[sc34wg3] WG3 agenda for Baltimore

Mason, James David (MXM) sc34wg3@isotopicmaps.org
Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:23:13 -0500


If IDEAlliance finds the money to take on the Secretariat, they can host a
mirror site. One reason I have my site in OR is that I'm protected from some
of the ISO IP issues: they can't come against a government site.

Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Lars Marius Garshol [SMTP:larsga@garshol.priv.no]
> Sent:	Thursday, November 14, 2002 2:41 AM
> To:	sc34wg3@isotopicmaps.org
> Subject:	Re: [sc34wg3] WG3 agenda for Baltimore
> 
> 
> * James David Mason
> | 
> | However, after the 1st of the year, the ANSI site may go away since
> | nobody's going to fund it. 
> 
> It would be wonderful if it did go away. That site is the most
> miserable catastrophe of failed user-interface design I have ever had
> the misfortune to be subjected to. For it to go away and be replaced
> by something else, even if it is just your site moved to a more
> reachable server, would be a major step forward for all concerned.
> 
> | Who replaces them is still up in the air. IDEAlliance is trying to
> | scare up the money (~$10k/year) to take over the Secretariat, so
> | anyone who has trouble with the Y-12 server might want to look for a
> | different ISP.
> 
> If the ANSI site does go away, I guess what we could do is to move
> your site to isotopicmaps.org, or some other server that is more
> reachable. 
> 
> -- 
> Lars Marius Garshol, Ontopian         <URL: http://www.ontopia.net >
> ISO SC34/WG3, OASIS GeoLang TC        <URL: http://www.garshol.priv.no >
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