OASIS Templates and Guidelines
(and other Useful Tidbits for Technical Committees)
Last Updated: 7 May 2008
The following templates and user guides are for use by members of OASIS Technical Committees. The use of these specification templates is required by the OASIS TC Process Policy. These templates implement the Guidelines for Filenames, URIs, Namespaces and Metadata along with the OASIS Naming Guidelines: Metadata and Versioning policies. Please forward any comments or questions to OASIS TC Administration or your TC Staff Contact.
All technical work should be created using these templates. All specifications submitted for Public Review, Committee Specification vote, or OASIS Standard vote must conform to these templates. Specifications that have reached Committee Specification status on or before 15 February 2007 are expected to conform to the previous version of templates. If you need assistance please contact the TC Administrator.
An email notification list has been created for Technical Committee specification editors (tc-editors@lists.oasis-open.org). The main purpose of the list is to post information relating to the creation, maintenance and submission of TC work products. While the list is intended to address the needs of TC editors, all members are welcome to subscribe. Archives are publicly accessible.
Specification Templates
DocBook:
DocBook XML Template (.html, .xml, .pdf, .zip, .tar.gz)
DocBook XML Online/Offline Publishing Environments and Methodology (includes copy of DocBook XML template) (.html, .xml, .pdf, .zip, .tar.gz)
NOTE: The DocBook templates were provided courtesy of Ken Holman. Any questions, comments or bug reports wll be forwarded to Ken.
Microsoft Word :
Microsoft Word Template with 4-15-05 IPR Notices (.dot)
OpenOffice:
Open Office Template with 4-15-05 IPR Notices (.ott)
XHTML:
XHTML Template with 4-15-05 Notices (.html)
User's Guide
RDDL:
A RDDL (Resource Directory Description Language) document describes an XML Namespace and is returned when dereferencing an XML namespace URI. RDDL adds two attributes to the XHTML anchor (<a>) element: rddl-nature and rddl-purpose. More information on RDDL can be found here.
Specification Checklist
Specification Quality Checklist (.html)
TC Public Page Template
TC FAQ Template
Please note that the following is maintained in a location that requires member sign-in.
White Paper Templates
This template should be used for white papers that are a) initiated, reviewed, and approved as a deliverable of one or more OASIS Committees and/or b) authored by OASIS staff or staff-authorized contractors. These white papers should provide factual information on one or more OASIS Standards or specifications. TC chairs should notify communications@oasis-open.org of approved white papers, so their availability can be promoted in OASIS News.
White Paper Template (Microsoft Word Format) (.dot)
Naming Requirements
The following documents are intended to supplement the OASIS TC Process Policy. The requirements are enforced as part of the template rules.
Guidelines for Filenames, URIs, Namespaces and Metadata
OASIS Naming Guidelines: Metadata and Versioning
Conformance Guidelines
The OASIS Technical Advisory Board prepared the following set of guidelines to help Technical Committees draft Conformance Statements, as now required by the TC Process.
Conformance Guidelines - 4 Sept 2007
Mind Maps
Several MindMaps have been created by the OASIS TC Administrator as visual overviews to various sections of the TC Process Policy and other related information. They are not normative; the TC Process Policy should be referred to for the specific rules governing any particular TC-related procedure.
The Editorial Challenge - Editor Training Session at Symposium 2007
TC Formation Process - a map detailing the process by which a new Technical Committee is formed, including timelines.
TC Administration Requests - a map showing the requisite information to be included in any formal request by a TC Chair or Secretary.
Specification Lifecycle - a map showing the progression of a specification from working draft through OASIS Standard and Errata.
TC Ballots - a map identifying - for each type of action defined in the TC Process - the type of ballot required.