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Simon St.Laurent writes: > It's not clear to me what benefits I'd get from becoming an OASIS > member. It's hard to say what benefits might develop. It is interesting to note that the OASIS name has come up a couple of times in discussions with my customers -- they're developing specs such as industry-specific document types for interchange, and they are thinking ahead to where the specs might live and be maintained after the initial development and implementation, OASIS was the first place they mentioned. This doesn't mean that OASIS *is* going to become important, but it does mean that there's a clear niche for it to move into if the OASIS members are willing and able to take the plunge. The W3C is *not* about to endorse every industry-specific doctype, even if the vendors do manage to submit them as Notes; but industries do want some kind of vendor-independent endorsement, and OASIS could provide that if it wanted to. I don't know whether that potential justifies the cost of membership, or if it will ever be realized, but it is certainly possible for OASIS to grow significantly in importance. All the best, David -- David Megginson david@m... http://www.megginson.com/ xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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