[dsdl-discuss] Re: Synchronization of the OASIS RELAXNGCompactSyntax and the ISO/IEC19757-2 AMENDMENT 1: Compact Syntax

I'll be back in my office in the morning but I have a quick
comment. I've been on the road teaching.

At 2007-02-21 17:09 +0000, Martin Bryan wrote:
>Sorry to keep on raising ogres to what you doubtless hoped was a "done deal"
>with ISO (for which many thanks) but while at first sight the ISO response
>of:
>
> >SC 34 should send its comments to OASIS and have OASIS handle the defects.
>
>seems to clarify the situation from WG1's point of view, it does not solve
>the problem of the loose wording in Appendix A of the explanatory report for
>ODF, which states:
>
> > OASIS requests that any corrections of defects or errata
> > from the JTC1 process be re-presented to the OASIS Technical Committee,
>for
> > handling and correction, which the Technical Committee will be pleased to
> > publish in a manner coordinated with JTC1.
>
>What does "re-presented" mean to you here? To me it means that once any
>defects have been "presented" to ISO as a formal defect report or corrigenda
>they should be submitted to OASIS for publication to their community at the
>same time they are published by ISO.

Well, OASIS does have a comment submission process ... I don't see
anything wrong with comments coming from WG1 or SC34 or individual
members to the ODF comment list.

>I'm happy to abide by the ISO secretariate ruling, but am not sure where it
>leaves us with other OASIS originated standards such as RELAX NG. For
>example, what happens if WG1 asks SC34 to submit a defect report to OASIS
>and OASIS choose to ignore the reported defect?

I don't see RELAX-NG in the same boat ... it is not a PAS document
... as I recall (it was before I became Secretariat) it went through
the entire JTC 1 process step-by-step and did not skip any step as a
publicly-available submission. I'm of the opinion that all of the
parts of DSDL are fully JTC 1 parts ... they all went through the
standard development process. Therefore, there is no involvement in
OASIS in its maintenance.

As a new member of the OASIS TC for RELAX-NG, it is my understanding
that new committee work was going to *promote* RELAX-NG, not modify
it or maintain it. Maintaining DSDL ISO specifications happen within JTC 1.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken

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