- From: <noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 22:31:34 -0500
- To: www-tag@w3.org
- Cc: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@acm.org>, fallside@us.ibm.com, "Champion, Mike" <Mike.Champion@SoftwareAG-USA.com>, w3c-xml-protocol-wg@w3.org, w3c-xml-schema-ig@w3.org, www-ws-arch@w3.org
Last Friday, the Web Services Architecture Group sent formal input to the Tag regarding XML Subsets and a number of related issues [1]. As most of you are aware, I had some concerns with that posting which I raised in [2]. I specifically asked that the input from WSA be "withdrawn", for a number of reasons which were discussed in my note. I am pleased to say that in a modest amount of semi-private communication those most directly involved and I have managed to clarify some of the issues and to resolve some misunderstandings. I wrote a final note clarifying my concerns, and summarizing what I believe to be the major points that I've heard along with my responses. I have posted it in the public archive at [3]. My goal in [2] was basically to alert the TAG to what I perceived to be some factual errors in the analysis by the WSA, and to the fact that workgroups that had done pertinent work in the areas discussed had not been consulted. Those are things the TAG should know, IMO, in considering this input. Our later discussions showed me that I also have some opinions about the TAG, its processes, and the ways the level of care that should be used when a workgroup provides formal input to an executive-level committee such as the TAG. I have had the opportunity to raise these issues, and accordingly I see no need for the WSA to "withdraw" its note as I originally requested. I also doubt that the TAG wants to encourage a debate on those wider issues just now, but if you're interested in my opinions they are in the note at [3]. That said, I don't claim that it is a balanced summary of the position of everyone who wrote me, just my reactions to what I think I heard. Others may wish to post their own opinions for the record too. Thank you to all for your patience with my concerns. Noah [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2003Jan/0212.html [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2003Jan/0216.html [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2003Jan/0062.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ Noah Mendelsohn Voice: 1-617-693-4036 IBM Corporation Fax: 1-617-693-8676 One Rogers Street Cambridge, MA 02142 ------------------------------------------------------------------
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