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29 October 2001
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The following persons met in Menlo Park on the afternoon of 29
October 2001 to constitute the initial voting membership of the
OASIS Universal Business Language TC:
Eric Arnold <ericarnold@techknowledgedevelopment.com>
Jon Bosak (Chair) <jon.bosak@sun.com>
Doug Bunting <dougb62@yahoo.com>
Dave Carlson <dcarlson@ontogenics.com>
Adam Cheyer <acheyer@verticalnet.com>
Zachary Coffin <zcoffin@kpmg.com>
Derek Coleman <derek_coleman@hp.com>
Mark Crawford <mcrawford@lmi.org>
Jeffery Eck <jeffery.eck@gxs.ge.com>
Bill French <bfrench@contivo.com>
Matthew Gertner <matthew.gertner@schemantix.com>
Bob Glushko <bob.glushko@commerceone.com>
Arofan Gregory <arofan.gregory@commerceone.com>
Eduardo Gutentag <eduardo.gutentag@sun.com>
Michael Jacobs <jacobs.michael@hq.navy.mil>
David Lewis <david@perfect.com>
Eve Maler <eve.maler@sun.com>
Tim McGrath <tmcgrath@portcomm.com.au>
Garret Minakawa <garret.minakawa@oracle.com>
Sue Probert <sue.probert@commerceone.com>
Mike Rawlins <mike@rawlinsecconsulting.com>
Marion Royal <marion.royal@gsa.gov>
Lisa Seaburg <lisa.seaburg@commerceone.com>
Arijit Sengupta <arijit.sengupta@oracle.com>
Gunther Stuhec <gunther.stuhec@sap.com>
Peter Yim <yimpp@cim-oem.com>
The following OASIS members were also present as observers:
Bill Burcham <bill_burcham@stercomm.com>
Dale McKay <dmckay@logicon.com>
Ron Kleinman <ron.kleinman@sun.com>
Vinod Viswanathan <vinodv@pointgain.com>
Dean Sleeper <dsleeper@accessvia.com>
The TC accepted as input the committee reports of the UBL Group,
an ad hoc predecessor to the UBL TC. These reports can be found
at
http://oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/200110/grprpts.htm
The TC adopted as a preliminary plan of action the report of the
UBL Group Planning Committee. This is understood to be a living
document that will be revised as needed.
The TC decided to make a mapping from xCBL to ebXML Core
components the first activity of a preliminary Core Library SC.
(The report of the Mapping Committee of the UBL Group was taken as
an input to this.)
Pending further discussion in an administrative track 30-31
October and final wording in the TC meeting of 1 November, the TC
adopted for purposes of the subcommittee meetings 30 and 31
October a set of preliminary rules:
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/200110/msg00018.html
The TC created a preliminary set of subcommittees charged to meet
30 and 31 October 2001 and report back to the TC 1 November 2001
with initial analysis in light of the planning document and with a
draft charter, proposed chair, and proposed membership in each SC
for consideration by the TC.
These preliminary subcommittees and their initial memberships were
as follows:
Core Library and Mapping SC
Eric Arnold
Adam Cheyer
Mark Crawford
Jeff Eck
Jack Gager
David Lewis
Tim McGrath - Chair
Garet Minakawa
Mike Jacobs
Sue Probert
Marion Royal
Lisa Seaburg
Arijit Sengupta
Gunther Stuhec
Vinod Viswanaltan
Peter Yim
Tools and Techniques SC
Doug Bunting
Bill Burcham
Dave Carlson
Arofan Gregory
Eduardo Gutentag
Eve Maler - Chair
Kelly Schwarskhoff
Schema Naming And Design Rules SC
Doug Bunting
Bill Burcham
Dave Carlson
Mark Crawford
Matt Gertner
Arofan Gregory
Eduardo Gutentag
Eve Maler - Chair
Dale McKay
Sue Probert
Mike Rawlins
Gunther Stuhec
Context Driven Assembly SC
Bill Burcham
Dave Carlson
Mark Crawford
Matt Gertner
Arofan Gregory
Eduardo Gutentag
Eve Maler - Chair
Gunther Stuhec
Jon Bosak was appointed a one-person Administrative SC to meet
with interested people during the two days of subcommittee
meetings and discuss publicity and marketing, scheduling and
liaisons, standing rules, and domain SC formation, with
recommendations to be presented to the TC 1 November.
The TC adopted the agenda for the week distributed at the meeting,
a copy of which can be found at
http://oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/200110/agenda.pdf
The TC meeting recessed until 1 November.
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1 November 2001
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The TC meeting resumed 1 November 2001 with the following
additional persons present:
Hermann Duengelhoef <hermann.josef.duengelhoef@sapmarkets.com>
Phillip Engel <phillipengel@kpmg.com>
Both Duengelhoef and Engel were properly registered with the chair
at least 15 days in advance of the meeting as required by the
OASIS TC process. On consultation with OASIS administration, it
was determined that they could count attendance during the last
day of the meeting as attendance at the initial TC meeting, and
voting membership was extended to both of them.
The TC heard reports from the SCs it had created on a preliminary
basis 29 October. These SC reports, as accepted by the TC, can be
found at
http://oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/200110/reports.htm
On the basis of these reports, the TC formally constituted
standing subcommittees to work on Context Methodology, Context
Drivers, Naming and Design Rules, Library Content, and Tools and
Techniques, with the chairs, members, and charters detailed in
Appendix A of these minutes.
Jon Bosak reported on talks held in the administrative track 30-31
October. That report can be found with the other SC reports at
the URL above. As a result of the administrative report, the TC
resolved as follows:
1. That a Marketing Subcommittee and a Liaison Subcommittee
shall be created with the chairs, members, and charters
detailed in Appendix A of these minutes.
2. That the current chair of the TC shall combine the
descriptions of the proposed Policy SC and proposed
Scheduling SC into the description of an Administrative SC,
adding to this description the development of policies for
observer participation and the creation of a UBL FAQ, such
Administrative SC to be chaired by the Chair of the TC with
members appointed by the Chair of the TC, and shall submit
this new description of the Administrative SC to the TC for
approval by email.
3. That the TC shall adopt as standing rules for UBL
subcommittees the rules given in Appendix B of these
minutes.
4. That the TC shall create a position for a Vice-chair of the
TC. [The TC did not actually adopt specific language on
this subject or specify the duties of the Vice-chair; this
needs to be filled out when a Vice-chair is actually
proposed and should probably be considered just an action
item at this point].
5. That the Chair of the TC shall be authorized to put
UBL-related materials on the UBL web site hosted by OASIS.
6. That the Chair of the TC shall be authorized to delegate web
site access to other persons designated by SCs to create and
maintain subtrees of the UBL site pertaining to such SCs.
7. That the Chair of the TC shall be authorized to place before
the TC resolutions pertaining to the operation of the TC for
disposition by electronic mail voting as specified in the
OASIS TC process.
8. That the current chair of the TC shall attempt to create a
meeting plan for the coming year and submit this plan to the
TC for approval in email, using (if practical) software
available on the web for scheduling meetings and taking
this rough outline as a basis for further negotiation:
Jan/Feb 2002 U.S. West Coast
Apr/May 2002 Europe (perhaps with XML Europe 2002)
Jul/Aug 2002 U.S. West Coast
Sep/Oct 2002 U.S. East Coast
The TC adjourned till its next regular meeting, which will be held
(according to the tentative framework just shown) on the West Coast
of the U.S. in January or February 2002.
Respectfully submitted,
Jon Bosak
Chair, UBL TC
2001.11.05
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APPENDIX A: UBL SUBCOMMITTEES CREATED BY THE UBL TC 1 NOVEMBER 2001
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UBL Context Methodology Subcommittee (ubl-cmsc)
Chair:
Matt Gertner <matthew.gertner@schemantix.com>
Other members:
Bill Burcham <bill_burcham@stercomm.com>
Dave Carlson <dcarlson@ontogenics.com>
Mark Crawford <mcrawford@lmi.org>
Arofan Gregory <arofan.gregory@commerceone.com>
Eduardo Gutentag <eduardo.gutentag@sun.com>
Eve Maler <eve.maler@sun.com>
Dale McKay <dmckay@logicon.com>
Gunther Stuhec <gunther.stuhec@sap.com>
Charter:
To develop a methodology and tools for applying context to
the core library of generic business information entities
(BIEs) in order to produce contextualized BIEs, and develop
initial machine-readable descriptions of context rules, in
the service of helping the Library Content SC do its work.
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UBL Context Drivers Subcommittee (ubl-cdsc)
Chair:
Sue Probert <sue.probert@commerceone.com>
Other members:
Eric Arnold <ericarnold@techknowledgedevelopment.com>
Hermann Duengelhoef <hermann.josef.duengelhoef@sapmarkets.com>
Arofan Gregory <arofan.gregory@commerceone.com>
David Lewis <david@perfect.com>
Gunther Stuhec <gunther.stuhec@sap.com>
Peter Yim <yimpp@cim-oem.com>
Charter:
To work on improvement and further development of the
context drivers and their values.
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UBL Naming and Design Rules Subcommittee (ubl-ndrsc)
Chair:
Eve Maler <eve.maler@sun.com>
Other members:
Doug Bunting <dougb62@yahoo.com>
Bill Burcham <bill_burcham@stercomm.com>
Dave Carlson <dcarlson@ontogenics.com>
Mark Crawford <mcrawford@lmi.org>
Jack Gager <jack.gager@commerceone.com>
Matt Gertner <matthew.gertner@schemantix.com>
Arofan Gregory <arofan.gregory@commerceone.com>
Eduardo Gutentag <eduardo.gutentag@sun.com>
Dale McKay <dmckay@logicon.com>
Sue Probert <sue.probert@commerceone.com>
Mike Rawlins <mike@rawlinsecconsulting.com>
Marion Royal <marion.royal@gsa.gov>
Kelly Schwarzhoff <kelly.schwarzhoff@commerceone.com>
Gunther Stuhec <gunther.stuhec@sap.com>
Charter:
To recommend to the TC rules and guidelines for
normative-form schema design, instance design, and markup
naming, to write and maintain documentation of these rules
and guidelines, and to be responsible for further
maintenance of the design principles that were specified in
the report of the UBL Group Planning Committee.
[See http://oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/200100/grprpts.htm]
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UBL Library Content Subcommittee (ubl-lcsc)
Chair:
Tim McGrath <tmcgrath@portcomm.com.au>
Other members:
Eric Arnold <ericarnold@techknowledgedevelopment.com>
Adam Cheyer <acheyer@verticalnet.com>
Mark Crawford <mcrawford@lmi.org>
Jeff Eck <jeffery.eck@gxs.ge.com>
Jack Gager <jack.gager@commerceone.com>
Arofan Gregory <arofan.gregory@commerceone.com>
Michael Jacobs <jacobs.michael@hq.navy.mil>
David Lewis <david@perfect.com>
Garret Minakawa <garret.minakawa@oracle.com>
Sue Probert <sue.probert@commerceone.com>
Marion Royal <marion.royal@gsa.gov>
Lisa Seaburg <lisa.seaburg@commerceone.com>
Arijit Sengupta <arijit.sengupta@oracle.com>
Gunther Stuhec <gunther.stuhec@sap.com>
Vinod Viswanathan <vinodv@pointgain.com>
Peter Yim <yimpp@cim-oem.com>
Charter:
To rapidly develop standard XML business library content by
taking an existing library as a starting point and modifying
it to incorporate the best features of other existing
business and core component libraries.
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UBL Tools and Techniques Subcommittee (ubl-ttsc)
Chair:
Arofan Gregory <arofan.gregory@commerceone.com>
Other members:
Doug Bunting <dougb62@yahoo.com>
Bill Burcham <bill_burcham@stercomm.com>
Dave Carlson <dcarlson@ontogenics.com>
Eduardo Gutentag <eduardo.gutentag@sun.com>
Eve Maler <eve.maler@sun.com>
Dale McKay <dmckay@logicon.com>
Kelly Schwarzhoff <kelly.schwarzhoff@commerceone.com>
Gunther Stuhec <gunther.stuhec@sap.com>
Charter:
To evaluate and recommend to the TC the tools and techniques
to be used in the development, quality assurance,
documentation, maintenance, and revision of the UBL XML data
formats, and write and maintain guidelines reflecting these
recommendations.
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UBL Marketing Subcommittee (ubl-msc)
Chair:
The Chair of the TC (who at the moment is Jon Bosak)
Other members:
To be appointed by the Chair of the TC
Charter:
To work with TC members and the OASIS staff to generate
publicity for the UBL effort and promote its adoption.
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UBL Liaison Subcommittee (ubl-lsc)
Chair:
The Chair of the TC (who at the moment is Jon Bosak)
Other members:
Formal liaisons approved by the TC
Charter:
To receive requests for input from SCs; negotiate review
schedules with cooperating organizations; collect and
organize formal input from cooperating organizations; convey
input to the requesting SCs; and propose policies regarding
the relationship of the UBL TC to other organizations for
consideration by the TC.
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UBL Administrative Subcommittee (ubl-asc)
[The chair was directed to propose the formation of this SC in
email.]
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STANDING RULES FOR THE CONDUCT OF UBL SUBCOMMITTEES
ADOPTED BY THE UBL TC 1 NOVEMBER 2001
Definitions
"TC" when used without further qualification refers throughout
to the OASIS UBL TC.
"SC" when used without further qualification refers throughout
to a subcommittee of the OASIS UBL TC.
"OASIS member" means any person eligible to participate in an
OASIS TC under the provisions of the OASIS TC process.
Chair
The chair of each SC shall be appointed by the TC and can be
removed by the TC.
Membership
The voting members of an SC shall be OASIS members.
The initial voting membership of an SC shall be determined
either through direct appointment by resolution of the TC or,
by resolution of the TC, through appointment by the chair of
the SC or the chair of the TC.
After an SC has been formed, voting members of the SC shall be
added or removed only by the TC unless the TC authorizes a
different procedure in creating the SC. The chair of the SC
shall be responsible for forwarding to the TC the names of
OASIS members who have submitted a request to be added to the
SC. Appointments to the SC shall become effective upon
approval by the TC.
Vice Chair
The voting members of SCs can elect a continuing vice chair
who, if appointed by an SC, shall serve as chair pro tempore of
any meeting of that SC in the absence of the chair appointed by
the TC.
Meetings
Phone meetings of an SC shall be open only to voting members of
the SC and persons specially invited by the chair to provide
expert input. SCs may also meet in person at times and places
to be determined by resolution of the SC or the TC. The
attendance of observers at face-to-face SC meetings shall be at
the discretion of the SC.
The meetings of SCs shall otherwise be governed by Robert's
Rules of Order Revised and such other standing rules as the TC
may determine.
Email votes
Chairs of SCs shall be authorized to conduct SC business by
email in the manner specified in the OASIS process for TCs,
with the exception that the default five-day voting period for
email ballots may be shortened to as little as 48 hours for SC
email votes at the option of the SC chair. This change must be
clearly stated in the call for a vote and properly noticed by
email at least three days prior to the call for a vote. In
email voting, a majority shall be more than half of all the
votes cast, excluding abstentions. Votes and abstentions shall
be recorded through posting to the SC mail list. There shall
be no quorum requirement for email votes.