[Asis-standards] Fwd: [NISO nisovoting] Groups - Ballot opened: "Approval of Proposed New Work Item: Standard Interchange Protocol (SIP)"

[Mark Needleman]

FYI- This seems odd to me since NISO already has the NCIP protocol - and 
since this was solely developed by #3M - Im tempted to vote NO for that 
reason, the fac that vendors have developed proprietary extentions to it 
and the fact that it ill detract from NCIP

This seems to be some sort of political move on NISO's part

Comments?

Mark
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[NISO nisovoting] Groups - Ballot opened: "Approval of
Proposed New Work Item: Standard Interchange Protocol (SIP)"
Date: 	Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:01:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: 	<admin at list.niso.org>
To: 	mneedlem at ufl.edu



/"Approval of Proposed New Work Item: Standard Interchange Protocol
(SIP)" has opened./
*Ballot Title*: Approval of Proposed New Work Item: Standard Interchange
Protocol (SIP)
<http://www.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/nisovoting/ballot.php?id=362>
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*Question*
Should Proposed New Work Item: Standard Interchange Protocol (SIP) be
approved?

*Description*
This ballot is to approve a proposed new work item on the Standard
Interchange Protocol (SIP).



Members have thirty (30) days to vote on the work item. Your vote
options are: Yes (approve the project), No (do not approve the project),
or Abstain (from voting). Comments are required for No votes. If you
would like to nominate someone to participate on the Working Group (if
the project is approved), please provide a name and contact information
in your comments. NISO Working Group participation is not limited to
NISO members.



The goal of this work item is to take the currently existing SIP version
3.0 specification and shepherd it through the NISO standardization
process. Because of the maturity of the protocol, we believe that, once
a Working Group is created, it will be possible to propose that version
3.0, as it currently stands, be accepted as a Draft Standard following a
brief period of review within the group.



Following Draft Standard review and subsequent NISO Voting Member
ballot, if approved, a Maintenance Agency or Standing Committee will be
appointed for future review and maintenance of SIP.



The proposal was approved by the Discoery to Delivery Topic Committee on
March 12, 2012, and is now being sent to the NISO voting membership for
agreement to begin a new work project and to elicit expressions of
interest in participating in the work.



In order for this item to be approved so that a Working Group can be
formed to pursue this work, a minimum of 10% of NISO's Voting Members
must express interest in this new work item. All those who express
interest will be added to the Standard Interchange Protocol Voting Pool.
Members can join the Voting Pool at any time up until the final ballot
at the end of the project.

*Closing Date*: Friday, 13 April 2012 @ 11:59 pm ET

*Vote <http://www.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/nisovoting/ballot.php?id=362>

   * Affirmative
   * Negative
   * Abstain

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*Group*: NISO Voting Members
*Date Opened*: Tuesday, 13 March 2012 @ 5:00 am ET