OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC

Dear OASIS OpenDocument TC, OpenDocument
Interoperability and Conformance TC, and OpenDocument Adoption TC:

OASIS requires a formal Interop Demo
per the Liaison Policy.  http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/liaison_policy.php


Since the  OASIS OpenDocument TC
intends to submit OpenDocument 1.2 to ISO/IEC JTC1 for adoption, it must
meet the requirements of this policy. This policy states the requirement
as..."The successful completion of an OASIS-organized public interoperability
demonstration between at least three independent implementations conducted
in accordance with the OASIS InterOp Demonstration Guidelines. 

The Interop Demonstration Guidelines
may be found here: http://www.oasis-open.org/who/interop_demo_policy.php


During the April 12th OpenDocument TC
meeting I was appointed the Interop Demo Lead. It's now time to form the
Interop Team, and get to work. This is especially true now that the OpenDocument
TC is very close to beginning the Public Review process for ODF1.2 Parts
1, 2, and 3.

Therefore, it's my pleasure to announce
the Invitation for Participation
to develop and deliver the Interop Demo for ODF 1.2. Participants will
form an Interop Team and manage the development and delivery of the Interop
Demo following OASIS Interop Demo Guidelines.

Since the demonstration(s) will showcase
the participant's ODF 1.2 implementation this is a great way to gain visibility
and awareness. The actual Interop Demo will be held in a conference event
with supporting media outreach supported and managed by OASIS, pending
a majority vote of the Interop Team.

To help focus attention on the planning
process I propose that the Interop Demo for ODF 1.2 be delivered at the
OpenOffice.org Conference in Budapest, Hungary. Here is a an outline of
proposed key milestones for consideration:


May 24 - Interop Participation
Commitment
May 26 - Interop Team Call #1
July 1  -- Proposal submitted
to OASIS
August 12 -- Participants confirmed
Sep 1 -- Interop Demo presentations
within the ODF track of the OpenOffice.org Conference 2010, Budapest, Hungary.

Please reply to this email directly
if you are interested to become a participant in the ODF 1.2 Interop Demo.

Regards,

Don Harbison
Program Director, IBM ODF Initiative
Tel. +1-978-399-7018
Mobile: +1-978-761-0116
Email: donald_harbison@us.ibm.com

On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 13:42 -0600, donald_harbison@us.ibm.com wrote:
> Since the demonstration(s) will showcase the participant's ODF 1.2
> implementation this is a great way to gain visibility and awareness. 

There is probably something I am missing:

-- There is no ODF 1.2 yet. There is a draft but that draft can be
expected to change.
-- Since there is no ODF 1.2 yet, there cannot be any ODF 1.2
implementations.
-- Apparently one needs 3 ODF 1.2 impementations to be able to perform
an interoperability demonstration.
-- Without that demonstration there will not be an ODF 1.2.

So either I am missing something or this is a modern chicken<->egg
problem.

Andreas
-- 
Andreas J. Guelzow
Concordia University College of Alberta

"Andreas J. Guelzow"