Meeting Minutes : 2001-10-30 conference call
Meeting Secretary: Suellen Stringer-Hye - Review and Publication: Bernard Vatant
Release: 2001, November 2.

Attending members:
Bernard Vatant, James David Mason, Ted Cooper, Eamonn Neylon, Mary Nishikawa, Suellen Stringer-Hye.

The phone connection was, at times, incomplete. Several TC members had difficulty connecting to the conference call number. But absence of other members was not due to difficulties of connection, as was thought during the meeting.

Holger had communicated in due time his impossibility to attend.
Both Steve and Murray had last-minute obligations.
Francis and Peter had not received the co-call coordinates, due to communication mistakes.

Secretary and Minutes

Suellen is volunteering to be secretary for the meeting and prepare draft minutes.

Technical Committee Process

Bernard asked if there were any questions regarding the OASIS Technical Committee Process or Policies.
There were none.

Review of Technical Committee Charter

Bernard explained that the original name, Published Subject Indicators (PSIs) was misleading and asked if the name switch to Published Subjects, which is already the way it appears in the Topic Map Specification, was acceptable to the committee. Everyone agreed that this was fine. Likewise, the Charter, as written, was deemed fine.

Scope of Published Subjects

Bernard asked the committee to consider whether Published Subjects should be created with other applications in mind or be solely dedicated to Topic Maps. After some discussion, it was determined that the focus should be the creation of Published Subjects for Topic Maps, and let initiative to other groups for other applications.

Calendar of Deliverables

Bernard asked if we could postpone the decision on timetable for delivering final reports until the F2F Meeting at XML 2001 in Orlando. Several members of the committee will not be able to attend that meting. Bernard will look into possibilities for online conferencing so that those not able to attend in person can still participate.

XTM 1.0 Specification Re-Publication by OASIS

Bernard asked the committee to give feedback on the proposal to include XTM 1.0 Specification Re-Publication under OASIS stamp in the Published Subjects TC process and charter. The committee had many questions and reservations about how this would actually work, and how the responsibilities of the committee members would change if this were to come about.
After several minutes of discussion, the group acknowledged the need to find a stable home for the XTM 1.0 Spec but determined that the time gained by moving it under the Published Subjects TC would not be worth the loss of focus to the Published Subjects TC.
Additionally it was felt that the Spec would, in the long run, be better served by being managed by a specific TC in Oasis.

Non-Member Subscriptions to Published Subject listserve

After discussion, it was determined that the technical listerve would remain private and be held open for committee agendas, meeting announcements and other documents relating to the logistics of committee work. The public listserve will be open to anyone and will be used for comments on the work of the committee. Committee members should subscribe to both.

Prospective Members

There are several people who were not eligible to join when the original committee formed. Prospective members must wait 60 days or three TC meetings, once they become eligible, before they can join the committee. Bernard proposed that these people be allowed to attend meetings with no voting rights. The committee agreed to this proposal.

Special TC duties

Editor (appointment will wait until Orlando Meeting)
Secretary --- Suellen Stringer-Hye
Webmaster --- Bernard Vatant
ISO Liaision --- Jim Mason
Other Liaisons --- This will be on next meeting agenda. TC members are asked to think about and propose organizations or working groups with which liaison should be relevant to TC work

Subcommittees

Is it better to have Published Subjects Working Groups create independent TCs or be formed as Subcommittees of the Published Subjects TC? Committee determined that subcommittees would be easier and more flexible.

Next Meetings

The next conference call meeting is scheduled for November 20 - 16.00-18.00 UTC.

All agreed that this time was fine. The committee discussed the costs and quality of service and Bernard agreed to look into various options. Some committee members must individually cover the costs of the international phone call and other committee members have the costs covered by their companies.
We agreed to discuss how best to address this discrepancy at the next meeting.

The next F2F Meeting is set for Orlando XML 2001 Conference:
December 14 - 12:00-5:00pm

Deliverables and TC Requirements

Bernard agreed to draw up ASAP a document for TC requirements, to react to before next meeting.

After an informal exchange around several ideas about the content and nature of Published Subjects, the Committee agreed to let both formal and informal proposals from members forwarded to the chair for publication on the web. Bernard asked if formal submissions would please be submitted in HTML rather than Word or other Word Processing format.