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Subject: RE: [ebxml-jc] Some new issues.
I would be happy to see discussions and recommendations(!) on these issues. </karl> ================================================================= Karl F. Best OASIS - Director, Technical Operations 978.667.5115 x206 karl.best@oasis-open.org http://www.oasis-open.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Dale Moberg [mailto:dmoberg@cyclonecommerce.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 12:10 PM > To: Karl F. Best; ebxml-jc@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: [ebxml-jc] Some new issues. > > > > I would like to add new issues to the > working agenda: > > 1. The current TC approval process for > specifications is extremely brittle with > respect to the smallest editorial corrections. > Even the slightest change-- adding a comma-- > apparently requires a new version, a > new vote, a new request to Oasis for > re-submission, and a 3 month delay. > Might there not be an incremental > amendment process for errata in > specifications that avoids the > incredible overhead and delay of the > current process? Even a process to > issue an errata sheet that did not > overturn the existing votes would > be better than what we have, IMO. > > 2. Oasis needs to identify how to > register and maintain the enumerated > constants, with pivotal fixed semantic > values, that occur in its specifications. > OSI/ISO/ITU had its OID system. Apparently > Oasis has a URN system. That is fine, but > the process whereby specifications can > make use of this URN system is unclear. > While this seems a small clerical matter, > and it is, these little details can be crucial > for actually having specifications that can > be used interoperably. It is especially > pivotal because it is a focal point for > the growing tension between extensibility and interoperability > and currently has no method for resolution or release. > We need a standards body acupuncture treatment > in the next few weeks IMO. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl> >
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