John,
XCBF is a biometric information security standard. I for
one am hopeful that the editor will be a person with a
strong security background, which includes biometrics.
I believe that there are four members of the TC that fit
this description.
Phil
John Larmouth wrote:
> I have a certain amount of sympathy with A's proposals below for the
> agenda.
>
> Engineering two further meetings in order to get or to exclude voting
> membership is NOT the right way to progress an International Standard.
>
> On item 1) from A, I fully support that. We need to decide in broad
> terms how to move forward. That means an overall decision re BASE64,
> and decisions on what ASN.1 encoding rules will be referenced, on the
> timing of future ballots, and on the editorial work needed to prepare
> for them. As Phil has resigned as Editor, I am prepared to offer
> myself again for that role PROVIDED we can reach basic agreement on
> what is to be in the documnent.
>
> On item 2) from A, this is more long-term, and could perhaps be
> deferred to a subsequent meeting. It would be a shame if this
> Standard did not continue to embrace efficient binary encodings as
> well as XML encodings, which ASN.1 provides.
>
> I am not sure of the OASIS rules for setting the Agenda for a meeting.
>
> Surely as a minimum the Chair should normally be expected to include
> items proposed by a member? Otherwise I will begin to lose faith in
> either the Chair or in OASIS or both.
>
> John L
>
>
> Alessandro Triglia wrote:
>
>>
>> Since the agenda is not yet fixed, I propose the following additions
>> to the agenda:
>>
>> 1) Discuss a way forward, possibly including application of needed
>> changes to the XCBF document, approval of a new CS by the TC, and
>> submission of the new CS to OASIS for standardization by May 15 -
>> provided that an Editor is appointed shortly.
>>
>> 2) Version 2: Short preliminary discussion on establishing a
>> procedure to ensure alignment of the future revised/augmented message
>> definitions in version 2 of XCBF with the ASN.1 standards, including
>> the soon-to-be-approved EXTENDED-XER Amendment. Agreement that ASN.1
>> will remain the only data definition language used in the future
>> versions of XCBF.
>>
>> Alessandro
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Phillip H. Griffin [mailto:]
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 20:33
>> To: [OASIS XCBF]
>> Subject: Re: [xcbf] Teleconference Meeting
>>
>> This meeting will last one half hour. The agenda is not yet fixed
>> but will include setting a schedule for two additional meetings.
>>
>> Prospective members who attend all three of these meetings
>> will become eligible to vote. We have two new members in this
>> category.
>>
>> Voting members who fail to attend two successive meetings
>> and receive a warning from the chair will have their membership
>> terminated on failure to attend the next meeting following
>> transmittal of the warning.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> Paul Thorpe wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Phil,
>>>
>>> What will be the agenda for this meeting? Also, how long do you expect
>>> this meeting to run? I ask this because will be in another meeting at
>>> that time, but may be able to step out briefly depending on the
>>> agenda and
>>> the expected duration of the teleconference.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Paul E. Thorpe Toll Free :
>>> 1-888-OSS-ASN1
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>>> 1-732-302-0750
>>> Email: Tech Support :
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>>> http://www.oss.com Fax :
>>> 1-732-302-0023
>>>
>>> On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Phillip H. Griffin wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I would like to try to schedule a short teleconference
>>>> meeting for 9 am Easter Time (US) on Friday April 25.
>>>>
>>>> Please respond to me directly, not to the list, as to your
>>>> ability to attend a meeting at this time.
>>>>
>>>> Phil
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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