On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:43:39PM -0500, Paul Knight wrote:
> Hi Michael and all,
> Please see below.. >
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin <> wrote: >
>
Some questions: >
>
I think we prefer the PDF version of the spec to
>
be authoritative one and not the HTML one.
>
Can we change the citation link to point to that? >
> No, please don't... although the HTML may not be authoritative, we want the
> citation link to point to HTML for easiest retrieval. Okay. BTW in what way do we supply the files? Can chair just upload them?
> Please look at the > "front pages" which I provided in the ZIP file, and you'll see that the PDF
> format is already listed at the top under the "Specification URIs" as " > (Authoritative)". As soon as someone retrieves the HTML, they will see this,
> so they can get the PDF if desired. However, our approach is to consider that
> many busy people just want to glance at the specification, and might be
> deterred by having to retrieve a PDF of unknown length. >
> The "citation format" is intended to be included as a reference in some other
> document, so we'd like people to be inclined to look at the OASIS docs... Of
> course, if you are sending links to people, please feel free to send the PDF
> link... > >
>
I think we want to also mention the virtio-comment mailing
>
list and not just the web form as a way to submit comments.
>
Is that OK? >
> I believe the link goes to the page > ( http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/comments/index.php?wg_abbrev=virtio )
> where they can first subscribe, then they can go to the comment page. People
> can't comment until they subscribe. OASIS IPR rules require this... (imagine
> a "patent troll" submits their patented idea as a nice addition to the spec,
> then claims all kinds of damages, etc... the subscription process helps
> prevent this...) (very loooong story...)
> This is boilerplate info which we want to keep standard... > >
>
Do we need to leave stubs for things we don't have?
>
E.g.
>
This specification is related to:
>
Related speifications (list) >
>
can we just remove this until we have some related specifications? >
> Yes, please remove any unwanted/unused sections completely (other than the > "Previous version"). >
> Hope that all makes sense... >
> Best regards,
> Paul > --
> Paul Knight -
Tel: +1 781-861-1013
> OASIS - Advancing open standards for the information society
> Document Process Analyst >
