UIMA Spec Draft Complete! Next Steps....

Hi All,

Congratulations everyone!  We now
have a final draft for the UIMA Specification for text and multi-modal
analytics. See attached.

The next step is for all the voting
members of the UIMA TC to cast a vote for submitting THIS draft into the
OASIS approval process.

I will OPEN a Ballot for the UIMA TC
this Friday on the call.  Over the following 2 weeks, you will get
notes from me encouraging  you to vote.

If the UIMA TC vote succeeds, then OASIS
will be notified and a 60-day public review process will begin. Any comments
collected during that period will be considered by the UIMA TC and modifications
to the spec may be made.

Then the OASIS membership will have
a 15-Day Review Period. Comments again will be considered.

Finally  a 15-day  Ballot
 for the OASIS membership will open. 15% membership approval is required
for OASIS to publish as a standard.

Thanks for all your participation thus
far. This is the final stretch.

I will continue to inform you of our
progress throughout the process.

Please join the telecon on Friday. We
will review the process briefly and open the Ballot.

Regards,

        Dave

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David A. Ferrucci, PhD

Senior Manager, Semantic Analysis & Integration 

Chief Architect,  UIMA

IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

19 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532

Tel: 914-784-7847, 8/863-7847



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http://www.ibm.com/research/uima  
uima-spec-wd-05.doc