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Subject: Re: [ubl-csc] chnages in OASIS TC operation
Anne Hendry wrote: > Hi, > > Sending the input only to the chairs certainly does close the process, > unless the chairs want to be in the position of being mail forwarders. > Seems like it could create a bit of a bottleneck, but must be what > Karl is expecting - that the chairs will forward to the appropriate > non-comment list. > > Just FYI, we actually did ask Karl for this forms functionalialty > ('we' meaning myself and others in the UBL TC) as a way to better > manage the incoming comments for UBL .70. But this was because we > weren't following the TC process at that point (and didn't want to). > It could be, though, that he's simply responding to that request > for better tools, without considering the impact of the part about > who the input goes to. What's strange is that when we asked > originally about a forms-based interface for comment submission > way back then, he did mention that our requested would not be > following OASIS process since OASIS required that all input be > sent to the comment alias. Perhaps he's changed his mind on that. No, he's changed the process ;) > > This is also seems antithetical to the work he is doing to replace > parts of Kavi with a more 'open' system, though. I wonder if he's > thought through the ramifications of this change if the form input > doesn't go back out to the list. It would be a simple change to > make to have that happen. I don't see any drawbacks (and lots of > pluses) if that was the way it was implemented (input via form, > output to comment alias). I've sent him mail today requesting precisely that. > > I also didn't realize the comments alias was not for discussion. No one other than Karl has ;) > > -Anne > > Tim McGrath wrote: > >> there is a new section in the revised OASIS charter that states: >> >>> The TCs public comment list is replaced with a means to collect >>> public comments, which will be a web form. (This is to prevent the >>> comment list from being used as a discussion list.) Comments >>> collected by the web form will go to the chairs. I'm having the web >>> forms built now and will announce to the comment lists when this >>> change will take place. >> >> >> >> >> i take this to mean that the ubl-comment list will disappear. i >> understand OASIS's motivation here but it does in effect 'close' the >> process. >> > > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from the roster of > the OASIS TC), go to > http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/ubl-csc/members/leave_workgroup.php. > > -- Eduardo Gutentag | e-mail: eduardo.gutentag@Sun.COM Web Technologies and Standards | Phone: +1 510 550 4616 x31442 Sun Microsystems Inc. | W3C AC Rep / OASIS BoD
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