is the organizational document for a TC comprised of the items included in the proposal to form that TC
is an interim document approved by a Technical Committee
is a Public Review Draft that has completed public review and achieved final approval by a Technical Committee
is an Eligible Person who serves in the role of organizing the first meeting of the TC
means one of a class of individuals that includes (a) OASIS Individual Members, (b) employees or designees of OASIS Organizational Members, and (c) such other persons as may be designated by the OASIS Board of Directors.
means a set of changes or proposed changes to a specification that are not Substantive Changes
is a TC vote in which more than 50% (more than half) of the Voting Members vote "yes", regardless of the number of Voting Members present in the meeting. Abstentions are not counted.
means intellectual property rights
is a meeting of the TC that is properly called and scheduled in advance
with respect to a TC, means an Eligible Person who is allowed to subscribe to the TC email list, participate in list discussions, attend and participate in TC meetings, and make Contributions to the TC.
means five Voting Members of a TC (or, in the case of a TC about to be formed, five Eligible Persons), at least two of which represent OASIS Organizational Members
means a reference in a specification to an external document or resource with which the implementer must comply, in order to comply with a Normative Portion of the specification
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
means any of the following: Working Drafts, Committee Drafts and Public Review Drafts
means an OASIS Member who is classified as such in their executed Membership Agreement
means a person, organization or entity who is a voting or non-voting member of the corporation
means an OASIS Member who is classified as such in their executed Membership Agreement
is a Committee Specification that has been submitted by a Technical Committee and reviewed and approved by the OASIS Membership
means the person or persons representing OASIS in administrative matters relating to TCs
means any of the following: Working Drafts, Committee Drafts and Public Review Drafts
is an Eligible Person who is subscribed to the TC email list, and may attend TC meetings, but is not allowed to participate in TC email list discussions, participate or speak in TC meetings, or make Contributions to the TC.
for any OASIS Organizational Member, means the person or persons designated by that Member to serve as the consortium's principal contact for administrative issues
mean all persons, organizations and entities, whether or not OASIS Members
is a Committee Draft that has been approved by the TC to go to public review
mean all persons, organizations and entities, whether or not OASIS Members
is a TC meeting at which a Quorum is present
is the number of Voting Members of a TC that must be present in a meeting so that Resolutions and decisions may be made. The Quorum for OASIS TC meetings is a simple majority (more than half) of Voting Members.
means a decision reached by a TC, SC or JC by vote. Resolutions require a Simple Majority Vote to pass, unless a Full Majority Vote or Special Majority Vote is required under this Process.
is a vote in which the number of "yes" votes cast is greater than the number of "no" votes cast. Abstentions are not counted.
is a TC vote in which at least 2/3 (two thirds) of the Voting Members vote " yes" and no more than 1/4 (one fourth) of the Voting Members vote "no". These numbers are based on the total number of Voting Members, regardless of the number of Voting Members present in the meeting. Abstentions are not counted. All Special Majority Votes must be conducted by the OASIS TC Administrator.
is any motion to initiate a TC ballot to advance the status of a specification, including the approval of a Committee Draft, the approval of a Public Review Draft (initiating a Public Review), the approval of a Committee Specification, and the submission by the TC of a Committee Specification to OASIS for approval as an OASIS Standard.
is any ballot on the approval of the technical content of a document work within the TC, such as the approval of a Committee Draft, start of Public Review, approval of Committee Specification, or submission of a Committee Specification to OASIS for approval as an OASIS Standard
with respect to a specification, is a written statement by an OASIS Organizational Member stating that it is successfully using or implementing that specification in accordance with the conformance clauses specified in Section 2.18, and stating whether its use included the interoperation of multiple independent implementations.
is a group of Members of a TC producing recommendations for consideration by the parent TC
is a change to a specification that would require a compliant application or implementation to be modified or rewritten in order to remain compliant
means a group comprised of at least the Minimum Membership formed and conducted according to the provisions of this OASIS TC Process
is a Member of a TC who has voting rights in the TC
is any version of a specification or other document produced by the TC which has not yet received any level of approval from the TC