OASIS Templates and Guidelines
Last Updated: 11 April 2007
IMPORTANT: The specification templates were incorrectly updated to include additional text in the Copyright line (in the notices section as well as the document footers). These have been changed and are reflected in this new release (v3.1).
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 ([email protected]). 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)
Microsoft Word :
Microsoft Word Template with Legacy IPR Notices (.dot)
Microsoft Word Template with 4-15-05 IPR Notices (.dot)
OpenOffice:
Open Office Template with Legacy IPR Notices (.ott)
Open Office Template with 4-15-05 IPR Notices (.ott)
XHTML:
XHTML Template with Legacy IPR Notices (.html)
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.
RDDL Template (to be placed at namespace location)
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 [email protected] of approved white papers, so their availability can be promoted in OASIS News.