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Ballot to nominate Word or PDF as the authoritative spec format

As discussed in [1] we are now required to nominate which one of our spec formats (Word, PDF, HTML) is authoritative with respect to the others. TC members have expressed preferences for the Word source and generated PDF formats. This ballot will choose one of these.
Summary:
"Word format" - This has the advantage that it is source format from which PDF and HTML are generated.
"PDF format" - This has the advantage of a more ubiquitous reader.
Please vote for your choice of authoritative format for the spec.

[1] http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/ws-tx/email/archives/200805/msg00008.html

 [ ]  Word format
 [ ]  PDF format
Opening:   Wednesday, 14 May 2008 @ 09:00 pm EDT
Closing:   Wednesday, 21 May 2008 @ 09:00 pm EDT
Group:   OASIS Web Services Transaction (WS-TX) TC
Ballot has closed.

Voting Details

Voting Summary

Options with highest number of votes are bold

Option # Votes % of Total
Word format 8 73%
PDF format 3 27%
Eligible members who have voted: 11 of 13 85%
Eligible members who have abstained: 0 of 13 0%
Eligible members who have not voted: 2 of 13 15%

Voting Details

Voter Company VoteReference Document and/or Comment
Robert Freund
Hitachi, Ltd.
PDF format
 
Doug Davis
IBM
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Ian Robinson
IBM
Word format
 
Thomas Freund
IBM
Word format
 
Eric Newcomer
IONA Technologies
Word format
 
Colleen Evans
Microsoft Corporation
Word format
 
Ram Jeyaraman
Microsoft Corporation
Word format
 
Florin Lazar
Microsoft Corporation
Word format
 
Paul Knight
Nortel
Word format
 
Ashok Malhotra
Oracle Corporation
PDF format
 
Martin Chapman
Oracle Corporation
PDF format
Mark Little
Red Hat
Word format
 
Mohamed Aariff
TIBCO Software Inc.
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