[tc-announce] Status of Messaging spec vote

["Karl F. Best" <karl.best@oasis-open.org>]

Messaging TC:

Voting for consideration of the ebXML Messaging Committee
Specification as an OASIS Standard ended yesterday. The vote did reach
quorum, and a vast majority of votes were affirmative.

There was, however, one negative vote. (Please see
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-voting/200207/msg00003.html)
As defined by the OASIS TC Process
(http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.shtml#sec2) if there are
any negative votes the TC must decide how to handle this:

"...if negative votes amounting to less than 10 percent of the voting
membership have been cast, the negative votes and accompanying
comments, if any, shall be forwarded to the originating TC for
consideration. After notification of the results, the TC shall have 30
days to take one of the following actions by resolution: (x) request
OASIS to approve the specification as submitted despite the negative
votes, or (y) withdraw the submission entirely, or (z) submit an
amended specification, in which case the amended submission shall be
considered as if it were a new submission, except that information
regarding previous votes and any disposition of comments received in
previous votes shall accompany the amended submission."

The TC must now decide, within 30 days, which of these options to
select.

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Karl F. Best
OASIS - Director, Technical Operations
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