FINAL - OpenCSA Steering Committee Minutes - 19 Oct 2007

[Graham Barber <graham_barber@uk.ibm.com>]

FINAL - OpenCSA Steering Committee Minutes - 19 October 2007 9:00 AM PDT


0. Agenda bashing and Roll

Attending:                  Graham
Barber, David Burke, Mark Little, Jeff Mischkinsky, Sanjay Patil, Michael
Rowley.
Apologies:                  Patrick
Leonard.
Absent:                  
  None.        
OASIS Staff:                None.
Identified Observers:       Mike Edwards.
Notes:                    
 Graham Barber. 
Agenda Items added:         None.

1. Minutes Approval 

- 04 October 2007:        
        - "October 5th" in title should read
"October 4th". 
        - Resolution to Approve as so amended: Passed
(Little/Rowley)- Unanimous. 

2. Open Action Item Review 

- Summary of Open Items Due: -
All Items covered by Agenda Items, so not discussed.

3. Inter TC Liaison Subcommittee

- Discussion continued on Draft
2 provided by Jeff ahead of meeting.
  
- Agreed scope should be limited to SCA TCs and extended in future only
if necessary. 
- Agreed to remove clause "back to the requester(s)".
- Various Spelling errors to correct.     
- Motion to adopt (Little). 
- Motion to Lay on the Table until new draft available: Passed (Little/Patil)
- Unanimous.

4. TC Issues raised to Steering Committee

i)  Document URL structure  (Open
Action Item #0022)

       - Steering Committee felt that proposal was still
incomplete. 
       - Action Item #0022 reassigned to Sanjay to discuss
& complete proposal with Bryan Aupperle. 

ii) NameSpace
URI Design and Dereferencing  (Open
Action Item #0023)

        - Discussion on e-mail comments from Mike Edwards
(not on mailing list). Suggested updates: 
                - Proposal A: Remove
Artifact names from examples, 
                - Proposal B: Remove
"SCA" and Artifact names from examples,
                - Proposal B: Product
Name should be optional with examples clearly spelling out when/how.
        - Motion to Adopt, as amended (Patil/Rowley)
- Unanimous. 
        - Graham to communicate to TCs.

5 (3 continued). Inter TC Liaison Subcommittee

- Motion to Take from the Table: Passed (Rowley/Burke) - Unanimous.
- "Final
Draft" from Jeff discussed.
- Grammar errors pointed out. 
- Motion to adopt as so amended: Passed (Little/Patil) - Unanimous.
- Graham to communicate to TCs and request representation.
- Steering Committee to consider representative at next teleconference.

6 (5). Involvement in OASIS Spring 2008 Symposium

- Involvement and support agreed in principle.
- Discussion on CfP: 
        - Earlier feedback from Mike Edwards supported,
        - "Demos" could be explicitly
mentioned as a potential topic, 
        - No time to complete CfP review; Jeff
will feedback request for more time to Jane Harnad.
- Agenda Item Tabled until next teleconference.

7 (6). Status of Draft Quarterly Report. 

- Jeff will provide Draft. 

8 (7). Evangelism Items 

- Inadequate time for discussion.

9 (8). SDO Charter Status

- Inadequate time for discussion.

Any Other Business? 

- None. 

Future SC Agenda Topics? 

None offered. 

Forthcoming Vacation/Absence information?

- Agenda for next meeting to be prepared by Thursday October 25th.

Confirmation of next Teleconference. 

The next regular teleconference is at 9am PDT on Friday October 26th.

Closure 

Meeting closed, 10.05am PDT. 


Respectfully Submitted,
Graham Barber, 
Secretary. 

Graham J Barber,

OASIS OpenCSA Steering Committee Secretary & Vice-Chair,
Program Director, SOA Partnerships, IBM Corporation.
      Graham_Barber@uk.ibm.com
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