[ubl-csc] Kavi fwd 2003.03.13c

[Jon Bosak <Jon.Bosak@sun.com>]

Still trying to catch up with all this.

Jon

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Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:47:33 -0500
From: Karl Best <karl.best@oasis-open.org>
Subject: [chairs] delayed launch
To: chairs@lists.oasis-open.org
Cc: Scott McGrath <scott.mcgrath@oasis-open.org>,
   Jeff Lomas <jeff.lomas@oasis-open.org>

TC Chairs:

We've run into some server problems (a database outage last night) that, 
while now fixed, make us want to watch the server over the weekend 
before we launch.

We're looking at Monday morning ET for this. At the time of launch we'll 
be sending a note to all members asking them to get their passwords; 
that's the signal that the mail lists are running as part of the member 
database, the new public pages are accessible, and the new TC 
functionality is live.

So you've all now got a couple extra days to get your member rosters 
updated. :-)

-Karl

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Karl F. Best
Vice President, OASIS
office  +1 978.667.5115 x206     mobile +1 978.761.1648
karl.best@oasis-open.org      http://www.oasis-open.org

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Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:50:20 -0800
From: James Bryce Clark <jamie.clark@oasis-open.org>
Subject: [chairs] Member interface launch 17 March;  needs attention;  future
 plans
To: chairs@lists.oasis-open.org

     Per Karl's message, we are completing the initialization of the OASIS 
member interface and its back-end database, and plan to launch officially 
on Monday.
     As discussed on this list -- at some length -- when we flip the 
switch, the definitive membership database also will control access to 
OASIS mailing lists.  A fair number of TC chairs have not yet signed in to 
review their TC membership lists.  The critical path for implementation 
requires each chair to confirm the voting/observer status of each TC 
participant.  The system also allows a properly-designated TC secretary 
(might be a subordinate officer, vice-chair, etc.)  to do this *for* you.
     In the short run, failure to do so will result in legitimate members 
being locked out from posting temporarily.  This would be disappointing and 
perhaps disruptive to ongoing substantive work.  We ask each of you to make 
it a first priority to enter your voting member designations.  I will 
contact you to follow up on the status of your TC's membership roster next 
week.
     Please note that we will launch the DB and access system with its 
basic set of capabilities, as described in our announcements and training 
sessions.   As also discussed -- a lot -- there may be functions that have 
less granularity than some might like.
     Adoption of the interface software, like our work on shared document 
naming rules, necessarily does constrain some of our activities into 
taxonomies and normative locations.  There will be initial mapping issues, 
and we are sensitive to persistent URI needs.  Still, we view this as a 
positive and necessary step towards greater  transparency to our members 
and to the target users of OASIS deliverables.  Effective, scalable access 
to our rapidly-growing body of work always has been a core OASIS goal.  As 
we get bigger and more diverse, it becomes more complex and even more 
strategically important to do it well.
     We are receiving helpful comments and suggestions on this [chairs] 
list, and off-sides.  We anticipate a second stage of tweaks and possible 
extensions within a few months of the initial launch date.  As previously 
announced, in order to preserve backward compatibility, we will co-locate 
most pre-launch work product at its prior location as well as a new 
DB-managed location during this interim period.  During that time our 
community will explore and discuss persistent aliasing or cross-referencing 
approaches.  This is the kind of challenge we should enjoy having.  It 
results from our collective body of work being sufficiently large, dense 
and archival to need careful planning.
     Obviously, we need and welcome your continued feedback.  Our task is 
to maintain and refine good practices and procedures that work both for 50+ 
existing TCs, and for the many others who come to us and evaluate our 
capabilities as a productive, open, fair, functional and effective platform 
for their standards work.

Best regards
Jamie Clark
OASIS Open
+1 978 667 5115 x 203

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