12 or 13 November 2001: EIDX/CompTIA/RNUG meeting (Scottsdale)
6 or 7 December 2001: Informal discussions at Interop Summit (Orlando)
13 December 2001: Late-breaking News Track at XML 2001 (Orlando)
End of February 2002: Congreso Internacional de Sistemas Computacionales (Guadalajara)
21 May 2002: Opening keynote at XML Europe 2002
I will try to have someone arrange press/analyst briefings in conjunction with these events.
Position paper explaining the basic idea
Will serve as foundation for presentations and briefings
Matt Gertner and Bob Glushko are preparing a draft
Bosak will review by mail
TC will review on ubl list
We need a marketing SC to:
generate press releases
gather quotes
get approval from the TC by mail
coordinate with OASIS (Carol Geyer)
Identify "host organizations" (e.g. X12, EWG, OAGI)
Set up collaborative system for working with domain experts in host organizations
UBL SCs form input committees (ICs)
ICs meet with counterparts at host meetings
ICs organize input and convey it back to UBL SCs
UBL TC meets entirely by mail
UBL SCs meet entirely by phone
No one has to make hard choices about whether to attend UBL meetings or meetings of other organizations
Overengineered, confusing, and hard to explain
Host organizations will be confused about the status of decisions made in host meetings
Collaboration in this way would require a difficult formal decision on the part of some large organizations
No individual can deliver the decision to collaborate with us
Would require messy and difficult steering committee process
Would take too long to set this up
UBL-to-host is wrong granularity for working liaisons (we want SC-to-SC)
Our SCs need to meet in person as SCs
The TC itself needs to meet regularly in person
A traditional organization with its own identity and meeting schedule
Advantage: at least we can arrange the meeting schedule in a way that best suits the initial participants
Relationships with cooperating organizations through formal liaisons
Working relationships at the SC-to-SC level through shared membership
Public review cycles according to a published policy (delegate this to a Policy SC)
2002.01.13-01.16 IxRetail (NRF show) New York
2002.01.28-02.01 eBTWG Seattle
2002.02.03-02.08 X12 Seattle
2002.02.??-02.?? Interoperability Summit
2002.02.27-03.02 Congreso Guadalajara
2002.03.??-03.?? ARTS Atlanta
2002.03.04-03.08 XBRL Berlin
2002.03.18-03.22 EWG Barcelona
2002.05.20-05.25 XML Europe Barcelona
2002.06.02-06.07 X12 Minneapolis
2002.06.17-06.22 XBRL Toronto
Jan/Feb 2002: West coast U.S. (could be Sun)
March/April 2002: West coast U.S. (could be Sun)
July 2002: Europe (Commerce One?)
Sept/Oct 2002: East coast U.S. (D.C.? Boston?)
I think we need to turn this over to a Scheduling SC.
There are really two levels to consider.
Functional (working) liaisons
SC-to-SC
Informal based on common membership
Day-to-day relationship
Responsibility of the SCs to establish and manage
Formal liaisons
TC-to-peer
Liaisons are "ambassadors" from organizations that want some say in what we're doing
Responsibility of the TC to establish and manage
Opu has convinced me that we need this.
Composition: All formally designated liaisons accepted by the TC
Duties:
Receive requests for input from SCs
Negotiate review schedules with cooperating organizations
Collect, organize, and gate the formal input
Perform general political coordination with cooperating organizations and report on that to the TC
Note: See the minutes of the TC meeting for the rules as adopted after presentation of this item.
SC meetings: loosen up on weekly/fortnightly phone meeting requirement (do more by email)
Produce a set of best practices for email
Provide for a TC vice chair
We need to establish some other policies (public review policy, versioning policy)
I'm going to suggest the creation of a Policy SC to deal with this.
Note: The resolutions below are shown as submitted to the TC for consideration. See the minutes of this meeting for the resolutions as adopted by the TC.
That a Marketing Subcommittee shall be created to
Work with TC members and the OASIS staff to generate publicity for the UBL effort and promote its adoption
That it shall be chaired by the Chair of the TC.
That its membership shall be appointed by the Chair of the TC.
That a Scheduling Subcommittee shall be created to recommend a meeting schedule to the TC.
That it shall be chaired by the Chair of the TC.
That its membership shall consist of those persons who participate in phone meetings to be arranged by the Chair of the SC.
That it shall take as a starting point the "Possible Framework for a Meeting Schedule" suggested in this report.
That it shall submit to the TC a recommended meeting schedule for 2002 no later than 1 December 2001.
That a Policy Subcommittee shall be created to formulate standing rules, best practices, and other policies for adoption by the TC.
That in particular, it shall create:
Revised SC rules based on the preliminary rules adopted at the beginning of this meeting and input received during the meeting
An initial set of best practices for the conduct of SC business by email
A policy for public review of UBL specifications
At some future time, a policy for versioning UBL specifications
That it shall be chaired by the Chair of the TC.
That its membership shall be appointed by the Chair of the TC.
That a Liaison Subcommittee shall be created to receive requests for input from SCs; negotiate review schedules with cooperating organizations; collect and organize formal input from cooperating organizations; convey input to the requesting SCs; and propose policies regarding the relationship of the UBL TC to other organizations for consideration by the TC.
That its membership shall consist of its chair and the formal liaisons approved by the TC.
That the chair of the TC shall chair the Liaison SC.
That the Chair of the TC shall be authorized to put UBL-related materials on the UBL web site hosted by OASIS.
That the Chair of the TC shall be authorized to delegate web site access to other persons designated by SCs to create and maintain subtrees of the UBL site pertaining to such SCs.
That the Chair of the TC shall be authorized to place before the TC resolutions pertaining to the operation of the TC for disposition by electronic mail voting as specified in the OASIS TC process.