Ballot: UBL 2.0 Committee Draft for third public review

[jon.bosak@sun.com]

Hello UBL TC,

This message is to announce the start of balloting UBL 2.0 as an
OASIS Committee Draft intended for the third public review cycle.
Please read the following for an explanation of what this means
and where we are in the overall process.

The ballot opens at 5 p.m. New York time Wednesday 13 September
2006 and closes at 5 p.m. New York time Wednesday 20 September
2006.  Since quick approval would be advantageous to our release
schedule, I urge you to log in now to the UBL TC site and click on
"Ballots" to record your vote.  DO NOT use the UBL mailing list
for voting; use the web site.  Note that you will need to log in
using your OASIS password in order to vote.

DOCUMENT LOCATION

The most recent version of the candidate UBL 2.0 PRD3 is available
to members of the TC at

   http://ibiblio.org/bosak/ubl/prd3-UBL-2.0.zip

(Repeated attempts to upload this file to the server at OASIS by
both cable modem and dialup modem did not succeed.  Presumably
OASIS staff will be able to transfer the file in time for the
public review.)

NOTES

 - This vote is to begin a third public review; it is not a final
   approval of the specification.

 - The current draft is still missing the ASN.1 schemas, which
   will be included in the package to be submitted to OASIS
   following this vote.  Since the ASN.1 section is informative,
   its addition will not constitute a substantive change under the
   OASIS TC process.

BALLOT TEXT

The question to be voted on reads as follows:

   Resolved,

   1. That the OASIS UBL TC approves the UBL 2.0 draft
      specification currently located at

      http://ibiblio.org/bosak/ubl/prd3-UBL-2.0.zip

      as an OASIS Committee Draft.

   2. That the UBL TC chairs and secretaries are authorized to
      make such editorial and formatting changes to the approved
      document as may be required for its publication as an OASIS
      Committee Draft.

   3. That the UBL TC chairs and secretaries are authorized to
      submit the approved Committee Draft for OASIS public review
      together with the adjunct materials required by the OASIS
      standardization process.

   4. That the UBL TC chairs and secretaries are authorized to
      make such further editorial and formatting changes to the
      approved Committee Draft as may be requested by OASIS
      Administration to meet the requirements of the OASIS public
      review process.

VOTING REQUIRED

Participation in a CD ballot is not optional for voting members of
the TC.  OASIS rules require "yes" votes from a majority of the
entire voting membership of the TC in order to approve a Committee
Draft.  An abstention or a failure to vote may prevent passage of
the resolutions on the ballot, and a failure to vote will count
against your standing as a voting member of the TC.

In response to member requests, I have enabled the ballot
interface to accept abstentions.  You should understand, however,
that in an absolute majority vote such as this one, an abstention
has the same effect as a vote to disapprove.

Jon Bosak
Chair, OASIS UBL TC