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Subject: Re: [office] Proposed TC Meeting Agenda Items
On Jan 16, 2006, at 11:22 AM, robert_weir@us.ibm.com wrote: > I'd like to suggest two agenda item for us to queue up for discussion > at a future TC call. > > 1) Proposal to create additional Subcommittees > > With the increased TC size (now 16 voting members) we should probably > be more protective of how we use our time during the weekly TC call. > Personally, I'm not sure that we have sufficient time during these > calls to examine technical issues related to metadata, etc., to the > depth these areas rightfully deserve. Agreed. > I'd propose that we think of the TC call as primarily a meeting to > propose and coordinate direction, and to review technical proposals. > But we should make more use of Subcommittees to develop debate > specification areas to the point where the consensus of subject matter > experts has been reached. Then have these Subcommittees report back > their recommendations to the full TC for review. Also agreed. > We're doing this with Accessibility today. I think Metadata and > Spreadsheet Formulas would be two other obvious candidates for such an > approach. I'm ready to get to work on a full metadata proposal, so however we do that, I'm on board. I'd rather just do the full proposal and bring it to the committee than debate it piecemeal. I can only guess the spreadsheet formula people would feel the same. > A strawman proposal: > > a) Accessibility Subcommittee completes its examination of ODF 1.0 and > reports out findings and recommendations > b) TC issues ODF 1.01 specification with errata and Accessibility > corrections, but no other new capabilities. In other words, we agree > to "fast track" any accessibility requirements. > c) Subcommittee formed to develop and propose further support for > Metadata and Spreadsheet Formulas. > d) ODF 1.1 draft released with enhanced metadata, spreadsheet > formulas, and whatever other new features the TC may propose > e) Compliance Subcommittee formed to propose ways to define compliance > and recommend and perhaps develop a means to verify compliance of > ODF-supporting applications Looks good to me. I'd just add for the record that d ought to include the new citation coding approved late-2004. Bruce
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