Thanks to Juha and Tom for this major effort!

kc

On 7/12/18 5:17 AM, Hakala, Juha E wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
>  
> 
> ISO TC 46/SC 4 secretariat has today started committee draft vote on ISO
> 15836-2. Mea culpa; I apologize the fact that this was done so suddenly.
> Some background:
> 
>  
> 
> ISO Central Secretariat informed me a few days ago that the ISO 15836-2
> project is running late; we do not have much time left. Therefore I had
> to start CD vote before the summer vacation of the Secretariat, since
> that would have meant another 4-week delay.
> 
>  
> 
> I am well aware that the ISO/CD 15836-2 is far from complete. There are
> a lot of properties which are still work in progress. But keep in mind
> that ISO committee drafts are not expected to be mature documents.
> People reviewing them know that there may still be a lot of changes. It
> is only when DIS (Draft International Standard) or FDIS point has been
> reached that the document is expected to be about ready, and sometimes
> there are major changes even after DIS stage. I don’t think this will be
> the case with ISO 15836-2.  
> 
>  
> 
> Dissemination of CD versions and other ISO drafts is limited; it should
> be only people the TC 46 mirror committee national standardization
> organization such as DIN or ANSI selects. There should be zero risk that
> anyone will ever use a CD or even a DIS version of ISO 15836-2 for
> resource description. If that happens, they have misunderstood the role
> of ISO drafts. Only the final text, the international standard, will be
> OK for that purpose.
> 
>  
> 
> Next steps are the following:
> 
>  
> 
> CD voting process will last about two months, until September 21^st .
> During this time UB is expected to make further changes to the standard,
> and I shall update the ISO draft accordingly. ISO-style documentation
> shall be produced which will consist of all the UB changes, plus
> comments from the SC 4 voting members and the Dublin Core working group.
> ISO/DIS version will be created during October / November, using the UB
> decisions. Comments from the WG and SC 4 voting members will be passed
> to UB so that you can decide what to do with them. UB will be in the
> decisive role in order to guarantee that there will be just one version
> of Dublin Core.  
> 
>  
> 
> Given the decisive role UB has had in the production of the CD version,
> the ISO WG members have not even seen the revised text until now. I
> wanted to avoid arguments between UB and ISO WG since we have agreed
> that in the end UB wins. But the working group members can now comment
> the CD version, and I shall pass all that feedback to the UB. I do hope
> that this, and the voting results, will help the UB to improve the DIS
> version. I intend to give the WG members free hands, so that they can
> for instance suggest new properties if they feel that there is a need
> for it.
> 
>  
> 
> I hope this clarified the situation a bit. An I repeat that I am the
> person to blame for the busy schedule, not Tom or somebody else in DCMI
> or ISO.
> 
>  
> 
> All the best,
> 
>  
> 
> Juha
> 
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