Dear TC members,
I have discussed the options we have regarding a separation of the
OpenDocument specification into several parts with Mary. The two option
are described below. It seems to me that option a) fits well to our
plans for ODF 1.2, while option b) does not. I therefore would like to
propose to the TC that we choose option a). Compared to the single
document solution (that is not listed below but of course exists), it
provides us with some flexibility regarding authoring of the
specification parts and their approval, but does not change anything for
the ODF 1.2 ballot for an OASIS standard and its submission to ISO.
Please note that a decision for option a) does not mean that we have to
use the flexibility we have for public reviews and committee
specification ballots. We may have separate public reviews/cs ballots,
but we don't have to. We may decide what is the better option if the
documents, or one of it, are ready for a public review.
Best regards
Michael
Options
a) We break the ODF specification into three parts, that all
together make up ODF, and there each of these parts is not a
specification of its own. In this case, the fact that we have
three parts is more or less an editorial matter.
Provided that reviewing the individual parts independent of each other
is meaningful, we may conduct public reviews of the parts independent of
each other. We may further advance the parts to committee specification
separately, provided that this makes sense. We may not conduct OASIS
standard ballots for the parts separately, and we therefore may not
submit them independent of each other to ISO.
b) We break the ODF specification into three parts, where
each of these parts is a specification of its own. The
OpenDocument specification itself is either a separate
document, that references the other three, or one of the
three documents takes over the role of the OpenDocument
specification, by referencing the other two.
This is similar to what the Emergency Management TC does. The three
parts (or specifications) in this case would be advanced to OASIS
standards independent of each other, and would require separate
submissions to ISO.