RE: [obix] Important: New draft and possible Public Review for oBIX

Toby...great to hear of 
your strong participation in oBIX.  We also would like to ensure that if 
there are any articles...we would be pleased to share them with CABA, through 
the CABA eBulletin. Secondly, could Paul, you or your designate take a look at 
the update and profile on the CABA web site for oBIX ( http://www.caba.org/standard/obix.html ) The last 
update and profile amendment was provided in March/2005. 

 

Also, with your permission, 
we will circulate some of this information to the CABA Standards Cttee so that 
it provides some information on the oBIX work.

 

Finally, is there any way 
of getting a listing of which companies are participating in 
OBIX?

 

Thanks and keep up the 
excellent work!

 

Ron

  
-----Original Message-----
From: Considine, Toby (Facilities 
  Technology Office) [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, 
  April 22, 2006 9:11 AM
To: 
Cc: 
  Dee Schur; 
Subject: [obix] Important: New 
  draft and possible Public Review for oBIX

  
A new draft, the 
  oddly numbered v0.11 has been posted by Bran Franks. Early reads from the XML 
  committee suggest that they think this might be the one we take to formal 
  public review.

  
 

  
Public review 
  includes a 60 day freeze on changes, so if you have been just dying to make a 
  suggestion, but didn't have time, please make it now. Download it. Read it. 
  Consider whether you would willing/able to implements it. If not, why not, and 
  submit it.

  
 

  
Absent some 
  surprising changes, we will be discussing this draft at the Face2-to-Face on 
  May 3rd at the close of the Niagara Summit (http://www.niagarasummit.com/).  
  Following that meeting, we will, if there are no surprises, there will be a 
  formal vote on releasing this for Public review. This is an important meeting, 
  please schedule to be there, is person or telephonically. The call-in 
  information will be posted before then.

  
 

  
(Meeting 
  Organizers: Contact Co-Chair Paul Ehrlich for any changes/releases, etc. 
  Starting Monday, I am going cold-turkey on the internet and telephone for the 
  first time in a decade as I am out of the country. It will be early May before 
  I respond to anything)

  
 

  
On May 9-12 I will 
  be at the Oasis conference in San Francisco, where I hope to be sharing the 
  public review document and selling a few more eyeballs on giving us comments. 
  Please let me know if you will be there.

  
 

  
The following 
  week,  we will have a public Face-2-Face at at 
  BuilConn/Gridwise/M2M (http://www.builconn.com) on May 16th where 
  I hope we can have a walk-though of the spec for non-members (any 
  volunteers?). There will also be an XML scrum there where various 
  individuals will demonstrate XML-based interactions between their systems. 
  Interested participants to be should contact Tim Huneycutt. oBIX is already 
  well represented in the participants.

  
 

  
With this 
  flurry of activity, it would be a good time for you to publish that article 
  that you've been just dying to write, whether on AutomatedBuildings.com, or 
  elsewhere. Please remember, if you are representing any official oBIX or Oasis 
  news, you should share the article with OASIS Director of Communications Carol 
  Geyer () both 
  pre-publication, to make sure that what you are saying does not violate any 
  OASIS policies or standards, and post-publication, to make sure the 
  article gets proper publicity. Carol's suggestions have proved most helpful 
  and her turn-around very fast,  so do not let this hinder you from 
  writing.

  
 

  
Later in the 
  Summer, as we are coming to the end of the Public Review, Paul Ehrlich has 
  been working on a series of public discussions surrounding "Real Estate Week" 
  in Dallas, June 24-27. This run of collocated events includes 
  RealComm / BOMA / CABA Intelligent Building 
  Leadership Forum.    http://www.realcomm.com/  http://www.caba.org/leadersforum/ 
  This is exciting as it will be the first real customer-oriented forum for 
  oBIX. We are looking at a possible public demonstration (or OASIS Interop) 
  as part of the CABA or RealComm program.  We would use this as a point to 
  showcase progress and pick up press coverage. Again, if you can help, or want 
  to participate, contact Paul () 
  

  
 

  
 

  
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