[Standards] request for support for LMF-6-themed workshop application by F. Frontini

[monica monachini]

Dear Piotr,

I support this.
Monica

Il 2020-03-19 15:10 Odijk, J.E.J.M. (Jan) ha scritto:
> Dear Piotr,
>  I support this.
>  Jan
> 
> -------------------------
> 
> FROM: standards-bounces at lists.clarin.eu
> <standards-bounces at lists.clarin.eu> on behalf of Piotr Banski
> <banski at ids-mannheim.de>
> SENT: 19 March 2020 15:04
> TO: CSC mailing list <standards at lists.clarin.eu>
> SUBJECT: [Standards] request for support for LMF-6-themed workshop
> application by F. Frontini
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> You may recall from our last teleconference that Francesca Frontini is
> the project leader of the nascent ISO LMF-6 ("Lexicon Markup Framework
> - Syntax and Semantics") and that Francesca is preparing an
> application for a workshop meant to, firstly, communicate the
> assumptions and the state of work on the LMF-6 proposal to the CLARIN
> community, and, secondly, gather feedback from our community on the
> actual use cases, problems, application areas, etc., in order for the
> standardization procedure to proceed according to the rules of the
> trade, namely by building on the best practices in the field, with
> CLARIN being given, as it were, the front seat in this case.
> 
> The initial plans are still to hold the workshop following this year's
> CAC (with various obvious questions raised, given the current
> situation, but one has to assume a measure of stability and hope for
> the next-to-best), and Francesca plans on distributing the standard
> proposal (or more precisely new-work-item proposal) well in advance,
> so that the interested researchers can do their homework before the
> meeting and present their results there, in a kind of hands-on
> session.
> 
> I have participated in the work of ISO Technical Committee 37
> Subcommittee 4 (TC37SC4) Working Group 4, where, in January, Francesca
> presented her initial take on the LMF-6 proposal, and where the group
> tasked Francesca with preparing the workshop (and me with paving the
> way to the CLARIN Governance/Office). I have also seen the workshop
> application that Francesca is about to submit to CLARIN ERIC. I am
> confident that the workshop can be an event fruitful both for the ISO
> initiative and for CLARIN.
> 
> I would like to ask the committee for support for this initiative, so
> that Francesca can cite that in the project proposal. More precisely,
> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR IMPLIED SUPPORT, I.E., FOR FRANCESCA TO BE
> ABLE TO MENTION THAT THE CSC SUPPORTS THE IDEA OF ORGANISING THE
> WORKSHOP, IF THERE ARE NO VETOES POSTED TO THIS LIST TODAY OR
> TOMORROW.
> 
> Let me stress that there is no risk of any kind involved here to the
> CSC: a member wishes to organize an event under the liaison between
> ISO TC37SC4 and CLARIN to involve the CLARIN community in the ISO
> process. Participation in TC37SC4 is one of the intended activities of
> CLARIN, as evidenced by the recent signing of the liaison, which gives
> CLARIN members the right to view the standards processed by TC37SC4
> and opens the path of influence on the developing/reassessed
> standards. It is also in our interest as the CSC to be visible in
> standardization initiatives, especially if they involve a CSC member
> and a standards body that our committee helped to forge a liaison
> with.
> 
> I am sure that Francesca will make the LMF-6 proposal available to us
> when it is in a shareable shape. But I am also convinced that the
> above paragraph summarizes the reasons for the CSC to be sympathetic
> to the initiative already at this stage.
> 
> With advance thanks for your support and best regards,
> 
>   Piotr

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