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

[McGarry, Dorothy]

A "no" vote seems reasonable in this case. Dorothy



On Mar 13, 2012, at 6:11 AM, "Mark Needleman" <mneedlem at ufl.edu> wrote:

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