion on the OASIS side. When it has been approved as OASIS standard, we will have three versions of ODF at OASIS. We may receive defect reports for all three, and may prepare errata documents for all three. To avoid having a confusing number of errata documents and ODF variants (at OASIS and ISO), it may therefore be reasonable that we agree (with JTC1/SC34) that we produce errata documents only for the latest ODF version that is available at OASIS. The exception would be the ODF 1.1 errata that we produce as part of the effort to synchronize ISO 26300 with ODF 1.1. It may further be worth to ask OASIS to check with JTC1 whether our suggestions regarding the future maintenance of ODF 1.0/1.1/1.2 works for them before submitting ODF 1.1. So, here is what I suggest, based on Rob's suggestions: 1) The ODF TC prepares a diff between ODF 1.1 and ODF 1.0 2nd edition. The format of the diff would be an ODF 1.1 specification which contains the changes from ODF 1.0 2nd edition as ODF change tracking information. It may not include changes to styles that we made between ODF 1.0 2nd edition and ODF 1.1, but since these are only editorial changes, that should not be an issue. 2) The ODF TC asks OASIS to submit that annotated ODF 1.1 specification to JTC1, so that SC34 can consider to create an amendment to ISO/IEC 26300:2006, scoped to make that standard technically equivalent to OASIS ODF 1.1. 3) In parallel or before step 2), the ODF TC asks the OASIS board to accept a waiver regarding the interoperability demo which is required by the OASIS liaison policy. 4) The ODF TC submits comments shortly before the FPDAM ballot ends to reconcile the amendment with all current approved corrigenda for ODF 1.0 and 1.1. 5) The ODF TC then takes those same comments, plus whatever other ballot comments the TC receives and agrees to resolve for ODF 1.1, and prepares Approved Errata for ODF 1.1 corresponding to ISO/IEC 26300:2006/Amd.1 6) The ODF TC agrees on the following proposal for future maintenance of ODF/ISO 26300 between now and the approval of the ODF 1.2 as an ISO standard, and asks OASIS to discuss this with JTC1 prior to the submission of ODF 1.1: 6a) The ODF TC stops its work on the 2nd ODF 1.0 errata documents, which would include responses to the 2nd and 3rd defect report from JTC1/SC34, and instead includes any responses to that defect reports into the ODF 1.1 errata mentioned in 5). 6c) The ODF TC continues to invite JTC1/SC34 to any public review of ODF 1.2 as a whole or of parts of it, so that defects that are reported by JTC1/SC34 regarding ODF 1.2 may be resolved before ODF 1.2 is submitted to JTC1. 6c) The ODF TC will ask OASIS to submit ODF 1.2 to JTC immediately after its approval as an OASIS standard. 6d) Future defect reports from JTC1/SC34 will be addressed by ODF 1.2 erratas only, regardless whether these have been submitted against ODF 1.0, ODF 1.1 or ODF 1.2 (or the corresponding ISO standards). Defect reports that the ODF TC receives before the public reviews of ODF 1.2 closes and which are in the scope of the public reviews may however be resolved in ODF 1.2 itself. Suggestions are welcome. Best regards Michael -- Michael Brauer, Technical Architect Software Engineering StarOffice/OpenOffice.org Sun Microsystems GmbH Nagelsweg 55 D-20097 Hamburg, Germany michael.brauer@sun.com http://sun.com/staroffice +49 40 23646 500 http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas Schroeder, Wolfgang Engels, Wolf Frenkel Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering
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