Announcing support for use of Git/GitHub public repositories for TC work

See this message from Robin Cover. This is a great step that can help us in our spec generation work.

=Drummond 

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From: Robin Cover <>
Date: Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 2:14 PM
Subject: [chairs] Announcing support for use of Git/GitHub public repositories for TC work
To: OASIS Chairs List <>

In response to a growing number of member requests, OASIS Staff is now providing support for use of GitHub public repositories by TCs that need dedicated version control.  Use of Git/GitHub will be supported in addition to, or in place of, a TC's Subversion (SVN) repository.

These GitHub repositories for TC work will be configured using the GitHub default (simple) setup options that enable GitHub issues and the GitHub Wiki.

The new offering is distinct from OASIS Open Repositories [5], which also use Git/GitHub, but are governed by open source licensing and separate contribution rules.  The GitHub repositories for TC Members' chartered work are governed by the familiar OASIS policies which govern use of other TC collaboration tools, including a TC Wiki, a TC Subversion repository, a TC JIRA Issues Tracker, and a TC Kavi document repository  (OASIS IPR Policy, TC Process etc.)

References are provided below for the online request form and related documentation.

Staff hereby extends a note of appreciation to the TAB, OASIS Board, and several TC Chairs who provided encouragement and feedback on rollout of this additional collaboration tool.

Please send comments or questions to Robin Cover and Chet Ensign, via email at:  (and) 

** References

[1] GitHub Repositories for OASIS TC Members' Chartered Work

https://www.oasis-open.org/resources/tcadmin/github-repositories-for-oasis-tc-members-chartered-work

[2] Online Request Form

https://www.oasis-open.org/resources/tc-admin-requests/request-a-tc-github-version-control-instance-be-created

[3] Model repository to illustrate use of default startup files

https://github.com/oasis-tcs/water-new-metrics

[4] Design Notes (provisional/temporary)

https://oasis-tcs.github.io/design-notes.html

[5] OASIS Open Repositories (different than: GitHub for TC Members' work)

https://www.oasis-open.org/resources/open-repositories

Robin Cover

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