OASIS Vocabulary for XML Standards and Technologies TC
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Requirements
Updated: 15 April 2002, H. Holger Rath

Version: 0.1
Status: Draft


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1. Introduction

This document sets down the requirements that will guide the work of the XMLvoc TC. These requirements document the intentions of the TC. The purpose of this document is to make it clear what can be expected to come out of the TC's work, and to encourage the user community to make their needs known to the TC.

The following key words are used to indicate the degree of certainty associated with each particular requirement:

Shall
Means that the requirement is absolute.
Should
Means that the requirement is a goal.
May
Means that the requirement is considered important, but that it is not yet clear whether the TC's work should conform to it or not.

2. Requirements in brief

  1. The XMLvoc TC shall deliver - besides this requirements document - a core vocabulary with Published Subjects for XML standards and technologies, examples how to apply the vocabulary, and recommendations for the definition of further Published Subjects for XML standards and technologies.
  2. The core vocabulary shall be limted to the scope of core XML standards and technologies.
  3. The core vocabulary shall be defined following the recommendations of the PubSubj TC.
  4. The core vocabulary shall be documented in XHTML and should be documented in XTM.
  5. The example shall be a topic map in XTM format, but also an RDF example may be considered.
  6. The example shall show the typical use of the topics, topic classes, and association classes defined by the core vocabulary.
  7. The recommendations shall describe how third parties can extend the core vocabulary with their own topics, topic types, and association types.
  8. The recommendations should contain an example of such an extension. The extension example should be provided in XHTML format and may be provided in XTM format.
  9. The target market for the results of the XMLvoc TC shall be all subject-based applications about core XML standards and technologies.

3. Requirements in detail

TBD


4. Non-requirements

  1. The core vocabulary shall not cover topics, topic classes, and association classes of XML standards and technologies of vertical industry applications of the core XML standards.
  2. The target market for the results of the XMLvoc TC shall not be limited to topic map applications.