RE: [rights] Clarification...

[Carlisle Adams <carlisle.adams@entrust.com>]

Title: RE: [rights] Clarification...

Hi Hari,

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From:   Reddy, Hari[SMTP:Hari.Reddy@CONTENTGUARD.COM]
Sent:   Wednesday, June 12, 2002 1:20 PM
To:     Carlisle Adams; 'Brad.Gandee@CONTENTGUARD.COM'; 'hal.lockhart@entegrity.com'
Cc:     'rights@lists.oasis-open.org'
Subject:        RE: [rights] Clarification...

This is directly from Karl Best's (OASIS Director) email (4/4/02) explaining the JC:

" A Joint Committee (JC) at OASIS is a committee created for the purpose
of coordinating work between multiple TCs. You can read about JCs in
section 1(o) of the TC Process. We already have a JC for ebXML, which
has been pretty successful in providing a forum where the chairs of each
of these TCs discuss common issues, set up liaisons, coordinate
technical discussions, etc. "  

 
Right.  Notice the phrases "coordinating work" and "coordinate technical discussions".  There is no coordination if every member TC just does whatever it feels like doing.  Simply passing information around about what each TC is doing is a liaison activity, but not a coordinating activity.  The Security JC is intended to do both information sharing ("discuss common issues, set up liaisons") and coordination ("coordinate technical discussion, coordinate work between multiple TCs").  I don't understand the confusion about this.

Carlisle.