Sounds good to me.
Best regards
Michael
On 11/30/09 01:24, robert_weir@us.ibm.com wrote:
> I'd like to send this out to SC34 early this week, preferably before the
> WG6 meeting on Friday, December 4th. Please take a read over and respond
> with feedback. Am I hitting the major points? Anything to add? Subtract?
>
>
> -Rob
>
> =========================================
>
> === Status Update for SC34/WG6 ===
>
> We wish to give a brief status update on the work of the OASIS ODF TC, for
> the benefit of the members of the newly-formed ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34/WG6.
>
> == Liaison Status ==
>
> OASIS is a Class A External Liaison organization in JTC1/SC34. In
> response to the Call for Participation (N1297) in WG6, the OASIS ODF TC
> has voted to appoint three of its members to be TC liaisons
> representatives to SC34/WG6:
>
> * Rob Weir
> * Michael Brauer
> * Dennis Hamilton
>
> Note that under OASIS rules, TC liaisons do "not officially represent
> OASIS, and cannot speak for or obligate OASIS in any way." The OASIS TC
> expresses its will through meeting and electronic votes, which are
> recorded in our meeting minutes and communicated via liaison messages. In
> other words, if you want an official answer, then send an official
> question.
>
> == ODF 1.2 status ==
>
> The OASIS ODF TC is actively working on ODF 1.2, a technical revision of
> ISO/IEC 26300. This specification is in three "parts":
>
> * Part I "OpenDocument Schema" defines the core schema of ODF documents.
> * Part II "OpenFormula" defines a formula expression language, in
> particular for spreadsheet formulas.
> * Part III "Packaging" defines the packaging conventions for ODF
> documents.
>
> Part III is currently undergoing a 60-day public review in OASIS. SC34
> was invited to participate in this review in N1320. Part I is currently a
> Committee Draft and is close to being submitted for public review. Part
> II is a Working Draft.
>
> Note that the ODF TC has made no determination yet on whether ODF 1.2 will
> be a multi-part standard or whether it will be a single standard formatted
> in multiple parts.
>
>
> == ODF 1.0 maintenance= =
>
> The OASIS ODF TC is also actively maintaining ISO/IEC 26300, tracking and
> responding to reported defects. In some cases defects are addressed in
> technical revisions, e.g, in ODF 1.2. In other cases the defects are also
> appropriately addressed in OASIS Approved Errata, which may then be
> balloted as DCORs in SC34.
>
> All defects reported on all versions of ODF are tracked in the ODF TC's
> JIRA issue tracking database:
>
> http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/secure/BrowseProject.jspa
>
> This database is publicly accessible, although only ODF TC may write to
> it. This database tracks all defects, including those submitted by the
> public, by SC34 members and by ODF TC members. This issues can be
> filtered and sorted in various ways.
>
> To date the ODF TC has received three defect reports from SC34 NBs. The
> status of these defect reports is as follows:
>
> = Defect Report N0942 =
>
> The OASIS ODF TC responded to this defect report by OASIS Approved Errata
> on 2008-11-24. It can be downloaded from OASIS here:
>
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.0/errata/os/OpenDocument-v1.0-errata-01-os.pdf
>
> At the Seattle Plenary, SC34 has instructed the Project Editor to prepare
> a DCOR for ballot based on the contents of this document.
>
> = Defect Report N1078 =
>
> The ODF TC published a preliminary response (a Committee Draft 01) of
> Errata addressing this defect report for discussion at the Seattle meeting
> of SC34/Ad Hoc Group 3. This draft response is N1259 in the SC34
> document repository. This was briefly discussed in Seattle. The ODF TC
> will consider the feedback received, revising where necessary, and move
> the draft forward toward an ODF TC ballot as Approved Errata . The
> Approved Errata would then be submitted to SC34 for processing as a DCOR.
>
> The current status of each of the the issues submitted in N1078 can be
> found in our JIRA issue tracking database here:
>
> http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=10006
>
> = Defect Report N1309 =
>
> This defect report was recently submitted by the NB of the UK. The issues
> raised in this defect report are mainly duplicative of issues already
> being tracked by the ODF TC, and in many cases already addressed in the
> ODF 1.2 draft. The ODF TC will review these issues again, and where
> appropriate, additionally prepare Errata to address them in ODF 1.0. It
> is possible that the ODF TC's response to N1309 will be bundled with our
> response to N1078, in a single Approved Errata document.
>
> The current status of each of the the issues submitted in N1309 can be
> found in our JIRA issue tracking database here:
>
> http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=10081
>
>
> == Proposal to prepare amendment of ISO/IEC 26300 corresponding to OASIS
> ODF 1.1 ==
>
> The ODF TC is aware of SC34's interest in this amendment, but has not yet
> reached consensus on whether the submission of ODF 1.1 and consequent
> preparation of such an amendment is desired. The ODF TC will have
> further discussions on the topic.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Respectfully submitted on behalf of the OASIS ODF TC,
>
> Rob Weir, Co-Chair, OASIS ODF TC
>
>
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