Re: [office] ODF 1.2 InterOp Demonstration

[Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg <Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM>]

Hi Rob,

thank you for bringing this to our attention. Having
Don Harbison as InterOp lead would be a good choice.

Best regards

Michael

On 04/07/10 16:47, robert_weir@us.ibm.com wrote:
> If you look at OASIS's "Policy for submitting OASIS Standards for adoption 
> by other organizations" you will see that before we can submit ODF 1.2 to 
> ISO we will first need to meet the requirements of item 1c, namely:
> 
> "The successful completion of an OASIS-organized public interoperability 
> demonstration between at least three independent implementations conducted 
> in accordance with the OASIS InterOp Demonstration Guidelines."
> 
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/liaison_policy.php#submitwork
> 
> If you further look the the InterOp Demonstration Guidelines, you see that 
> the first step is for the TC to approve an "InterOp Lead" to coordinate 
> the InterOp Demo.  The Lead essentially forms a subgroup, along with 
> "InterOp Participants" to plan the event.
> 
> To be a Participant, you must be a "Sponsor, Contributor, or Individual 
> OASIS member".  But there is also the ability to have "scenario partners" 
> which generally "represent non-commercial or not-for-profit organizations, 
> i.e., government agencies or trade groups."
> 
> http://www.oasis-open.org/who/interop_demo_policy.php
> 
> Because of the long lead time necessary to organize an international 
> physical event like this, I'd like us to get started on this now, so we 
> have no unnecessary delay once ODF 1.2 is approved by OASIS.  I've talked 
> to Don Harbison and he has volunteered to be the InterOp Lead for this 
> event, and to drive the logistics and planning.
> 
> I'll be adding an item to the agenda for our next call where we can 
> discuss and hopefully approve this.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -Rob
> 
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