Hello Michael et al,
I was reading the minutes and noticed the mention of contacting David Mason regarding ISO submission. All coordination with ISO
must be done through OASIS staff; if the TC would like to submit OpenDocument to ISO once it is approved, I will be more than happy
to have Jamie Clark work with the TC on how this can be accomplished.
Also, on the topic of conformance/adoption, it might make sense to think about two different sub-committees - one for conformance
specifics, and the other focused on adoption. In one instance you'd most likely need fairly technical individuals; in the other
you'd want more of a marketing/documentation/training focus.
Congratulations again on the spec - I'll be launching the ballot on the 16th. Let me know if I can be of any assistance in your
recruiting efforts!
Regards,
Mary
---------------------------------------------------
Mary P McRae
OASIS
Manager of TC Administration
email:
web: www.oasis-open.org
phone: 603.232.9090
cell: 603.557.7985
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lars Oppermann [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 12:12 PM
> To:
> Subject: [office] OpenDocument TC Meeting Minutes 2005-04-04
>
> MINUTES OF THE OASIS OPENDOCUMENT TC MEETING
> 2005-04-04 3PM GMT - 4PM GMT
>
...
>
> TC Discussion
> -------------
> ISO:
> Michael will contact David Mason again, to start coordinating
> for ISO submission
>
> Conformance:
> Using the OASIS model would make it impossible for
> free-software/opensource implementations to become
> conformant, since fees would have to be paid for conformance
> verification.
> The TC thinks, that conformance should be handled in the
> following way:
> - The TC defines the conformance rules
> - A SubCommittee is to be created, which refines those rules
> and enables 3rd parties to test compliance. This SC should
> also be chartered to drive general adoption of OpenDocument
> and conforming applications.
> - community driven projects (e.g. KOffice, OpenOffice.org)
> should report conformance problems with 3rd parties to the
> TC, and the TC will try to resolve those conformance problems
> with those parties.
> - All TC members should try to recruit members for such a new SC
>
>
> New action items
> ----------------
> All: recruit members for conformance/marketing TC (until 2005-04-25)
>
