FYI

An opportunity for anyone who wants to get involved with the standards
making process...


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>From: "Erik Duval" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: LTSC-LOM: LOM XML Binding: Call for Volunteers
>Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 22:04:24 +0200
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>Dear LOMsters,
>
>this is a call for volunteers to work on the XML binding of LOM.
>
>As you will remember from earlier messages, the LOM conceptual model is well
>on its way to become the first formally approved IEEE LTSC standard. It is
>now time to focus on the binding of this conceptual model to concrete
>technologies, so that interoperable LOM tools can be developed. Three
>bindings are being envisaged for LOM at this stage: RDF, ISO 11404 and XML.
>It is the latter kind of binding that is the subject of this message.
>
>More specifically, this is a call for volunteers to contribute to a working
>group that will develop two kinds of XML bindings of LOM:
>
>       1. a DTD (Document Type Definition)
>       2. an XML Schema
>
>This working group will not just develop the bindings mentioned above, but
>will also develop supporting documents, including samples of metadata
>instances. If working code can be developed in the process, then that would
>be A Good Thing, though this is not a requirement.
>
>With this message, I am soliciting volunteers to WORK ON the issues listed
>above. Of course, the full LOM working group will be informed about progress
>in this area, both on-line and in the meetings.
>
>It is expected that the working group will be relatively small (say about 10
>collaborators). Together, we will, in a first phase, collect descriptions of
>existing practice, including (though not necessarily limited to):
>
>       - actual DTD's and XML Schemas that implement (potentially earlier
>         versions of) LOM
>       - papers, articles, etc. that report on the development of the above,
>        on how to deal with extensions and application profiles, etc.
>       - tools that rely on the XML encoding for indexing, searching,
>         transforming LOM instances, etc.
>       - etc.
>
>We will probably rely mostly on on-line communication: a specific maillist
>has been set up and we will collect information on the web. It seems very
>likely that we will also make use of audio conference calls, and we might
>meet up face-to-face as well, for instance at the next IEEE LTSC meeting
>(June 17-21, 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA - see http://ltsc.ieee.org/). At
>that meeting, a 4.5 hour block of LOM time has been reserved on Wednesday
>June 19th from 10am through 3:30pm. It is envisaged that 1 hour or more of
>that time will be devoted to a first report on the activities of the XML
>binding group.
>
>At this moment, the planning looks roughly as follows:
>
>- until 3 June:
>       - volunteer by sending me an email, so that you can be subscribed
>         to the closed maillist for this work group
>       - contribute existing practice documentation, as outlined above
>- until 14 June:
>       - discuss different options for both XML Schema and DTD
>       - discuss best way to make progress and obtain a consensus based
>         consolidated XML LOM DTD and XML LOM Schema
>       - identify additional supporting material
>               - implementation guides
>               - HOW TO deal with extensions, multilinguality, etc.
>               - metadata instances
>               - XSL scripts to visualize LOM instances
>               - etc.
>- 17-21 June:
>       - IEEE LTSC meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA
>       - LOM XML Binding plenary session
>       - face-to-face meeting of the working group
>         (with facilities for audio participation if necessary)
>- 24 June - 10 July:
>       - develop further planning and process
>- September 2002:
>       - consolidated proposal for a DTD and an XML Schema for LOM
>
>WHAT YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW
>- volunteer by sending me an email, so that you can be subscribed
>  to the closed maillist for this work group
>- forward this message to others who might be able and interested to
>  contribute to this work
>
>Hoping to make swift progress, so that we can put LOM to WORK in a truly
>interoperable way - kind regards,
>
>Erik Duval
>LOM Technical Editor
>(provisional lead for the LOM XML Binding Working Group)
>
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