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another data point - OASIS

• From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• To: XML-Dev Mailing list <xml-dev@x...>
• Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 23:33:06 -0400

We keep talking about IETF/W3C/ISO, but there's another organization that
might be worth examining, whose work seems generally separate from (though
similarly interlocking with) IETF and W3C.

Jon Bosak posted a piece on OASIS' technical committee model a bit over a
week ago:
http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/200010/msg00085.html

He describes the OASIS TC process there, and points to the more formal
description as well:
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.shtml

It's interesting stuff, and new.  OASIS has a $250 annual fee for
individuals who want to participate, but Jon made clear that TC process
could include more open contribution models, like xml-dev discussion of SAX.

I haven't participated directly in OASIS, though I'm certainly considering
it given this latest move acknowledging the possibility of open
participation.  At the very least, it's yet another model, if a very new one.

Simon St.Laurent
XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed.
XHTML: Migrating Toward XML
http://www.simonstl.com - XML essays and books

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