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Subject: Reinitialization of the XML Conformance TC
REINITIALIZING THE XML Conformance
TC
In order to ensure a sound OASIS technical committee process in accordance with the OASIS bylaws, the OASIS Board of Directors has created an Advisory Committee on Technical Committees. Consisting of the chairs of the TCs, the ACTC is empowered to create OASIS technical committees through formal appointment of members. However, the appointment of specific members with voting rights in each TC has the procedural implication that a majority of those members must be present in meetings and phone conferences for a TC to conduct formal business, and a majority of the appointed members is required for decisions made by mail vote. Thus, it is necessary to distinguish between the participants in each TC who can actually commit to attending meetings and phone conferences and members who wish only to track the progress of the TC and participate in mail discussions. For this procedural reason, only OASIS members who can actually attend meetings can be appointed voting members of a TC. Please note that this formal distinction does not change the current composition of this mail list. The primary difference is that a subset of this list will now be able to pass formal resolutions on behalf of the group in accordance with the OASIS bylaws. In order to be considered for designation as a voting member of this TC, you need to read the following description of our estimated schedule and deliverables and then decide whether to respond with a request to be formally appointed. Please have your response, if any, back to me by April 17, 2000. I will submit a list of nominees to the ACTC shortly thereafter. Mary Brady NIST, Standards and Conformance Testing mbrady@nist.gov (301) 975-4094 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: OASIS XML Conformance TECHNICAL COMMITTEE The OASIS XML Conformance Technical Committee exists to provide a forum where XML vendors, content providers, and users can discuss issues that are pertinent to XML conformance. The objective of the Technical Committee is to develop tests to improve the quality of XML processors and determine if XML implementations and/or XML instances adhere to the XML 1.0 Recommendation. Mary Brady, NIST, is chair(s) of the TC. The proposed deliverables of the TC are as follows: * Address comments against existing test suite. * Review additional contributions for inclusion in test suite. * Release final version of test suite. Over the next year, the TC is expected to meet at * XML Europe '2000, Paris, June 15, 2000 * OASIS Summer Workshop, August 2000 * XML '2000, Boston, MA, December 2000 The TC also intends to meet regularly by phone, NIST having agreed to provide phone conference services. Upon reinitialization, the TC will consist of a set of voting members and a set of non-voting observers. The voting members will be those who have been appointed by the ACTC from among persons nominating themselves in response to this call. Note that voting members must be able to promise attendance at meetings in order to meet quorum requirements. Therefore, OASIS members wishing to track and comment upon the work of the TC in the mailing list but not to attend its meetings regularly should simply remain on this mailing list but not apply for voting membership. Members of this list willing to commit to voting participation in the OASIS XML Conformance Technical Committee are hereby requested to respond to this list no later than April 17, 2000 with the following statement: I agree with the purpose of the XML Conformance TC as stated above. I understand that OASIS technical committees regularly meet in person or by phone and that participation in the XML Conformance TC will require me to attend most of its meetings. Based on the estimated meeting schedule
given above, I certify that I have the means and the interest
to
attend such meetings and that I intend to do
so. I understand that the TC cannot transact business in the absence of a quorum or take action by mail ballot without the active participation of its members and that therefore failure to attend meetings and vote in mail ballots will result in my removal from the committee. I promise to submit a letter of resignation to the chair or chairs of the committee if in the future I find myself unable to participate actively in its work. [name] [affiliation] [email address] [phone number] |
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