[Standards-JIG] proto-JEP: SVG Whiteboarding

[Boyd Fletcher]

On 8/24/06 1:29 PM, "Peter Saint-Andre" <stpeter at jabber.org> wrote:

>> which is why I think the current jep should be tabled, a committee
>> formed, and consolidate draft presented to the community.
> 
> In general, we have found that sub-committees don't work so well (see
> JEP-0019). However, the authors of competing specifications are free to
> consult among themselves, which is how we worked out our differences on
> JEP-0136. Some may see this as working in back channels. Others may see
> it as getting things done.

> 
> And we do have the whiteboarding at jabber.org list, which I'd hoped would
> be the place where a harmonized approach would emerge. We can use that
> venue if we fear that long discussion on this list will be too distracting.


can you increase the attachment size w/o moderator approval for the
whiteboarding mailing list to 1MB?

> 
> Or we can hold a few multi-user chat sessions to work through the issues
> in real time. That might be best.
> 

how about 10AM EDT August 23rd?

>> This is
>> generally how the W3.org  works and many other standards bodies.
> 
> This is not the W3C, with which people on this list do not have direct
> experience since it costs many thousands of dollars a year to become a
> member of the W3. However, people here do have quite a bit of experience
> with the IETF.

the point I was trying to make is that committees are the norm for standards
bodies and they generally work fairly well. they maybe slow, but tend to end
up with better products in the long term. The W3.org was just an example.

> 
>> we have very early working implementations of what we are doing.
> 
> Implementation does not privilege specification.

so what does?  

> 
>> Does this JEP have a working implementation?
> 
> Yes, I think this is how Psi and Coccinella do things.
> 
> Peter
>