[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] Home for independent open specifications (was: Collected Works of SAX)
David Brownell wrote: > > >From Len: > > > They > > have some good rules about the labeling of such assets > > that enable them to stay public. We had to look at this > > for HumanML and the OASIS rules are as open as it is > > possible for an org to be. > > I'll accept that for argument: Given that's so, there's > still no implication that OASIS process/rules need to > be the answer for SAX. There's been no case made > one way or another, from what I see. The fact that the OASIS rules are (or are not) compatible with a project doesn't necessarily mean that OASIS is an appropriate place for the project... (The fact that I have enough money to buy something doesn't need that I need nor want to buy it). The most important question IMHO is to wonder if the goals of the project and those of OASIS are compatible. <quote xlink:href="http://www.oasis-open.org/who/">OASIS, the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, is a non-profit, international consortium that creates interoperable industry specifications based on public standards such as XML and SGML, as well as others that are related to structured information processing.</quote> Even though OASIS is open to individual members, it's (like the W3C) a consortium of industrials interested in defining "interoperable industry specifications". How valuable and useful this goal might be for the industry, as an independent developer, I don't feel comfortable under the shadow of the big sponsors of industry consortiums and I think that a home for independent open specifications is a need that hasn't been met yet. Similar problems in the open source world have found answers such as SourceForge or Apache and there is probably a niche for either a neutral infrastructure provider for open specification projects (like SourceForge for open source project) and/or a "meritocratic" organization (like Apache in the open source arena). To come back to SAX that was the starting point of this thread, the question is probably to decide if SAX will be an "industry standard" or an open specification written by developers for developers. My 0,02 Euros. Eric > > - Dave -- See you at XTech in San Diego. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2001/view/e_spkr/790 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric van der Vlist http://xmlfr.org http://dyomedea.com http://xsltunit.org http://4xt.org http://examplotron.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced! Download The World's Best XML IDE!Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today! Subscribe in XML format
|