[topicmapmail] FW: IEEE Approval of Public Posting of SUO

[Steven R. Newcomb]

James Mason, Convenor of ISO/IEC JTC1 SC34 (the SGML family of
standards that includes, among other things, ISO 13250) sent this to
some of us and I thought everybody should see it.

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From: "Mason, James David (MXM) " <mxm@y12.doe.gov>
To: (a whole bunch of standards people)
Subject: FW: IEEE Approval of Public Posting of SUO
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 08:49:46 -0400

This is the sort of news I like to see: a standard is going on line
from earliest drafts through final version.

The Standard Upper Ontology (SUO) group is developing something that
they intend to bring into JTC1/SC32. The content will be something
like a collection of Public Topics, and they've been concerned that
their standard would be useless if it were not available online and
for free.

Jim Mason

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Schoening, James R CECOM DCSC4I
> [SMTP:James.Schoening@mail1.monmouth.army.mil]
> Sent:	Thursday, October 26, 2000 05:13 p.m.
> To:	'standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org'
> Subject:	SUO: IEEE Approval of Public Posting of SUO
> 
> 
> All,
> 
>      Approval has been obtained for the public posting of the SUO
> document,
> from its initial drafts through the final standard. See message below.
> 
>      Thanks go to Patrick Cassidy for helping with the telecon with IEEE,
> Frank Farance for helping us prepare for the request, and all SUO
> participants for creating a strong enough project to warrant this
> approval.
> 
> Jim  Schoening
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: j.gorman@ieee.org
> To: Schoening, James R CECOM DCSC4I
> Cc: s.diamond@computer.org
> Sent: 10/26/00 3:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Public Posting of Initial Ontology Standard
> 
> 
> Jim,
> This is to confirm what we discussed today on the telephone: that we
> agree to allow the free distribution of your proposed standards project
> (Standard Upper Ontology) in accordance with the same process we followed
> on
> your committee's earlier glossary standard. I believe this meant that from
> the first draft through the approved, published work, the standard was
> available on the web to all who wanted to access it.
> 
> Please confirm that this is your understanding as well, and I will look
> for the same from the staff here.
> 
> Our best wishes to your committee for a successful development effort.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Judy Gorman
> 
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-Steve

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