Hi folks, A few weeks ago, Bob sent out a request for statements of use. I’ve quoted it below. These statements are an important part of the OASIS process. If you can provide a statement of use, please do!
Bob Stayton <b...@sagehill.net> writes: > Hello, > > I'm the Chair of the OASIS DocBook Technical Committee. The Committee is in > the last stages of > getting The DocBook Schema Version 5.2 through the OASIS approval process. > We need to submit > three Statements of Use of the new schema, and I would like to ask if any > participants in the > DocBook user community might like to submit one. You need not be a member of > OASIS to submit > one. Here are the requirements for making such a Statement: > > * It is a written statement that a party has successfully used or implemented > that specification in > accordance with all or some of its conformance clauses, identifying those > clauses that apply, > and stating whether its use included the interoperation of multiple > independent implementations. > The conformance clauses for DocBook 5.3 are: > > * This specification normatively defines DocBook V5.2 with a RELAX NG grammar > and a set of > Schematron assertions. A conformant DocBook V5.2 document must be valid > according to both the > grammar and the assertions. > * The reference documentation describes additional constraints and processing > expectations. A > conformant DocBook V5.2 document should respect those constraints and > anticipate those > processing expectations. > * See http://www.relaxng.org/for a list of tools that can validate an XML > document using RELAX > NG. Note that not all products are capable of evaluating the Schematron > assertions in the > schema. > > * The Statement of Use must be made to a specific version of the > Specification and must include > the Specification’s approval date. In this case DocBook Schema Version 5.2 > Committee > Specification 01, dated 19 July 2023, available at > https://docs.oasis-open.org/docbook/docbook/v5.2/cs01/docbook-v5.2-cs01.html > > * The Statement from a nonmember should be submitted to the comment facility: > http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/comments/form.php?wg_abbrev=docbook > > The DocBook TC will evaluate and vote to accept any Statements that are > submitted. Let me know > if you have any questions. > > Any help you can provide on this issue would be much appreciated. If you are > unable to submit a > statement, perhaps you could refer me to other users whom I could contact. > > Bob Stayton > Chair, OASIS DocBook Technical Committee > b...@sagehill.net Be seeing you, norm -- Norm Tovey-Walsh <n...@nwalsh.com> https://norm.tovey-walsh.com/ > We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from > participating in any of our functions.--William James
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