Building Sub-Groups -- Your Input Required

Hi,

On the last call we decided to form
small maybe 2-3 person subgroups to "own" different elements
of the specification going forward. 

The idea is that each sub-group would
do a deep-dive on a proposed element of the specification in the IBM paper
(e.g., CAS, Type-System, Abstract interfaces etc.). 

The initial task would be to critique
the section, identify issues and make recommendations on how to take it
forward to a final form. The TC as a whole would vote on the sub-groups'
recommendations and action plans. The sub-groups would then take on the
task to implement the agreed-upon action plan.

Sub-groups will have leads whose responsibility
it will be to share evolving comments/questions/issues as part of an email
discussion with the whole TC. This is a critical component of the plan
since the biweekly meeting will NOT suffice if everyone had to come up
to speed on  recommendations during the calls. 

Please read the following sections in
the paper (if you have not already) and send me your preferences for leading
and/or joining 2 or more of the following areas. I think it is important
to have non-IBM participation on all of these. Please also note that some
of these sections are more straightforward than others and I imagine will
take less time/effort. 

1. CAS Specification

2. Type-system Language

3. Type-System Base Model

4. Behavioral Meta-Data Specification
(challenging issues here)

5. Processing Element Meta-data specification

6. Abstract Interfaces

7. WSDL Service Descriptions

8. Aggregate Analytic Descriptor Specification

9. SOAP Bindings

10. Java Bindings (proposed as an appendix
by TC but not in original paper)

(PLEASE RESPOND BY MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK
-- Thanks.)

Discussion Topics (or what may be considered
open issues) are discussed in section 7 of the paper. These may turn into
core specifications, or may more likely lead to recommendations rather
than core specifications. This section has a number of sub-sections.They
will require different treatment, any thoughts? 

We can decide on an approach for these
at the next call.

Thanks,

        Dave

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David A. Ferrucci, PhD

Senior Manager, Semantic Analysis & Integration 

Chief Architect,  UIMA

IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

19 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532

Tel: 914-784-7847, 8/863-7847



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