[sc34wg3] draft Reference Model

[Mason, James David (MXM)]

WG3 Folks:

Martin has a good point here. We're trying to work in Internet time,
constantly reviewing and revising, but at some point we have to let the dust
settle enough for people to take a good, slow look at the document. I sent
out my initial comment because I want to checkpoint the document and have us
all know what version we're looking at. But about May 1 we need to have
settled on a version that we can let remain intact until the meeting, which
starts on May 18. 

We all want this stuff to move as fast as possible, and we're all learning
quickly, but the world won't end if we freeze the text on May 1. We may
generate a whole new document when we get together in Barcelona, but that's
what meetings are for.

Martin doesn't say it explicitly, but in several national bodies that
participate in SC34, there are more people than those who actively come to
the meetings or are subscribed to this list. Those folks need a chance to
catch up, too.

Jim


James David Mason, Ph.D.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Martin Bryan [SMTP:mtbryan@sgml.u-net.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, April 11, 2002 4:55 AM
> To:	sc34wg3@isotopicmaps.org
> Subject:	Re: [sc34wg3] draft Reference Model
> 
> 
> Jim
> 
> > The discussion is ongoing, and I suspect another new document will
> emerge
> > before Barcelona. I think that document should get a new number. Even if
> we
> > go through several new numbers in the next month, that will be OK. But
> we
> > need to set down benchmarks so we can all know what document we're
> talking
> > about (and so that we're all talking about the same thing).
> 
> I also think we need to stop issuing changes to it at least for the last
> two
> weeks before the SC34 meeting so that national delegations can have time
> to
> discuss the text sensibly. (We had the UK meeting yesterday, and one of
> our
> outputs from this will be a formal request that the requirement for
> national
> bodies to develop national positions be built into the process more than
> it
> currently is.)
> 
> Martin
> 
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