Respond by 5-13 Revised Policy Statement on Implementation of ECF TC specifications

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Subject: Respond by 5-13 Revised Policy Statement on Implementation of ECF TC specifications




From: "John Greacen" <>
To: "'Electronic Court Filing Technical Committeee'" <>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 14:50:13 -0600














Below is a revised statement, based on suggestions made
during our conference call this afternoon.  Please provide comments and
suggestions no later than close of business May 13,
 2003.  I propose that when we get this statement in a form
acceptable to the Technical Committee, we provide it to the Legal XML Member
Section Steering Committee and to the co-chairs of the COSCA/NACM Joint
Technology Committee for their comments before publishing it.

 

Implementation Policy Statement

 

The specifications developed by this Technical Committee,
and approved as “proposed standards” by the COSCA/NACM Joint
Technology Committee, have not yet been recommended for approval as
“recommended standards” by COSCA and NACM or OASIS because they are
still undergoing interoperability testing.  The Technical Committee
expects that implementers will make significant modifications and extensions to
these specifications as they test them in specific operational settings.  

 

A number of courts have included in their procurement documents
requirements that an electronic filing application “comply” with
the technical specifications approved by this Technical Committee or by the
COSCA/NACM Joint Technology Committee.  Application vendors do not know
how to respond to such requirements.

 

The Technical Committee hereby authorizes application
providers to represent that their products “follow” one of more of this
Technical Committee’s specifications if all of the following statements
are true:

 

1)       the
application in question uses XML substantially in accordance with the structure
and content of the Electronic Court Filing 1.O, Electronic Court Filing 1.1,
Court Document 1.1, or Query & Response specification; and

2)      all
extensions are made in the manner called for by the specification; and

3)   the
application provider has provided to the OASIS Legal XML Member Section
Electronic Court Filing Technical Committee an “implementation report”
describing all modifications and extensions to the TC’s proposed
specification, together with a narrative statement of the reasons for making
those modifications and extensions.   

 

The OASIS Legal XML Member Section Electronic Court Filing Technical
Committee will publish all “implementation reports” along with the
proposed specifications on the OASIS website for the benefit of all users of
these specifications and for the purpose of furthering our own understanding of
the operational requirements for future versions of the specifications.

 

An application provider’s assertion should be in the form,
“[company or court] asserts that [name of product] follows the OASIS
Legal XML Member Section Electronic Court Filing Technical Committee [name of
specification] as defined in the Technical Committee’s “Implementation
Policy Statement” of [date], subject to the limitations set forth in that
policy statement.”

 

Courts and other entities using products about which such
assertions are made should understand:

 

-                     
that the OASIS Legal XML Member Section Electronic
Court Filing Technical Committee specifications have been approved as “proposed
standards” for the purpose of comment and experimental implementation;
their efficacy has not yet been demonstrated through complete interoperability
testing; they will undoubtedly be refined and expanded beyond their current
content before they are suitable for “recommended standard” status;

-                     
that the assertion that an application “follows”
a Technical Committee specification is a statement by an application provider; such
statements are not reviewed or verified by OASIS, the Legal XML Member Section,
or its Electronic Court Filing Technical Committee; none of the foregoing make
any representations concerning the accuracy of such assertions, nor any
representations that implementations that in fact “follow” the
current specifications will successfully interoperate;

-                     
that the assertion that an application vendor has provided
an “implementation report” to the Electronic Court Filing Technical
Committee can be verified by anyone to whom the assertion is made by searching
for the report on the OASIS website; and

-                     
that “implementation reports” filed by
application providers also represent assertions by the providers; neither
OASIS, the Legal XML Member Section, nor its Electronic Court Filing Technical
Committee independently verify that the modifications and extensions reported
are in fact contained in the application or that they are the only
modifications or extensions contained in it.  

 

 

John M. Greacen

Greacen Associates, LLC

HCR 78, Box 23

Regina, New Mexico 87046

505-289-2164

505-780-1450 (cell)

 











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