Re: [soa-rm] Newer TC members please respond

[Frank McCabe <frank.mccabe@us.fujitsu.com>]

Duane:
  I know I'm not a new member, but ...
  one thing I found especially useful in the XML world is Tim Bray's  
annotated XML specification (http://www.xml.com/axml/testaxml.htm). A  
lot of work; but very useful for someone coming to XML from the cold.
Frank

On Sep 28, 2005, at 12:19 PM, Duane Nickull wrote:


> I have given some thoughts to the exchange earlier today about a new
> members responsibility to get up to speed before making suggestions.
> Given some of the statistics involved, it may be problematic.
>
> SOA RM TC is now at 139 members and observers (we are now bigger than
> UBL).
> We have 120 documents
> There are over 3000 emails in our archives.
>
> Given these numbers, it is probably not an easy task to get up to  
> speed.
> While new members do have a responsibility to do so, I also want to  
> urge
> the other TC members to recognize that this is an immense task for any
> individual.
>
> New Members may want some form of orientation.  I would welcome any
> comments from new members on what they would like to see as a sort of
> SOA RM boot camp.
>
> Duane Nickull
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