Fwd: [chairs] RE: [members] OASIS member review of proposed revisionof TC Process

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From: Matthew MacKenzie <>

Date: October 14, 2004 12:43:34 PM EDT

To: Eduardo Gutentag <>

Cc: , Rex Brooks <>, Norman Walsh <>

Subject: Re: [chairs] RE: [members] OASIS member review of proposed revision of TC Process

On Oct 14, 2004, at 12:14 PM, Eduardo Gutentag wrote:

To deposit spec drafts in a

cvs repository outside of OASIS and only from time to time bring in milestones,

depriving people outside of the TC (that is, people who may not know of the

existence of the repository) the ability to trace the evolution of a spec,

would also threaten the openness and accountability of the process.

I think OASIS needs to balance openness with usability.  My TC (ebxml-msg) uses a subversion repository on my personal server for collaboration on our docbook-based specification.  There is a link in Kavi to a web interface to this repository.

If OASIS wants to prohibit me from doing this, it had better provide me with a subversion, CVS or perforce repository to work with.  Kavi is not a good development tool.  I'm more than happy to use OASIS tools if they meet my needs.

-Matt