[sc34wg3] 13250 and XTM approved as JIS standard and TR

[Mason, James David (MXM)]

The ISO side of the press release would come through JTC1 at ANSI (i.e.,
Sara). I agree that a joint release with OASIS would be good, but JTC1
should have first crack at it.

Jim Mason

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Steve Pepper [SMTP:pepper@ontopia.net]
> Sent:	Friday, April 05, 2002 7:11 AM
> To:	sc34wg3@isotopicmaps.org
> Cc:	Motomu Naito
> Subject:	[sc34wg3] 13250 and XTM approved as JIS standard and TR
> 
> At 13:20 04/04/02 +0900, Motomu Naito wrote:
> >I have a good news.
> >JIS X 4157 (ISO 13250) and TR X 0057 (XTM)
> >was approved by committee of METI(Ministry of Economy, Trade and
> Industry).
> >So, they become JIS standard and JIS TR.
> 
> Congratulations, Naito-san, and well done! I wish I could read Japanese so
> 
> I can see how you tackled the thorny problem of translating the
> terminology!
> 
> Jim, Steve, Michel, Martin: What about preparing a Press Release to 
> announce this to the world? Do ISO rules allow us to do that in the name
> of 
> SC34? I think this is an excellent opportunity to beat our own drum and do
> 
> some marketing for the topic map paradigm. It's the kind of thing that 
> might get noticed by the big industry analysts, among others. It would
> also 
> allow us to say something about further development of the standard.
> 
> Since OASIS is now an official liaison we might consider doing it in 
> collaboration with them and making the new "division of labour" clear to 
> the community.
> 
> If you agree, perhaps one of the editors could prepare a first draft?
> 
> Steve
> 
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