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Subject: Re: [office] XMP XML:RDF Metadata
I'm confused. OpenDocument is an OASIS specification,
so I'd expect the technical refinement of the specification to occur under
OASIS. I would not expect that outside, ad-hoc groups would set up
technical reviews with the participation of TC members outside of TC processes
and policies. Doing so would seem to diminish whatever advantage
we have for promoting a standard developed within a legitimate standards
body. Remember, even Microsoft can do as much as set up a Wiki and
invite some experts to develop a specification. But this falls short
of doing it in an international recognized standards body, with defined
policies for decision making, IPR, public comment, liaison with other standards
bodies, etc. So let's be quite clear about what were
talking about here. Are we soliciting public comment on the meta
data draft? If so, let's put it out for public comment via normal
channels, so everyone (not just OpenDocument Fellowship) is aware of it
and has a fair opportunity to provide comment. But I'd personally
be very careful about TC members refining an existing proposal in a different
organization under uncertain or incompatible IPR policies which may not
allow reincorporation into the OASIS ODF specification. Better, in
my opinion, to let the public review and provide comments, and if they
want to submit a revised proposal, let them do so according to existing
policy.-Rob
Hi Mary,
Hi everyone,
Mary McRae wrote On 11/15/05 14:01,:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I tried to dial in yesterday and unfortunately couldn't
get through. I'm sorry to have missed the call. It's unclear to me
> exactly what is being proposed here. Is the metadata project still
considered a work item of the TC? If the answer is yes, all work
Yes. The metadata project is still considered a work item of the TC. What
we
have a agreed yesterday was that we put the current meta data proposal
on our
TC's web site and ask for feedback until December, the 19th. We urther
agreed to discuss the feedback we receive in the conference call of December,
the 19th. There was no decission to continue the meta data work item
somewhere outside the OpenDocument TC.
> must be done within the OASIS framework. I know the TC has several
other very pressing issues to settle (accessibility, DRM,
> formulas, etc.) so maybe the decision was made not to undertake this
work item?
The TC's decission was to postpone the meta data discussion until we have
restructured the TC in a way that allows us to discuss the additional topics,
that have a higher priority for the moment, and to use the time to get
feedback for the proposal. There was no decission to cancel the the meta
data
work item.
I therefore think that the TC is in agreement that the meta data work item
will be continued within the TC. Feedback to the TC's work is, as always,
welcome.
Best regards
Michael
>
> Regards,
>
> Mary
>
>
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