Re: Forming a Working Liaison with ISO TC37/SC5 to push XLIFF 2.0 as ISO

Subject: Re: Forming a Working Liaison with ISO TC37/SC5 to push XLIFF 2.0 as ISO standard

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Dr. David Filip <David.Filip@ul.ie> wrote:

Peter, can you please explain why you think that our TC needs to become an A-liaison member of SC5?
I have checked and XLIFF TC is not listed as any sort of liaison with TC 37, but OASIS is.

I believe that OASIS has the PAS submitter status with ISO and could submit the XLIFF 2.0 standard as a PAS, which would even mean a one month shorter approval process.

I am not saying that we should not become an A-liaison member of the SC5. I am just trying to understand up and down sides of this proposed two layer liaison.

If XLIFF TC becomes an A-liaison member of SC5, does that mean that all XLIFF TC members or perhaps all XLIFF TC voting members will become SC5 members with the right to appear on their meetings make motions etc? The only voting members are the national delegations, right?

I will ask Bryan for a 5min ISO TC37/SC5 placeholder into the agenda for Tue, and check in the meantime with Jamie, which way to go or if OASIS do not care which way we choose.

Does it sound as a plan?
Thanks dF

Dr. David Filip
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On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Dr. David Filip <David.Filip@ul.ie> wrote:

Thank you Peter, I very much appreciate your constructive approach.
Now double checking a few things, and may come back to you with some questions during today or tomorrow, but all in all I foresee that I will be able to propose a related ballot as an agenda item for the main TC on Dec 18.

Thanks again and cheers
dF

Dr. David Filip
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On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Peter Reynolds <p.reynolds@maart.pl> wrote:

Hi David, All,

OK. I will not raise tension any further. I would like this ballot to happen as soon as possible.

Proposal: The OASIS XLIFF TC requests to become an A-liaison member of ISO TC 37 SC5.

Notes to proposal:

1/ The TC liaison will be appointed in pursuant to the following rules: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/liaison_policy.php/#liaisons

2/ The convention with liaisons with ISO is that OASIS makes the request for the liaison to ISO. This is what we did with the TC 37 liaison.

3/ SC 5 of ISO TC 37 is the sub-committee which deals with translation, interpreting and related technologies. The scope of SC 5 is “Standardization in the field of translation, interpreting, as well as translation and interpreting related technology, technical writing, content management, localization, globalization, internationalization.”

4/ SC5 is the committee which would be the most suitable home for XLIFF within ISO. I have already proposed to both the XLIFF and ISO TCs that this could be done using the ISO fast track procedure during the peer review stage at OASIS. This will allow for publication of XLIFF 2.0 by ISO almost immediately after publication by OASIS.

5/ If the committee agrees I will act as liaison between the XLIFF TC and SC5. Myself and Jamie Clarke are the liaisons from OASIS and XLIFF TC to TC 37.

6/ The procedure for establishing this liaison is as follows:

6.1/ We ballot and approve the proposal above.

6.2/ We inform the OASIS leadership of this. My understanding is they already know.

6.3/ We send the following email to the secretary of SC5:

*********

Subject: Request for A-liaison with ISO/TC 37 SC 5

Dear Ms. Seitl,

The XLIFF Technical Committee at OASIS hereby requests to be assigned A-liaison status with ISO Technical Committee 37 Subcommittee 5.

The XLIFF TC is a technical committee at OASIS which deals with the development of the XLIFF standard. We are currently working on XLIFF 2.0. If the vote on liaison is accepted we plan to propose this as an ISO standard.

Our members and those using XLIFF are direct stakeholders in the standards developed within TC 37/ SC 5 and are interested in being involved in the future development of international standards for the translation and interpreting industry.

Thank you for very much your kind consideration.

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6.4/ They will then start a ballot of SC 5 members. These are national standard bodies.

6.5/ If that gets accepted we propose a liaison and I volunteer for this.

7/ I will report to the XLIFF TC through the promotions and liaison committee when there are items to be reported but at least every two months. The chair of the P&L sub committee should schedule this.

Please get back to me with any questions.

Best regards,

Peter.

From: Dr. David Filip [mailto:David.Filip@ul.ie]
Sent: Mon 2012-12-10 21:44

To: Peter Reynolds
Cc: xliff-promotion; bryan.s.schnabel@tektronix.com
Subject: Re: Forming a Working Liaison with ISO TC37/SC5 to push XLIFF 2.0 as ISO standard

Peter, it is too bad that you were not around when the ambiguous and badly worded sample liaison mandate was discussed and voted on. You are of course free to provide much better description of the SC5 liaison mandate.

I do not find your proposal simple at all. You ask that the whole TC becomes SC5 liaison member. I am afraid this is not possible as per OASIS liaison policy. AFAIK, working liaisons can be formed on the basis of individuals with double membership. OASIS has a fast track submitter status at ISO and, according to your explanation, this basically means that the SC5 review of our spec can happen at the same time as the public review of our XLIFF TC spec (once the TC decides to push the Committee Draft to Committee Spec).

Finally, if you think that P&L SC is slowing down your progress with this liaison, you are free as any other TC member to propose to Bryan a TC agenda point. I am however afraid that the TC will not be able to decide the matter of your proposal, as I find it not only ambiguous and badly worded, but totally absent.

This can of course be my issue, so please bear with me.

Could you please answer the following questions?

1) Do you want to represent XLIFF TC on ISO TC 37 SC5?

2) What will be your goal as our liaison at SC5

What will be your means and responsibilities in order to achieve that goal?

How often will you report on your progress back to the P&L SC

What support from the SC and/or TC do you need to achieve the goal

etc. Whatever seems relevant in order to effectively decide the matter in 5-10min of the TC time

As I said before, I honestly do not know what to put in front of the TC based on your communications so far, but am more than happy to discuss the matter on the SC meeting Dec 18, 5pm GMT.

Thanks for your understanding, consideration, and collaboration

dF

Dr. David Filip

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On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Peter Reynolds <p.reynolds@maart.pl> wrote:

Hi David,

I sent you a proposal in August and resent it this month.

You asked me for more information and I sent you documents which explains the scope SC 5. I can do what you ask but I do not agree that we have sent me is a good example. My proposal is quite simple. I am suggesting that the XLIFF TC requests to be a liaison member of ISO TC 37 SC5. I am afraid I find the example you give below ambiguous, badly worded and not relevant to this situation.

I would like us to move on this proposal immediately.

Best regards,

Peter.

From: Dr. David Filip [mailto:David.Filip@ul.ie]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 15:12
To: Peter Reynolds; xliff-promotion
Subject: Forming a Working Liaison with ISO TC37/SC5 to push XLIFF 2.0 as ISO standard

Dear Peter,

please find linked a sample ballot by which the TC approved a working liaison, in this case

https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/xliff/201204/msg00013.html

I'd like to draw your attention to the concise mandate (scope and responsibilities) as copy-pasted down below.

Do you think that you could draft an post to the P&L SC a similar concise mandate for the ISO TC37/SC5 by the end of 2012, so that XLIFF TC can have ballot on this liaison in early 2013?

Thanks for your understanding and collaboration

dF

Dr. David Filip

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[sample mandate start]

This is a concise mandate for the liaison (to be used in an electronic ballot if seconded)

Scope (work on and facilitation of the following):

1.     XLIFF TC providing business requirements to MultilingualWeb-LT, so that semantic match between the standards is secured early on.

2.     Optionally, representation of MultilingualWeb-LT metadata using XLIFF 1.2

1.     Having a "profile" or mutual understanding on the best practice

3.     Most importantly, both groups should strive to have native representation of MultilingualWeb-LT metadata categories in XLIFF 2.0

Responsibilities:

The liaison will report to the P&L SC, which in turn reports at least monthly to XLIFF TC.

The main duties of the liaison at MultilingualWeb-LT shall be:

1) Ensure that XLIFF TC viewpoint (localization roundtrip) is well represented during the requirements gathering.

2) Follow up on queries and issues logged by XLIFF TC and its members to ensure that they are well addressed according to W3C WG process throughout draft, test suit, till final recommendation.

3) Identify and promote opportunities for common non-normative best practice notes.

[sample mandate end]

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