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Subject: Charter clarifications
Dear TC members,
one of my action items was to determine whether we need a clarification
of the charter for the 2nd TC phase.
The process of charter clarifications is described at
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#charter
The most important part is:
"The TC may clarify its charter only for the purpose of removing
ambiguity or for narrowing the scope of the topic defined by the
charter. The TC may not broaden or otherwise change its scope of the
topic of work. The list of deliverables may be expanded if the new
deliverables are within the scope of the topic; work on a further
version of a specification after completion of the original deliverable
requires a clarification of the charter."
The two phases of our charter are described as follows:
"1. In the first phase, this TC will use proven and established
constructs so that the resulting standard can satisfy the immediate
needs of many users, as well as serve as a base for future, less
restricted development. The work of this TC in the first phase will
concentrate on the following areas:
1. establishing a mechanism and policy for extensions,
preferably relying on XML namespaces,
2. establishing a set of 'core' elements and attributes to be
supported by all implementations,
3. incorporating feedback from early adopters of the base
specification and fixing technical problems that may have
been uncovered,
4. ensuring that the resulting specification and documentation
are consistent and of high quality.
The TC aims to complete the first phase within six months of the
TC's formation.
2. In the second phase, this TC will extend the base specification to
encompass additional areas of applications or users. The work of this TC
in the second phase will additionally allow for the following areas:
1. enabling additional areas of application,
2. exploring new or experimental ideas for office document
representation, and
3. extending the expressiveness of the format.
[...]
Each of the TC's phases will result in a Committee Specification that
includes:
* a set of XML DTDs/schemas setting the vocabulary, constraints and
semantics of the file format in question, and
* a set of written specifications that describe the elements and
attributes of the DTDs/schemas in plain English."
Conclusions:
a) The schedule is not part of the charter itself, so there seems to be
no clarification required here.
b) Since the 2nd phase states
"The work of this TC in the second phase will additionally allow for the
following areas:"
there seems also to be no change required to be able to continue to
maintain the base specification, but of course we may clarify that we
continue to maintain the the base specification in the 2nd phase.
c) We may want to clarify the deliverables: Since we continue to
maintain the base specification even though we started to work on new
topics, we actually may not only deliver specification at the end of
each phase. In fact, in the 2nd phase, we may deliver specifications for
new (i.e. phase 2) features as well as a revises base (i.e. phase 1)
specifications.
Best regards
Michael
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