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Subject: [ubl-csc] Kavi fwd 2003.03.13c
Still trying to catch up with all this. Jon ================================================================== Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:47:33 -0500 From: Karl Best <karl.best@oasis-open.org> Subject: [chairs] delayed launch To: chairs@lists.oasis-open.org Cc: Scott McGrath <scott.mcgrath@oasis-open.org>, Jeff Lomas <jeff.lomas@oasis-open.org> TC Chairs: We've run into some server problems (a database outage last night) that, while now fixed, make us want to watch the server over the weekend before we launch. We're looking at Monday morning ET for this. At the time of launch we'll be sending a note to all members asking them to get their passwords; that's the signal that the mail lists are running as part of the member database, the new public pages are accessible, and the new TC functionality is live. So you've all now got a couple extra days to get your member rosters updated. :-) -Karl ================================================================= Karl F. Best Vice President, OASIS office +1 978.667.5115 x206 mobile +1 978.761.1648 karl.best@oasis-open.org http://www.oasis-open.org ================================================================== Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:50:20 -0800 From: James Bryce Clark <jamie.clark@oasis-open.org> Subject: [chairs] Member interface launch 17 March; needs attention; future plans To: chairs@lists.oasis-open.org Per Karl's message, we are completing the initialization of the OASIS member interface and its back-end database, and plan to launch officially on Monday. As discussed on this list -- at some length -- when we flip the switch, the definitive membership database also will control access to OASIS mailing lists. A fair number of TC chairs have not yet signed in to review their TC membership lists. The critical path for implementation requires each chair to confirm the voting/observer status of each TC participant. The system also allows a properly-designated TC secretary (might be a subordinate officer, vice-chair, etc.) to do this *for* you. In the short run, failure to do so will result in legitimate members being locked out from posting temporarily. This would be disappointing and perhaps disruptive to ongoing substantive work. We ask each of you to make it a first priority to enter your voting member designations. I will contact you to follow up on the status of your TC's membership roster next week. Please note that we will launch the DB and access system with its basic set of capabilities, as described in our announcements and training sessions. As also discussed -- a lot -- there may be functions that have less granularity than some might like. Adoption of the interface software, like our work on shared document naming rules, necessarily does constrain some of our activities into taxonomies and normative locations. There will be initial mapping issues, and we are sensitive to persistent URI needs. Still, we view this as a positive and necessary step towards greater transparency to our members and to the target users of OASIS deliverables. Effective, scalable access to our rapidly-growing body of work always has been a core OASIS goal. As we get bigger and more diverse, it becomes more complex and even more strategically important to do it well. We are receiving helpful comments and suggestions on this [chairs] list, and off-sides. We anticipate a second stage of tweaks and possible extensions within a few months of the initial launch date. As previously announced, in order to preserve backward compatibility, we will co-locate most pre-launch work product at its prior location as well as a new DB-managed location during this interim period. During that time our community will explore and discuss persistent aliasing or cross-referencing approaches. This is the kind of challenge we should enjoy having. It results from our collective body of work being sufficiently large, dense and archival to need careful planning. Obviously, we need and welcome your continued feedback. Our task is to maintain and refine good practices and procedures that work both for 50+ existing TCs, and for the many others who come to us and evaluate our capabilities as a productive, open, fair, functional and effective platform for their standards work. Best regards Jamie Clark OASIS Open +1 978 667 5115 x 203 ---------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl>
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