RE: Timeline for XRI 2.0

["Mary McRae" <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>]

Hi Drummond,

Hopefully this will answer all of your questions; if not, feel free to email or call!

1. Does that mean the XRI TC could being officially referencing SAML 2.0 and thus take a vote on XRI 2.0 as early as March 1? Or is
there a waiting period before we can officially reference the SAML 2.0 spec (for example, before it is assigned the OASIS standard
identifier we need to reference it with)?

SAML 2.0 will be "official" as soon as the announcement is sent to members. This could happen as soon as March 1, or may be delayed
due to negative votes. The only missing piece would be a URL to the final version - it sometimes takes the TC a few days to make the
necessary modifications and get the new document(s) posted.

2) Once we approve XRI 2.0 as a Committee Draft, is there any waiting period before we can start the 30 day public review period?

The TC must vote to submit the document for a 30-day public review. Assuming that this vote takes place on the same day as the CD
vote and approval, you can submit the document to me upon completion of the minutes, or if Kavi ballot, as soon as the ballot
closes.

3) Given that a specification must be submitted by the 15th of the month, it would appear that if the XRI TC approves XRI 2.0 as a
Committee Draft in early March, and begins the public review period immediately, the earliest the TC could submit the specification
for a vote as an OASIS standard would be prior to April 15. In this case, if the application is complete, the member review period
could begin May 1, and member voting on May 15.

Perfect :-) The only hitch would be if comments were received that would result in edits to the CD.

Regards,

Mary

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-----Original Message-----
From: Drummond Reed [mailto:drummond.reed@cordance.net] 
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 8:02 PM
To: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org; 'James Bryce Clark'
Cc: xri@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Timeline for XRI 2.0

Mary, Jamie:

On the XRI Editor's subcommittee call today, I took the action item to check with you regarding the potential timeline for
submitting the XRI 2.0 specifications for voting as an OASIS standard. With IESG approval last week (after *4 years*!) of the new
URI and IRI specifications (ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3986.txt and ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3987.txt
respectively), the only other specification on which XRI 2.0 has a dependency is SAML 2.0. And with SAML 2.0 now submitted for a
vote, we can for the first time begin planning the XRI 2.0 submission timeline.

I just want to confirm the TC's understanding of the following process and ask a few clarifying questions:

1) If the SAML 2.0 specification is approved without negative votes at the end of February, it will immediately become an OASIS
standard. (We understand there is an up-to-30 day waiting period if there are negative
votes.) Does that mean the XRI TC could being officially referencing SAML 2.0 and thus take a vote on XRI 2.0 as early as March 1?
Or is there a waiting period before we can officially reference the SAML 2.0 spec (for example, before it is assigned the OASIS
standard identifier we need to reference it with)?

2) Once we approve XRI 2.0 as a Committee Draft, is there any waiting period before we can start the 30 day public review period?

3) Given that a specification must be submitted by the 15th of the month, it would appear that if the XRI TC approves XRI 2.0 as a
Committee Draft in early March, and begins the public review period immediately, the earliest the TC could submit the specification
for a vote as an OASIS standard would be prior to April 15. In this case, if the application is complete, the member review period
could begin May 1, and member voting on May 15.

Have I missed anything? Are there any other factors we haven't mentioned that we should be aware of?

Thanks for your help. We look forward very much to submitting XRI 2.0 for a vote as an OASIS standard.

=Drummond
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Drummond Reed
CTO, Cordance Corporation
Co-Chair, OASIS XRI & XDI TCs
http://public.xdi.org/=Drummond.Reed