Whewww,
What a load of work I’ve had being the editor of the OASIS WSDM MUWS 1.1 specification. It’s been a long time coming. Honestly, when I signed up for it, I didn’t realize how much work it would actually be. I’ve learned a lot of things about the experience. One of them is get in on the ground floor when doing standards and specifications because picking it up in the middle of the process is quite hard! Hard for understanding where the standard lies vs. where it needs to be. I was pulling my hair out by the end. I had way too many technical difficulties with Word (doesn’t like really large documents with lots of changes); depsite the fact that I’ve used it for nearly 17 years.
On a more upbeat note, I’ve found it to be quite rewarding. Learning the intricacies of creating standards and specifications has been very positive for me. It’s one experience that I think helped me grow professionally.
Anyway, enough of my complaining. The specifications are now for public review and can be downloaded from this page, as well as the OASIS-OPEN.ORG/wsdm website.
To download each specification, click the link for each document.
WSDM MUWS 1-1.1 Specification Committee Draft (PDF Format)
WSDM MUWS 2-1.1 Specification Committee Draft (PDF Format)
:Vaughn
Tags: word doesn, oasis, long time, editor, end
