OASIS Standard is the highest level of approval of a Technical Committee work product. Unlike all prior levels of approval, OASIS Standards are approved by the OASIS organizational membership rather than individual Voting Members of a committee.
Prerequisites:
The work product must be approved as a Committee Specification
At least three (3) OASIS organizational members must have submitted a Statement of Usewith 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.
A ballot to submit the Committee Specification to the OASIS membership for OASIS Standard vote must have been approved by a Special Majority Vote.
Process:
Chair submits a formal request to TC Administrator by the 15th of the month. (Submissions received after the 15th will be considered the following month.)
TC Administrator reviews submission
Works with Chair to rectify any defects; if necessary, rejects submission
On the 1st of the following month the TC Administrator announces the upcoming ballot to the OASIS membership
On the 16th of that month the TC Administrator creates the ballot. The ballot remains open until the last day of the month at 11:45pm ET. An announcement is sent to the OASIS membership as well as to the voting representatives
On the first business day following ballot close, the TC Administrator announces the results:
ballot passed,
ballot passed, but negative votes received, or
ballot failed (due to insufficient votes or negative votes).
In the case of (b.), the Technical Committee has thirty (30) days to decide by Special Majority Vote to:
request the TC Administrator to approve the specification as submitted despite the negative votes;
withdraw the submission entirely; or
submit an amended specification, in which case the amended submission shall be considered as if it were a new submission, except that information regarding previous votes and any disposition of comments received in previous votes shall accompany the amended submission.
OASIS Standards are identified by date of approval by the OASIS membership or in the case of (b.) above, by the date of affirmation by the Technical Committee:
