Interop - non-permissible changes

P6R has no desire to increase the time of the interop or connectivity test period
Best, Mark Joseph  P6R,  Inc  408-205-0361

On Mar 19, 2018, at 9:21 PM, Tony Cox < 
> wrote:

Hi Folks,

I've had some folks query me about some of the changes being made

to credentials and Test Sheets outside the Connectivity Test

Period.

Based principally on sections 5.2.1, 5.3.3 and 9.1.1 of the

approved Interop Process, the only credentials and Test Sheets

that may be used during the Interop Test Period are those issued

prior to the end of the Connectivity Test Period.

This requirement is used to ensure fair and equitable

circumstances for all parties without requiring extra work (for

changed Test Sheets) or allowing extra time (to generate changed

Test Sheets), or requiring implementations to update credentials

when the focus should be on the testing.

I understand that for those running implementations for the first

time (there are a few of you), this can be a little daunting but

years of experience (and in some cases undue pain and effort) have

led us to a process with well-defined and enforced deadlines.

Naturally we as a group have the ability to modify part of the

process via a Special Majority Vote and if any Interop Participant

seeks to make a change to the deadline for setting credentials or

test sheets (essentially extending the Connectivity Test Period),

they are welcome to request such a vote per the TC Process. In

this matter, the request to raise a Special Majority Vote should

be worded in the form of a motion and should be sent to the

kmip-interop-tech email list.

In this case the following text from Section 4 will apply:
Interop

Special Majority Vote – A Special Majority Vote run as an

electronic ballot by the OASIS TC Administrator. Such vote is

held in accordance with the OASIS TC Process except that there

shall be one vote per Interop Participant and the ballots may be

closed by TC Admin after all Interop Participants have voted or

after no less than three days, whichever occurs first.

Please be aware that if we extend the Connectivity Test Period,

we will likely need to extend the Interop Test Period as well to

ensure everyone has the same chance to make changes, not to

mention the fact that the Vote may take up to 3 days to close,

leaving us with less than a day to complete the testing.

As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to

contact me directly.

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