At 00/08/07 15:14 -0400, wrote:
>I've noticed that our committee pages on the OASIS site are set up to
>publish working documents, but only at a high level of formality. So far,
>we have Tony's first cut at the discretionary parts of the specs, but my
>additions (sent 7/5/2000) are not added in. Is this simply an unfortunate
>byproduct of the fact that Tony's list was an attachment and mine was
>embedded in the message body?
Yes ... if someone would like a document posted to the work area, I am
currently the bottleneck to do so.
>Do we need a different way to build these
>documents collaboratively?
That would be nice ... but how would we maintain the openness of our
results as required by procedure?
>Who will publish the documents in the special
>section of the Web site?
Perhaps yes ... perhaps we collaborate out of the public eye and publish
result on-line, but only for documents ... not for committee discussion, as
discussion must remain open.
>In addition to the list of discretionary items, I'm getting ready to send
>along the start of a list of vague areas in the specs. This, too, will
>benefit from collaborative assembly of submissions from all list members.
>We also need to start "talking" about the flags that pertain to individual
>test cases, possibly to become prescribed comments in the stylesheets. This
>in turn leads to a discussion of how we express the linkage between a test
>case and particular passages in the specs.
I'm anxious to get started on this, as I have little time before my next
travel obligation.
>I like the idea that someone could go to the Web site and find a section
>where they see the latest versions of those and other planning documents.
This is in keeping with policy ... what is missing is the collaboration
mechanics.
>If we need another tool to do the collaborative work of the committee,
><plug>Lotus has a wide range of products for collaboration.</plug>
I am a big fan of the early releases of collaborative tools such as Lotus
Notes because I was in an environment where this was being used, but have
not had the opportunity to use this tool for about 4 years and I have not
needed to assess such web-based tools.
>Unless I
>hear of a specific protocol, I'll just send my draft documents to the
>mailing list.
I look forward to specific suggestions of what we can use. I'm sure other
OASIS committees would be very interested to see how we solve this issue.
................ Ken
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