RE: Comments update

["Rachel Foerster" <rachelf@ix.netcom.com>]

I heartily second Stephenie's comments below. Documents of this type can be
uploaded to the project team's web pages (I know that Paul Levine can do
this and I'm sure he'll give you the directions.) From there all you need to
do is distribute the URL so that interested parties can download the
document.

Also....the Adobe Acrobate file format is the only one today that is
ubiquitous across computing platforms and operating systems. I believe it
was agreed in the Steering Committee during the Brussels meeting that .pdf
would be the default defacto file format for ebXML documents.

We should comply with that StC decision.

Rachel

-----Original Message-----
From: COOPER,STEPHENIE (HP-PaloAlto,ex1)
[mailto:stephenie_cooper@hp.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 4:16 PM
To: 'Karsten Riemer'; rachelf@ix.netcom.com
Cc: 'Paul R. Levine'; ebXML-BP@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: Comments update


Hi.

I would still go with Rachel's original recommendation that the files be
shared in .pdf (Portable Document Format) format.  The Acrobat software is
not very expensive, and it takes seconds to convert a .doc to .pdf.
Although most people can read .doc files (including some of my colleagues at
Sun ;-)), not everyone is on a Microsoft platform or has the tools to read
Microsoft files.  PDF is a format that can be read by everyone (whether they
are on Windows, Unix or Linux), and the Acrobat reader is available for
free.

I know its been suggested in the past that files be posted to the web, and
not attached to e-mail messages (of course, that begs the question of access
for timely postings to the web site).  Put a URL in the email message, and
make relevant forms of the file available (.mdl, .doc., .pdf) on the
referenced URL.  Not only is there a cost involve with replicating a file
for each recipient on a list, but with more and more viruses going around,
some companies are resorting to deleting attachments before the e-mail gets
to the recipient, or worse yet, not allowing e-mails with attachments to be
delivered.

Also worth noting is that, on average, a .pdf version is 1/2 the size of its
.doc source (and sometimes as small as 1/10th the size), making it a more
economical format if e-mail attachments must be used.

Just a thought.

-----Original Message-----
From: Karsten Riemer [mailto:Karsten.Riemer@East.Sun.COM]
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 1:37 PM
To: rachelf@ix.netcom.com
Cc: 'Karsten Riemer'; 'Paul R. Levine'; ebXML-BP@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: Comments update


Sorry,
here is the .doc file. (I just clicked on the wrong file when sending it out
right before our meeting today)
The file is merely an update to the model that is already on the ebXML
server.
 The update was just for purposes of our weekly phone conference today.
A new complete document including all comments/feedback to date will be
posted
by next Monday.

Karsten

>Karsten,
>
>The attached file is not a .doc file format. It's still the .mdl format.
>
>Rachel
>


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