[legalxml-odr] Minutes of Kick-Off Meeting

The is a near final draft 
of the minutes of the kick-off meeting of the Legal XML OdrXML Technical 
Committee. The text appears below. 

 

Meeting 
Plans

 

Reminder: There is no 
formal meeting scheduled during the ABA Mid Year meeting in Seattle. Based on a 
discussion and a poll we felt more people would be at the ABA Dispute 
Resolution Section in San Antonio March 20-22.. 

 

Notes on the 
minutes:

A first cut draft 
was circulated to the attendees we recorded. There is also a list of 
individual who express an interest in attending or keeping up with the work of 
the Technical Committee. These names are combined at the end into 
a TC Roster with eMails.  If anyone else was in attendance or wishes to be 
added to the roster, pls send a private note   Let us know if you are a 
member of OASIS.

 

Thanks to everyone who 
attended and all those who resounded to the RSVP and polls. We will cross 
post this to other ADR lists next week. Please send any comments or addition to 
the roster for the final draft by close of business Monday, February 
10.

 

All the 
best,

 

Jim Keane + Debi 
Miller-Moore, Co-Chairs

Daniel Greenwood, 
Vice-Chair.

OdrXML Technical 
Committee

Legal XML/ 
OASIS

 
LegalXML/ OASIS
OdrXML Technical Committee
Minutes of Initial Teleconference
5 December 2002

 

The OdrXML Technical 
Committee held its first conference call on December 5, 2002 from 5:00 to 6:30 
EST using web conferencing software to the review the charter during the 
call.  After introductions, (see, 
attendee list below) the group reviewed and affirmed the goals set forth in the 
charter.  

A key and recurring point of 
discussion was about keeping an even balance between ODR for eCommerce and 
traditional ADR that is in transition to web services. 

Glossary:  We discussed and agreed to utilize the 
term "Neutrals" to categorize arbitrators, mediators and other ADR providers 
generally.  

Statement of Work

1) Identify 
Stakeholders: There was consensus that the first order of business is to 
identify stakeholders in the development of OdrXML standards.  The stakeholders should include neutrals 
and neutral organizations, ODR providers, and referring entities such as courts 
or corporations that might utilize ODR providers and would also wish to monitor 
progress and closure of referred matters

2) Functional 
Requirements: The next task discussed was development of high level, 
functional requirements for the different phases and aspects of online dispute 
activity.  We discussed building on 
the work of eContracts, Court Filing, ebML and other standards already adopted 
by OASIS and related organizations. 

3) Technical 
Specifications: The group discussed using the ODR schema developed by the EU 
Joint Research Centre.  The general 
conclusion was that this may have been developed independently of other 
standards activities, particularly the work of LegalXML, and that we needed see 
if the concepts, data model and data dictionary can be harmonized with other 
work.  

There was general 
approval of utilizing the data dictionary, object repository and data model 
developed by the Integrated Justice Technical Committee developed at Georgia 
Technical Research Institute.  We 
need to determine how much can used and to what extent we need to supplement 
this work with specialized tags, roles and attributes unique to ODR, as well as 
work process elements such as BPML (Business Process XML) under development by 
Computer Sciences Corporation, as noted in a pre-meeting eMail by Debi 
Miller-Moore, Co-Chair.   

4) Gather 
Resources: The final undertaking was to collect links, citations and 
resources about ODR on the TC's web site.  
OASIS is in the process of switching it web site management and document 
repository to new vendors.  We 
agreed nevertheless to conduct and eMail exchange to identify resources, 
criteria and a process to collect them.  

To wrap up this 
discussion, we also agreed to use the eMail list to identify stakeholders, 
develop functional requirements, discuss data models, compare existing standards 
to OdrXML needs, and gather resource material and links for the Technical 
Committee group page on OASIS.

Future Meetings 

The group reviewed 
potential meetings of OdrXML during the ABA Mid Year Meeting in Seattle during 
February 2003 and at the Annual meeting in San Francisco in August.  It was noted that the Dispute Resolution 
Section is holding a multi-day educational conference with ODR seminars at their 
conference in San Antonio from March 20-22.  The specific ODR courses are noted at 
the end of these minutes. http://www.abanet.org/dispute/conference/brochure.pdf  [In subsequent discussions and a poll we 
concluded the DR section meeting in March was a more promising forum for a face 
to face meeting.]

Ethan Katsch also 
proposed consideration of the UN ODR Forum on June 30, 2003 in Geneva, which might be an 
excellent forum to have a dialogue with OdrXML folks from around the world.  http://www.unece.org/press/pr2002/02opa09e.htm 
(Notice of 2002 meeting)

Respectfully 
Submitted

Jim Keane + Debi 
Moore

Co-Chairs, OdrXML Technical 
Committee

Legal XML / 
OASIS

 

Attendees 

(Based in part on  RSVP List)

Don 
Bergeron - Lexis-Nexis) Chair , LegalXML Steering Committee) 
David 
Baron - Web Mediate  - 
Rolly 
Chambers, Smith Curry (Charlotte) 
Scott 
Donahey - 
Mark 
Eckstein,  SquareTrade - 
Dana 
Haviland - Online Dispute Resolution - 
Ethan 
Katsch - Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution, University of 
Massachusetts - 
Jane 
Juliano - JAMS -  
Jim 
Keane - JKeane.Pro  
Lawrence 
Leff - Western Illinois University, Dept of Computer Science  of 
John 
Messing , Law-on-Line, 
Paul 
Nicolai - 
Colin 
Rule AAB Associates - 
Hon. 
Alice D. Sullivan (Ret.) Private Judge, Inc. 
Note on Attendance

We held the meeting via a web 
conference and teleconference.  We 
reserved a bridge based on the number of RSVP's.  Gratefully, we had more last minute 
attendees. Bad news, we had limited telecon seats and several of our key players 
were not able to attend so I was a bit overwhelmed with running the meeting, 
setting up the web conference, fielding last minute eMail and taking roll.  All this caused confusion about who was 
there.  If we left you off the 
attendeed list or the list of people who wanted to attend, please send a private 
eMail to  to correct this. 

Credits

INet Legal Network, a 
provider of online seminars for Continuing Legal Education provided the WebEx 
software facilities.  

On RSVP list but Unable to 
Attend
Hon. Arthur M. Ahalt (Ret), Virtual Courthouse - 
Ben Davis - Professor - Texas Wesleyan Law School 
Dan Greenwood - MIT 
Atul Grover - Verizon -   

Jeffrey Joel - Law Student - Univesity of Indiana - 
Dr. Lawrence Leff, Western Ill University - 
Anne McNaughton - 
Debi Miller Moore - AAA -  (OdrXML 
Co-chair - stranded in snow storm at airport)
Anita Ramastasy, University of Washington  - 
Dana 
Tait, 
James Macpherson, National Mediation - 
OdrXML Technical Committee 
Roster
As of 
2/7/2003 
* Member of OASIS, entitle to Vote; others will have observer 
status
1.      
* Hon. Arthur M. Ahalt (Ret), Virtual Courthouse - 
2.      
David Baron - Web Mediate  
- 
3.      
* Donald Bergeron - Lexis-Nexis - (Chair, LegalXML Steering 
Committee) 
4.      
* Rolly Chambers, Smith Curry (Charlotte)  -  

5.      
Tony Cardona - 
6.      
Ben Davis - Professor - Texas Wesleyan Law School -  
7.      
Scott Donahey - Tomlinson Zisko LLP - 
8.      
Mark Eckstein,  
SquareTrade - 
9.      
* Dan Greenwood - MIT  - (OdrXML 
Vice-Chair)
10.  Atul 
Grover - Verizon -   

11.  
Dana Haviland - Online Dispute Resolution - 
12.  Ethan 
Katsch - Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution, University of 
Massachusetts - 
13.  
Jane Juliano - JAMS - 
14.  
Jeffrey Joel - Law Student - Univesity of Indiana - 
15.  
* Jim Keane - JKeane.Pro  
 (OdrXML Co-Chair)
16.  Matthews, 
Joseph ??
17.  
* John Messing , Law-on-Line, 
18.  * 
Dr. Lawrence Leff, Western Ill University -  
19.  
Anne McNaughton - 
20.  
* Debi Miller Moore - AAA -  (OdrXML 
Co-Chair)
21.  Timothy 
J. Mordaunt, Attorney-Mediator - 
22.  Paul 
Nicolai - 
23.  
* Eddie O'Brien, Ringtail Systems 
24.  
Anita Ramastasy, University of Washington  - 
25.  Colin 
Rule AAB Associates - 
26.  Hon. Alice D. Sullivan (Ret.) Private Judge, Inc. 
27.  
Dana 
Tait, 
 
ABA DR Conference - Courses on 
ODR
-          
http://www.abanet.org/dispute/conference/brochure.pdf
Dispute Resolution Section

San 
Antonio, TX 

March 
20 - March 22, 2003

Friday 
March 21 
10:15 - 
11:45 Online Mediation: On Track or Out of 
Touch?

Gilbert Escudero, Irving, 
TX

Dave Renfro, Irving, 
TX

Kevin Buffington, Washington, 
DC

Bill McKee, Denton, TX

2:00 - 
3:30 
C4. 
Web-Empowered Partnering: Using Web-Based Communication Systems for Conflict 
Management, Dispute Avoidance, and Early Resolution of Construction 
Disputes

John Farnan, Pittsburgh, 
PA

Gerald S. Clay, Honolulu, 
HI

 

C15.  ADR in a High 
Tech World

Peter Michaelson, Red Bank, 
NJ

Sandra Franklin, Troy, 
MI

James Carmody, Houston, TX

D15. 
International Competition for Online Dispute 
Resolution:

Connecting Law Students 
Worldwide

David Larson, St. Paul, 
MN

Benjamin G. Davis, Fort Worth, TX

Ethan Katsh, Amherst, 
MA

Alan Gaitenby, Amherst, 
MA

Franklin G. Snyder, Fort Worth, 
TX

Ayesha Hassan, Paris, France

 

James I. Keane 

JKeane.Law.Pro

20 Esworthy Terrace 

North Potomac MD 20878

301-948-4062 F: 301-947-1176 

www.jkeane.com