Re: document updates

[Bill Smith <bill.smith@sun.com>]

I suggest that we postpone all edits until we have new teams up and running
under the new MOU.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Best" <karl.best@oasis-open.org>
To: <ebxml-exec@lists.ebxml.org>
Cc: "Karl" <karl.best@oasis-open.org>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 9:31 AM
Subject: document updates


> Execs:
>
> A couple of questions have come up the last couple of days regarding the
> documents, which are now on the web site.
>
> The Plenary approved the documents as submitted, and the steering
committee
> requested/authorized minor edits before the docs went up on the web. That
> has been done, so everything that has been approved in this regards has
been
> completed.
>
> I've already had a couple of requests from teams or people who would like
to
> do further editing. I'm concerned a bit that the teams don't have any
> standing at this point, so can't submit anything, but more concerned that
> there is no plenary to approve documents that have been edited. I won't
> replace an approved doc on the web page with a new one just because
someone
> gives it to me. My intent is that regardless whether the edits are
cosmetic
> or substantive I won't accept any changed documents until they are
approved
> in some official manner. Please let me know if you want me to handle this
in
> any other manner.
>
> Second, as I was going through the docs to do the minor touchup over the
> weekend I was not at all impressed with their condition. Frankly, they
could
> use a lot of editing, both individually and collectively. Before UN/CEFACT
> and OASIS jointly publishes these docs (and I'm not sure what that means)
it
> may be wise to devote some resources to having them edited. My guess is
that
> 60-80 hours of a professional editor's time would be required to clean up
> all 25 of them.
>
> </karl>
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