WSTF Teleconference Notes

Present: Tex, Andrea, Takao, Mike, Deb, Martin, self (chair,scribe)
Not: (none)


ACTION LIST
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1. Work on finishing USWD by end of year.
2. MD/TS: produce new draft by [24 October 2003] for group consideration.
   - one more week. Takao to publish new version.
3. AP: supply new illustrations by [24 October 2003] for TS/MD to incorporate.
   - one week. Addison to send files to Takao.
4. AP: Write to Mark Davis for his example in I-022 [DONE]
  - Takao to incorporate.
5. AV: write the Easter calendric time example by [24 October 2003]. [In progress]
  Long discussion of options here and what they mean. Some alternatives were presented for usage scenarios:
  - Chinese New Year (lunar calendar)
  - religious issues (Easter, Passover, Ramadan, etc.)
  - Gregorian offset adoption calculator (for historical reasons)
  - Imperial calendar relationships...
  - age calculation for people straddling Gregorian calendar switch
6. DB: polish off the unfinished usage scenarios between 7 and 16.
  - bounce problems with email
  - fix text and put into section.
  - to send tomorrow to list and to Addison
7. MM: updating discovery scenarios.
  - just started today
  - # of issues with UDDI
  - additional taxonomy problems with ISO3166 extensions
  - to finish today? 
8. AV: write description of SOAP/WSDL relationship to one another [DONE]
  - Takao to incorporate
  - AP: WSA quote for Andrea
9. AP: publish first draft of requirements [DONE]
  - MD: don't say "the locale execution policy in R004", also use plural in R001 on locale(s).
  - MD: "maybe not 'create': describe end state instead"
  - need to consider subrequirements
  - MD: when do we go with it as a WD? Discussion says: after window opens in a few weeks.
  - TT: need to have guidelines of usage
  - AP: rfc3066bis I-D discussion
  - TT: add a space after R001.

R006? Develop requirements for description and discovery of Web services.

Need to take action: Liaison with OASIS's UDDI group? How is WS liaised with OASIS/UDDI? What is the current relationship and "political climate" surrounding UDDI? Need to figure out if we need to get hooked up.

NOTES:
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Mike got a job: "Digital Repositories Architect" for University of California. Congratulations to Mike!

GOALS:
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1. Publish final USWD by 31 December.
2. Publish draft requirements by 31 December.
3. Charter for REC-TRACK.

AGENDA:
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1. Review Action Items.
2. Review progress towards goals.
3. Discussion: requirements doc.
4. Planning for next FTF meeting @ IUC25.
5. Other business.

Talk to you then.

Best Regards,

Addison

Addison P. Phillips
Director, Globalization Architecture
webMethods | Delivering Global Business Visibility
http://www.webMethods.com
Chair, W3C Internationalization (I18N) Working Group
Chair, W3C-I18N-WG, Web Services Task Force
http://www.w3.org/International

Internationalization is an architecture. 
It is not a feature.

Received on Wednesday, 5 November 2003 14:26:02 UTC