Minutes of CGM Open MS meeting - 10 Mar 2004

Participants:

Dave
Ulrich
Bruce
Dieter
Forrest
Andrew
Gabriella
Kevin
Lofton

Agenda:

CGM Open as an MS TC within OASIS

Lofton is now an OASIS member

Lofton will check on the membership of Bruce.

The current steering committee is made up of Dieter as chair Dieter, Dave as TC Chair, and Lofton as program director. The MS will need to hold elections within one year.

If everyone is present, the steering committee will meet in Amsterdam and XML Europe to do some strategic planning.

CGM Open needs to create a TC through the formal OASIS process. Dave will work with Karl Best to do this. As part of the process the MS needs to develop statements of scope and mission. We should be able to expand the statements that are in RoP.

Lofton will coordinate the establishment of the email lists. The primary lists are CGM Open members and the TC mailing list(s). The existing CGM Open public discussion list will probably cease to exist.

Dave will circulate a proposal for a monthly telecon so everyone can plan on a consistent schedule.

Next face-to-face meeting

A tentative date for the meeting is the week of 24 May 2004 hosted by ITEDO outside of Cologne.

We would schedule a ½ day meeting of the MS followed by a 3½ day TC meeting.

The TC needs to be initiated by that time.

The following list reflects ability to participate:
Dave - yes
Ulrich - yes
Bruce - maybe
Dieter - yes
Forrest - probable
Gabriella - yes
Kevin - maybe
Lofton - yes
Franck - ?
Andrew - yes
Don - ?

Dave will coordinate the details.

Proposed program for CGM Open MS

Alignment of CGM Open work and ATA work

The steering committee will create a first draft of a proposed plan at their tentative meeting in Amsterdam.

Roadmap for WebCGM

Dave will initiate an email discussion forum based on input from Dieter's CGM Open memorandum and email from Gabriella and Franck.

Interop project

According to Franck, the user interface work identified in December is now complete and the project is up and running on the ISOdraw server. Dave will distribute the web address when he finds it. Franck, working with ITEDO, needs to start migrating the application to the OASIS web site.

Update of ICS pages

It appears the some of the ICS links are broken again and some ICS are out of date. The vendors need to insure that their ISC are current and that the links are valid. Lofton is planning a refresh for the May/June time period. Gabriella has consented to check the links periodically for accuracy.

WebCGM DOM

The WebCGM DOM should be the highest priority of the CGM Open MS. Since the group doesn't currently have an IDL/DOM expert, Dave will solicit consulting help from the XML community in Boeing. It's possible to write a language binding first and formalize it in IDL at a later date. The responsibility for the project lead here is Dave as the TC chair. Each vendor needs to have a plan for implementing once the DOM is finalized. Dieter, Forrest, and Ulrich committed to implement and Don is expected to also implement. Those who will contribute to the DOM development effort include Dave, Kevin, Dieter, Ulrich, Forrest, and probably Don. The next step is to determine where the DOM ends up. Should it become an OASIS specification or a W3C recommendation along with WebCGM. The steering committee will attempt to set up a meeting with Chris Lilley in Amsterdam to discuss this issue.

XML companion files

The group needs to formalize how companion files interact with CGM browser software (through Ids, names, etc?), including a standardized way that the XML data is to be used by the view software. Forrest offered to participate in this activity. This will become an agenda item for the face-to-face meeting in May.

Action items:

Prepare minutes - Dave
Check on Bruce's membership status - Lofton
Initiate TC creation process - Dave
Work on MS mail lists - Lofton
Initiate discussion of WebCGM roadmap - Dave
Face-to-face meeting details - Dieter
Propose monthly telecon schedule - Dave
Find XML DOM resource in Boeing - Dave
Define job duties/responsibilities for program director - steering committee
Coordinate meeting between steering committee and Chris Lilley in Amsterdam - Lofton
Draft plan for coordinating CGM Open/ATA alignment - steering committee
Check ISC links - Gabriella
Confirm accuracy of ICS - all vendors
Prepare to refresh product pages - Lofton
Move interop project to OASIS web site - Franck/Dieter