Within the ASF we have a number of projects which deal with formats
and standards close to OASIS.
We've been approached by OASIS to see if it makes sense to join them. This
is a call out to Community to see if that makes sense.
There are a number of obstacles when working with OASIS (or the w3c for
that matter) compared to working with some of the other/normal standards
bodies such as the IETF.
Below are the obstacles to overcome/consider:
-> Face 2 Face meetings and Telecons are important to them;
as are forms of organisation bound voting alien to us.
The ASF developers come from all walks of life; and while
for some their ASF work is directly aligned with their normal
jobs - for others it is not. Asynchronous email is crucial in
allowing all to participate at times fitting; regardless of
their
timezone or other commitment. Hence any face to face travel,
or significant teleconferencing requirements generally
lower the quality of the ASF its participation.
-> They have things like NDA and other agreements for
their members, i.e. the ASF, which do not map onto
the agreements the ASF has with its developers.
We are a relatively open organisation; which makes
it hard to adhere to NDA's or other embargo's as under
normal operating procedures anyone can join any (mailing)
list at any time; and their contributions are simply based
on merit rather than as to wether they are a paying
member.
-> Any 'pay to play' is generally an issue for us on fundamental
grounds. Even if a fee is waived - we generally insist that
this is done not just for us - but for the entire open source,
open standards and/or academic community at large.
But having said that - we've been able to resolve these issues in the
past with some other similar organisations.
So - community - do we see enough benefit to start this conversation with
Oasis ? Do we want to be close to some of their standards ?
I'll give this conversation a week or so to build up; and if not - will
send a polite msg to Oasis saying; thanks for the offer but not at this
time.
Thanks,
Dw
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