Dear TC members,
The public review of OpenDocument 1.1 ends on September, the 25th. Until now,
no comments that require a substantive change were received.
Summary:
There are a couple of option that we have now how to proceed. I will explain
them in more detail below. Under the assumption that we do not receive
comments that require substantive changes, my recommendation to the TC how to
proceed is:
- to prepare and agree on a revised specification that contains the
non-substantial comment resolutions we agreed on in the next couple of weeks
(until October, the 6th or the 12th),
- to conduct a Committee Specification ballot for the revised specification
in the week October, the 16th or the 23rd (based on the progress we make with
the revised specification),
- to decide whether we want to submit ODF 1.1 to the membership of OASIS for
consideration as an OASIS Standard in the first half of November, and
- if we decide to submit ODF 1.1 to the membership of OASIS for consideration
as an OASIS Standard, to aim for a voting in January.
Details:
Provided that no comments that require a substantive change are received
until the end of the public review, the TC has the following options:
a) it may approve OpenDocument 1.1 as a Committee Specification
b) it may approve OpenDocument 1.1 as a Committee Specification, and
simultaneously may vote for submitting it to the membership of OASIS for
consideration as an OASIS Standard.
In case the TC approves OpenDocument 1.1 as a Committee Specification, it may
at a later time submit it to the membership of OASIS for consideration as an
OASIS Standard. So, the two options actually should read.
a) it (the TC) may approve OpenDocument 1.1 as a Committee Specification;
optionally and at a later time, it may further vote for submitting it to the
membership of OASIS for consideration as an OASIS Standard.
b) it may approve OpenDocument 1.1 as a Committee Specification, and
simultaneously may vote for submitting it to the membership of OASIS for
consideration as an OASIS Standard.
To submit ODF 1.1 to the membership of OASIS for consideration as an OASIS
Standard, it is required that three OASIS member organizations certify that
they are successfully using the specification.
Taking the TC's meeting schedule into account, a reasonable date for the
Committee Specification voting for both options is mid of October. A
reasonable date for the OASIS Standard ballot for both options is January.
For option b) we may also have a chance to conduct the OASIS standard ballot
already in November, but only if the TC agrees on voting for OpenDocument
1.1 as committee specification in its con call at October, the 2nd, and if we
get the required certification until October, the 15th.
The approval level that is essential for implementors actually is the
Committee Specification. There is nearly no difference in the date
where ODF 1.1 reaches this level, regardless whether we take option a), or
option b) with a November date. I therefore recommend option a), because it
provides a larger flexibility to the TC without having an impact on the ODF
1.1 schedule. The resulting schedule is above.
Best regards
Michael