Having lost
their supporting organization GCA/IDEAlliance, TopicMaps.Org might split
their development between ISO for specifications and OASIS for XTM
applications.
Eric Freese
posted on xtm-wg a motion to convert TopicMaps.Org
into an OASIS member section.
His proposal is to nevertheless
to bring the specification work back to ISO:
The current specification
work undertaken by TopicMaps.org would revert back to ISO. As mentioned in a previous note, the XTM DTD
will be added to 13250 as a normative annex.
The XTM specification would probably become a technical report published
by the OASIS member section with the copyright being owned by OASIS (a legal
entity). New specification work
(processing model, constraint language, conceptual model, etc.) will be done
under the auspices of ISO.
The borderlines appears to be still subject to discussion, "the XTM spec itself
would remain with TopicMaps.Org" says Eric Freese
while Steve Newcomb answers
that "there should not be two base standards for topic maps, there should
be exactly one.", but there seems to be a consensus on the principle.
Newcomb adds:
It makes sense to divide
the work of applying and popularizing topic maps between different organizations,
based on their differing strengths, abilities, and intentions.
The vote on
this motion (for TopicMaps.Org members) will be closed on June 15th and,
if it passes, the election of the charter of the new OASIS member section
should take place during the eXtreme Markup
conference in August.
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