Hi everyone,
Just chiming in to state what I hope is obvious:
that *anyone* is able to communicate with a TC via the comments list - a
question could be posed, the TC can then come up with an agreed-upon
answer, and respond to the requestor.
Regards,
Mary
That is always an option for the
TC, whenever we have a chunk of work that is large enough and specialized
enough to warrant a subcommittee to work on it.
But I wouldn't read this resolution as being focused
entirely on Ecma 376, though that is certainly a topic of interest, For
example you may recall last year, during the ISO ballot of ODF 1.0, that there
were some awkward times when a NB had some questions about IRI's or BiDi
support and could not figure out how to officially ask the TC questions.
So such questions were handled informally, via intermediaries, etc.
I'd like to do better in this area when we submit ODF 1.2, so that SC34
knows that we value their questions and their input.
-Rob
garylyn@gmail.com wrote on 02/08/2007 02:40:40 PM:
>
+1
>
> Rob, have you considered the ODF TC option of establishing
a
> harmonization sub committee, where your work on UOF might serve as
a
> useful guideline for JTC1/SC34 MS Ecma 376 considerations?
>
> ~ge~
> On
2/8/07, robert_weir@us.ibm.com <robert_weir@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> I'd like to propose the
following resolution for consideration on
> Monday's TC call.
>
> I think it is self-explanatory, but please ask question or
suggest
> revisions as needed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Rob
>
>
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>
>
Resolved:
>
> 1) That the ODF TC welcomes any questions from
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34 and
> member NB's regarding OpenDocument Format, the
functionality it
> describes, the planned evolution of this standard,
and its relationship
> to other work on the technical agenda of
JTC1/SC34
>
> 2) That the ODF TC has welcomed and continues to
welcome the
> participation of all companies, agencies and individuals
with an
> interest in editable office document formats.
>
> 3) That the ODF TC request that the OASIS Liaison to ISO/IEC
JTC1/SC34
> communicate this Resolution to the SC34 Secretariat and
request that
> this communication be entered into the document registry
of SC34.
>
>
>
> --
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