Sounds good to me.
Ciao,
Rex
At 1:11 PM -0500 1/6/04, David RR Webber wrote:
>Rex,
>
>I would add another wish - the ability to add XML instances and XSD
>instances to
>the registry along with PDF files - under a node in the tree for
>"Use Cases and Examples" these files and accompanying examples
>could then be searchable - which would be very useful.
>
>Yes - we can post these at Kavi - but they are not as easy to find or
>reference then.
>
>Thanks, DW
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rex Brooks" <>
>To: <>; "Chairs OASIS" <>
>Cc: <>; <>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 2:03 PM
>Subject: Re: [chairs] your input on OASIS functionality enhancements
>
>
>> Hi Karl,
>>
>> I'm particularly glad to hear that work is getting underway on
>> document repository issues. I think we need to have the resources to
>> have our presentations, ppt and pdf and open office available for
>> public viewing, not just downloading as files per se. We also need to
>> have similar facilities for implementation guides, primers, etc. I'm
>> working on two of those, WSRP and CAP from EM, and I just tried to
>> uploaded a 60-slide ppt presentation and discovered that I can't
>> upload batches. I ended up putting the html version of the ppt on
>> another site but that doesn't do our OASIS public viewers much good.
>> I also have a largish amount of archival material that was developed
>> prior to the time when HumanMarkup joined OASIS which I would like to
>> make available from the TC pages as part of the effort to consolidate
>> all of this material in one place if possible. I know that similar
>> conditions and considerations exist for CAP under EM and some other
>> efforts.
>>
>> We've made some good progress, and I hope we are all appreciative of
>> the effort that has gone into making the administrative tasks easier.
>> So thanks very much and I also appreciate the complexity of the tasks
>> ahead.
>>
>> So, to summarize, my wishlist consists of:
>>
>> 1- batch upload capabilities so we can upload entire directories for
>> such projects as presentations;
>> 2 - ability to display presentations and documents as html from
>> documents repository; and
>> 3 - allowing public document repository to show directories and allow
>> full listings rather than search-only capability since presentations
>> can result in very large numbers of documents, all of which need to
>> be publicly accessible.
>>
>> Last thing, #3 above probably needs to be thought out better, and I
>> have gotten some explanatory guidance from Brent that relates to it
>> and which I will try to get to soon, but now that we are back from
>> the holidays, the schedule gets nuts again. So I don't know when I
>> will have the time to check the url advice to see if I can make
>> things work.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rex
>>
>> At 11:31 AM -0500 1/6/04, Karl F. Best wrote:
>> >TC chairs and secretaries:
>> >
>> >As I've done in the past, I would like to ask for your input on the
>> >infrastructure and functionality provided by OASIS to the TCs.
>> >
>> >Last spring we rolled out the new collaborative tools from Kavi,
>> >including membership roster management, balloting, email lists,
>> >document repository, action items, etc. While the rollout didn't go
>> >as smoothly as we had hoped I think that we've got most of the bugs
>> >worked out. We've recently updated the attendance notification
>> >scripts (and as a reminder, these rely on your keeping your rosters
>> >and meeting attendance current), and our IT staff has over the
>> >holidays upgraded the Kavi software so you should see some
>> >significant performance improvements.
>> >
>> >We have also recently launched the OASIS Standards Registry for the
>> >purpose of sharing information about the status of our technical
> > >work. We're asking our member organizations to submit information
>> >about their implementations of OASIS TC specifications. We'll also
>> >be working on synchronizing some aspects of the registry data with
>> >the information stored in the Kavi database so that we don't have to
>> >enter identical information in two places.
>> >
>> >I've had on my list for some time now the development of a document
>> >management system, including functionality for persistent URLs,
>> >version control, checkin/out, etc. I gathered some input from you
>> >last spring and summer, and we're going to resume putting together
>> >the design for this system so that we can then start development.
>> >It's evident that this functionality is needed by our TCs, and we
>> >want to be able to deliver this soon.
>> >
>> >I would like to hear from you what other functionality is crucially
>> >needed by the TCs for their operation. While our development
>> >resources are limited and so we must concentrate on those things
>> >most important to the largest number of our members, we want to hear
>> >from you what sorts of things we ought to be working on. (We would
>> >also be interested in hearing about any development resources that
>> >any of our member companies could contribute to our infrastructure
>> >efforts.)
>> >
>> >Please reply to this list or to me directly over the next couple of
>> >weeks so that we on the OASIS staff can make our development plans
>> >for the rest of the year.
>> >
>> >-Karl
>> >
>> >
>> >=================================================================
>> >Karl F. Best
>> >Vice President, OASIS
>> >office +1 978.667.5115 x206 mobile +1 978.761.1648
>> > http://www.oasis-open.org
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rex Brooks
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>>
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