As one of those who has not had the bandwidth to devote much time to the
work of these TCs, I would concur with Patrick's suggestions. Rather than
let the fruits of a great deal of effort die on the vine, that work should
be completed and distributed.
I would be in favor finishing the GeoLang PSI set, whether within the
GeoLang TC or within the PubSubj TC. In either case I think the PubSubj TC
is a reasonable owner for the finished product. PubSubj could also publish
the criteria for the creation of new PSI sets that could be stored under the
OASIS umbrella. I would also be in favor of transferring any open work
items from XMLVoc to PubSubj and dissolving XMLVoc.
I can be available for a conference call on Oct 29, depending on the time.
Hope to see many of you at XML 2004!
Eric
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Durusau [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:30 AM
> To: OASIS XMLvoc TC (E-Mail); tm-pubsubj; geolang
> Subject: [geolang] Plan for Progress in the TCs
>
>
> Greetings!
>
> Well, we are making good progress in ISO on topic maps but I think we
> would all agree that progress in the OASIS TCs has fallen on
> hard times.
>
> I have asked the OASIS office for suggestions and/or guidance and the
> following was their best suggestion (under current OASIS rules):
>
> Since the memberships of the three TCs, Published Subjects,
> GeoLang and
> XMLVoc, are almost identical, it appears we have may spread ourselves
> too thin. Does not mean that the work of those TCs should not
> continue,
> but since both GeoLang and XMLVoc depend upon Published
> Subjects, should
> they be separate TCs?
>
> The suggested course of action was to hold teleconferences
> (can all be
> on one call if the memberships in fact identical) to do the following:
>
> 1. Dissolve the GeoLang TC in favor of continuing work in PubSubj.
>
> 2. Dissolve the XMLVoc TC in favor of continuing work in PubSubj.
>
> 3. Decide in PubSubj whether to create subcommittees at this point to
> continue the work of GeoLang and XMLVoc. (Could always be created, as
> well as any other subcommittees at some later point.)
>
> 4. Discuss in PubSubj how to update the charter in terms of new
> deliverables and what we would like to do for XML 2004.
>
> As the presentations over the last several XML conferences
> demonstrates,
> interest in topic maps is on the upswing and I think we would
> all agree
> that published subjects are one of the obvious 'first
> contact' areas for
> other technologies with topic maps.
>
> I think we have a very good opportunity to attract new members to our
> OASIS effort, which will greatly ease the burden on the core group of
> members who have been involved in this effort.
>
> The SBL would be willing to sponsor the conference calls, and may I
> suggest that we say the 29th of October as a likely date?
>
> Thoughts/comments?
>
> Hope everyone is having a great day!
>
> Patrick
>
> --
> Patrick Durusau
> Director of Research and Development
> Society of Biblical Literature
>
> Chair, V1 - Text Processing: Office and Publishing Systems Interface
> Co-Editor, ISO 13250, Topic Maps -- Reference Model
>
> Topic Maps: Human, not artificial, intelligence at work!
>
>
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