Re: [sv-cc] RE: [sv-champions] Email vote - ending August 13th

From: John Shields <John_Shields_at_.....> Date: Wed Aug 13 2008 - 10:59:23 PDT · or

Stu and Shalom,

We discussed this in SV-CC today.  I will make a proposal to you both,
which I would like explicit agreement on, before proceeding.  Provided
the champions are also OK with the implications, we can address your
concerns. A couple of comments first.

This path we took on 0226 was intended to help Stu, by starting from a
current baseline document in Framemaker source and making it possible
to use the FROM diagrams via cut/paste. He supported it at the start.
We think the difficultly expressed by Stu, than he cannot use the
posted frame files because the baseline is too old, is a genuine
concern.  This only happened because the scope of problem was large and
the time to build consensus was long.  If this was not the case and the
baseline was still good, I trust that Stu would have much less concern
about editorial error.

In looking at Stu's comments regarding the best way to handle changes
to the diagrams, I followed that procedure. You may see a diagram and
its text that could have been handled more minimally or without the
FROM/TO
version. What you may not appreciate in your final review is the
value that a larger context had in supporting a full understanding nor
any intermediate changes that may have initially been larger in scope.
Where a FROM/TO diagram was used, the entire diagram and its details
were taken consistently.  SV-CC prefers that, but we can see where the
details text can sometimes be handled more minimally. We acknowledge
that in some cases, a single modified diagram rather than FROM/TO would
have been better for the editor too, but probably only in retrospect
after the scope of change was finalized. If you recall the perspective
that 0226 dynamic information model was at an impasse and SV-CC needed
a long extension on schedule to work through it in 1Q-2Q 2008, bringing
it to closure was all we could do. This feedback would have been easier
to deal with if it was more timely, but here we are.  Let's make a good
decision from here.

The proposal I make to you both is to redo the changes in Framemaker
starting from a clean version of draft 6 or any other baseline that Stu
prefers.  I will follow the model described by Stu below and attempt to
minimize the change. The value judgment about minimal will be mine.
Since there are no guidelines about the details section associated with
most diagrams, if I use a TO/FROM format for the diagram, I will
continue to copy the entire diagram but show all changes to the details
section only in the FROM version of the diagram. I think this addresses
100% of the spirit of all your editorial feedback. If you still wish to
negotiate the process and provide more guidelines, fine.

When you both agree, and I recieve the baseline documents in
framemaker, I will need 2 weeks to recompose the changes to clauses 36
and 37. I trust I do not need to redo annexes C, L, and N. (If you
disagree, please say so immediately.) The SV-CC will need an
opportunity to check my work.  This is strictly an editorial
recomposition to assure that Stu has a LOW RISK of editorial errors. 
The Champions meet next week and I am out of the office now until early
next week.  A practical look at the calendar tells me that SV-CC can
complete this no earlier than 9/10.

Regards, John

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