XACML TC:
After another review of the ballots we have determined that one of the
negative ballots (that from MSI) was ineligible due to the company no
longer being a member of OASIS. So you can ignore that ballot. The
negative votes from Fujitsu must still be considered.
-Karl
Karl Best wrote:
> OASIS XACML TC:
>
> This is to officially inform you that voting to approve the XACML
> Committee Specification as an OASIS Standard has ended, and that
> sufficient affirmative votes have been received to approve the spec.
> However, there were also two negative votes, with comments.
>
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-voting/200301/msg00004.html
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-voting/200301/msg00048.html
>
> There are not sufficient negative votes to turn down the approval, but
> because there are negative votes the TC must now make a decision on what
> to do next.
>
> For the process for handling these negative votes see Section 2 of the
> OASIS TC Process at
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.shtml#approval_standard
>
> "If at the end of the voting period at least 10 percent of the voting
> membership has voted to approve the proposed standard, then if no votes
> have been cast to disapprove the proposed standard, it shall become an
> OASIS Standard immediately following the end of the voting period.
> However, if negative votes amounting to less than 10 percent of the
> voting membership have been cast, the TC will be notified of the
> negative votes, after which the TC shall have 30 days to take one of the
> following actions by resolution: (a) request OASIS TC Administration to
> approve the specification as submitted despite the negative votes; (b)
> withdraw the submission entirely; or (c) submit an amended
> specification, in which case the amended submission shall be considered
> as if it were a new submission, except that information regarding
> previous votes and any disposition of comments received in previous
> votes shall accompany the amended submission."
>
> The TC now has 30 days to notify OASIS what you would like to do:
> request that the spec be approved despite the negative votes, withdraw
> the spec, or withdraw it and submit a new spec later.
>
> I will await your decision.
>
> -Karl
>
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