UBL 1.0 IDD Committee Draft ballot

[jon.bosak@sun.com]

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UBL voting members,

   It is with great pleasure that I submit the UBL 1.0
   International Data Dictionary for your approval as an OASIS
   Committee Draft.

   Balloting opens at 6 p.m. San Francisco time Thursday 31 March
   2005 and closes at 6 p.m. San Francisco time 7 April 2005.
   Please log in now to the UBL TC site and click on "Ballots" to
   record your vote.  DO NOT use the UBL mailing list for voting;
   use the web site.  Note that you will need to log in using your
   OASIS password in order to vote.

BALLOT TEXT

   The question to be voted on reads as follows:

   Resolved,

   1. That the OASIS UBL TC approves the candidate draft of the
      UBL 1.0 International Data Dictionary currently located at

         http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/12086/ubldd106.xls

      as an OASIS Committee Draft.

   2. That the UBL TC chairs and secretaries are authorized to
      make such editorial and formatting changes to the approved
      document as may be required for publication as an OASIS
      Committee Draft.

   3. That the UBL TC chairs and secretaries are authorized to
      submit the approved Committee Draft to OASIS for public
      review.

   4. That the UBL TC chairs and secretaries are authorized to
      make such further editorial and formatting changes to the
      approved Committee Draft as may be necessary to
      meet the requirements of the OASIS
      process.

   5. That the editor of the IDD is authorized to attempt the
      preparation of alternative presentations of the approved CD,
      in particular an OpenOffice version and an HTML version.

VOTING REQUIRED

   Please note that participation in a CD ballot is not optional
   for voting members of the TC.  OASIS RULES REQUIRE "YES" VOTES
   FROM 2/3 OF THE ENTIRE VOTING MEMBERSHIP OF THE TC IN ORDER TO
   APPROVE A COMMITTEE DRAFT.  An abstention or a failure to vote
   may prevent passage of the resolutions on the ballot, and a
   failure to vote will count against your standing as a voting
   member of the TC.

IMPORTANT NOTE

   Please understand that we are not voting on whether to approve
   the English text of the UBL 1.0 business terms and definitions;
   those were ratified last year as part of the UBL 1.0 Standard.
   This vote is to approve the Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and
   Spanish translations prepared by our localization subcommittees
   and to release the document for general use by non-English
   speakers seeking to understand UBL 1.0 instances.

Jon Bosak
Chair, OASIS UBL TC