Approved Errata
Charter
is the organizational document for a TC comprised of the items included in the proposal to form that TC
Committee Draft
is an interim document approved by a Technical Committee
Committee Specification
is a Public Review Draft that has completed public review and achieved final approval by a Technical Committee
Convener
is an Eligible Person who serves in the role of organizing the first meeting of the TC
Eligible Person
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.
Errata
means a set of changes or proposed changes to a specification that are not Substantive Changes
Full Majority Vote
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.
IPR
means intellectual property rights
Leave of Absence
Meeting
is a meeting of the TC that is properly called and scheduled in advance
Member
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.
Minimum Membership
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
Normative Portion
Normative Reference
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
OASIS
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OASIS Draft Deliverable
means any of the following: Working Drafts, Committee Drafts and Public Review Drafts
OASIS Individual Member
means an OASIS Member who is classified as such in their executed Membership Agreement
OASIS Member
means a person, organization or entity who is a voting or non-voting member of the corporation
OASIS Organizational Member
means an OASIS Member who is classified as such in their executed Membership Agreement
OASIS Standard
is a Committee Specification that has been submitted by a Technical Committee and reviewed and approved by the OASIS Membership
OASIS TC Administrator
means the person or persons representing OASIS in administrative matters relating to TCs
OASIS Final Deliverable
means any of the following: Working Drafts, Committee Drafts and Public Review Drafts
Observer
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.
Primary Representative
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
Public
mean all persons, organizations and entities, whether or not OASIS Members
Public Review Draft
is a Committee Draft that has been approved by the TC to go to public review
publicly
mean all persons, organizations and entities, whether or not OASIS Members
Quorate Meeting
is a TC meeting at which a Quorum is present
Quorum
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.
Resolution
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.
Simple Majority Vote
is a vote in which the number of "yes" votes cast is greater than the number of "no" votes cast. Abstentions are not counted.
Special Majority Vote
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.
Specification Approval Motion
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.
Specification Ballot
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
Statement of Use
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.
Subcommittee
is a group of Members of a TC producing recommendations for consideration by the parent TC
Substantive Change
is a change to a specification that would require a compliant application or implementation to be modified or rewritten in order to remain compliant
Technical Committee
means a group comprised of at least the Minimum Membership formed and conducted according to the provisions of this OASIS TC Process
Voting Member
is a Member of a TC who has voting rights in the TC
Working Draft
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