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Subject: [topicmaps-comment] RE: [sc34wg3] I need a map to follow the postings!
> There are quite probably some issues that need to be posted to all lists, > but when a thread starts on one list, then gets copied to a second and the > replies start coming on the second, then the third, it gets frustrating to > try to figure out who's replying to whom and about what > (particularly after > there a few <snip>s in the messages, changes of title, etc.). > > Jim Mason I think the policy should be that whatever is a subject of general interest for the topic map community should go to the general interest topic map mailing list, while the two other lists, sc34 and topicmaps-comment should be devoted, and exclusively used for, the work currently being done by the corresponding committee(s). If we do not follow that rule, then we're going to exclude most of the readers who want to be informed on what's going on about conceptual, strategic or even technical aspects of topic maps and are not actively involved in a work of such of such committee, which is why the specialized mailing lists exist. We all should make a particular effort to post to the general mailing list for things which have to do with general features, otherwise we take the risk to fragment the community. I don't think this is a good thing. Please double check before sending a mail if it's relevant to the list to which you post, i.e., if you consider that your mail is not of general interest. The problem is therefore not to cross-post, but on the contrary to hide information which might be useful for most of us. Please consider this before posting. I also suggest that those of you who have sent mail to specialized mailing lists in the past week and consider that this is of general interest forward their mail to the general interest mailing list so that everybody can be informed about the (interesting) discussions going on. If you are not sure about where it goes, please cross-post. Members of the working groups should be aware that they should post to the general interest mailing list unless they have something specific to bring to the process of one specific working group. Remember, the policy of the sc34 working group mailing list is basically to discuss the resolutions, bring input to the standard process. Everything else should not be posted to that list. I suppose the same is true for the topicmaps-comment mailing list for OASIS. Michel ========================================== Michel Biezunski, InfoLoom Tel +33 1 44 59 84 29 Cell +33 6 03 99 25 29 Email: mb@infoloom.com Web: www.infoloom.com ==========================================
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