RE: [wsbpel-spec-edit] FW: invitation for the WSBPEL TC to test doc mgmt system

["John Evdemon" <jevdemon@microsoft.com>]

I have not seen any requests to test out OASIS' new alpha-version doc
management system.  Karl requested we reply by COB today.  I'm planning
to tell him "thanks but no thanks" - testing out an alpha version of a
doc management system would probably be a distraction to the TC.  

Please contact me if you have any concerns regarding this decision.
Diane and I have already agreed upon this decision - we were awaiting
feedback from Satish prior to contacting Karl.

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Satish Thatte [mailto:satisht@microsoft.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 4:44 PM
> To: wsbpel-spec-edit@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [wsbpel-spec-edit] FW: invitation for the WSBPEL TC
> to test doc mgmt system
> Importance: High
> 
> OASIS is creating its own doc management system.  We would
> presumably
> want to take advantage of it when it is available.  Karl is
> inviting
> participation in an alpha test.  Does anyone have the cycles
> to try it
> out?  I unfortunately don't.  Shouldn't be a large commitment
> though -
> there is no specific commitment level demanded.
> 
> Satish
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Karl F. Best [mailto:karl.best@oasis-open.org]
> > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 11:25 AM
> > To: drj@us.ibm.com; John Evdemon
> > Cc: Jamie.clark@oasis-open.org
> > Subject: Re: invitation for the WSBPEL TC to test doc mgmt
> > system
> >
> > Diane, John:
> >
> > Could you please let me know by EOD tomorrow if your TC will
> > be able to
> > help with the alpha test of the doc mgmt system? I'll need
> to
> > get things
> > set up for you to start testing next Monday.
> >
> > thanks
> > -Karl
> >
> >
> >
> > Karl F. Best wrote:
> > > Diane, John:
> > >
> > > You're probably aware that OASIS staff has begun building
> a
> > document
> > > management system to provide our TCs with a means to
> manage
> > the
> > > documents that they produce. The current Kavi doc
> > repository, while
> > > providing some useful functionality, has serious
> limitations
> > > particularly in the areas of version control and
> persistent
> > URLs.
> > >
> > > While we're still at an alpha stage of development, we
> would
> > like to
> > > invite a small number of TCs to participate in testing.
> The
> > purpose of
> > > this alpha test is to ascertain whether SVN is indeed the
> > correct
> > > platform upon which OASIS should build its document
> > management system.
> > >
> > > We on OASIS staff would like to invite your TC to
> > participate in the
> > > alpha test because we felt that the TC
> > >
> > > * is active, and probably has multiple people editing
> > documents
> > > * has multiple, but a manageable number of, documents in
> > development
> > > * has multiple document types in development
> > > * might be willing and able to put some time into this,
> and
> > would be
> > > willing to abide by the testing rules
> > >
> > > This alpha document management system is an implementation
> > of Subversion
> > > (SVN) with a Kavi authentication layer. The current
> > implementation
> > > (April 2004) includes only the native SVN functionality.
> > This consists,
> > > basically, of checkout/in, version control, change merge
> for
> > text-based
> > > formats, and persistent URL. A users guide and additional
> > information
> > > for Subversion may be found at http://svnbook.red-
> bean.com/
> > General
> > > information about Subversion is available at
> > http://subversion.tigris.org
> > >
> > > After the alpha test, additional functionality will be
> > developed by
> > > OASIS staff to fulfill the set of requirements developed
> > with the input
> > > of the TC chairs in early 2004. Functionality such as
> > searching,
> > > granularity of permissions, a default/base directory
> > structure,
> > > additional document metadata, GUI clients for non-Windows
> > platforms,
> > > management of packages of files, and notification to TC
> > members upon
> > > file checkin all still need to be provided.
> > >
> > > Once we've completed development and rolled out the doc
> > management
> > > system each TC (and SC) will have its own SVN repository,
> > and only
> > > members of the TC or SC will have RW rights. Non-TC or SC
> > members,
> > > including other OASIS members and the public, will have
> Read
> > rights only.
> > >
> > > It must be assumed that this current SVN implementation is
> > alpha only.
> > > Critical functionality has still not yet been developed.
> In
> > addition,
> > > until we have made the final decision that SVN is the
> > platform upon
> > > which the OASIS document management system will be built,
> we
> > cannot
> > > assume that this current implementation will survive;
> > therefore the TC
> > > must continue to use the Kavi doc repository for their
> real
> > work. The TC
> > > must operate under the assumption that everything that
> they
> > put in this
> > > repository could disappear at the end of the test. (There
> is
> > no
> > > guarantee that we will use either this software platform
> or
> > this
> > > particular instantiation of the repository going forward;
> > major changes
> > > may also be made to the repositories, depending on the
> > results of the
> > > testing.)
> > >
> > > Our intent is to start four weeks of testing on 19 April;
> > comments and
> > > feedback would be returned to me for compilation.
> > >
> > > If your TC would be interested in participating please let
> > me know by
> > > mid next week.
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > -Karl
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> ==============================================================
> > ===
> > 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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