RE: [xtm-wg] Proposal for Chris Angus to be Invited Guest to XTM Authoring Gro up

[Daniel Rivers-Moore <daniel.rivers-moore@rivcom.com>]

Michel

My reference to political considerations and time deadlines was a reference
to the US Supreme Court, which handed down a 5-4 majority decision, where
all 5 on one side were Republicans and all 4 on the other side were
Democrats. ... And one of the reasons for not counting all the votes was
lack of time.

I am fully aware of the need to produce timely deliverables, and to build an
industry, and to achieve marketing goals, and all the rest of that important
and good stuff. But we also need to meet the needs of that industry and that
market by delivering a spec that has resolved, to the best degree possible,
the technical issues that need to be addressed in order to meet the
requirements of that industry and that market.

We had committed to delivering a spec for Washington. Therefore there was
time pressure. We are now in a review period, and time pressure is less. All
I am saying is let's use the review period to review, and do that review
based on the issues, not on predetermined positions.

As I said in an earlier message, I will be presenting my view on the
outstanding issues in a message to this group as soon as I can (I'm hoping
to do this within 48 hours).

Kind regards

Daniel



-----Original Message-----
From: Michel Biezunski [mailto:mb@infoloom.com]
Sent: 13 December 2000 17:57
To: xtm-wg@egroups.com
Subject: RE: [xtm-wg] Proposal for Chris Angus to be Invited Guest to
XTM Authoring Gro up


> [daniel]
> > We must understand the issues and make decisions based on those
> > issues rather than on political considerations or time deadlines.

[Sam]

> I see meeting deadlines for deliverables as absolutely essential to
> promoting the topic map paradigm, which is our mission. Fortunately,
> the AG directed, in Dallas, that there be a set of core deliverables,
> and a deadline.
>
> The benefits for making our December deadline (well, with an
> unfortunate one-day slip) are already beginning to be visible, in terms
> of media coverage, implementations, mention by TBL, forthcoming
> publications, funding, etc. In other words, the AG is making a market,
> which is what successful specifications do. I am extremely reluctant to
> characterize these market-making benefits as "political
> considerations".
>
> So, non-delivery, or late delivery, becomes an "issue."


Sam is absolutely right. There is no point to make a priority in
"understanding the issues" rather than meeting the deadlines. If we would do
otherwise, we would end up with something that all of would be happy with --
several years from now -- and that would be considered of interest by no one
outside of our small group. Daniel, you need to come back to reality. We are
building an industry here, and we need to adjust to those rules. This has
nothing to do with an academic exercise, and since we are assembling
contributions from several people, you need to understand that there is no
way that one contribution can be entirely preserved as such in the final
document. And respecting the deadlines is the most important guideline for
ensuring success to our initiative.

Michel
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