[DDI-SRG] 3 month review for revision (fwd)

[Wendy Thomas]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:29:46 -0400
From: Mary Vardigan <vardigan at umich.edu>
To: Wendy Thomas <wlt at pop.umn.edu>, Mary Vardigan <maryv at icpsr.umich.edu>
Cc: ddi-srg at pop.umn.edu
Subject: RE: 3 month review for revision

Thanks, Wendy.

Mary

-----Original Message-----
From: Wendy Thomas [mailto:wlt at pop.umn.edu]
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:07 PM
To: Mary Vardigan
Cc: ddi-srg at pop.umn.edu
Subject: 3 month review for revision

Dear Mary,

In accordance with the process proposed in the May 2008 meeting of the
Expert Committee, TIC has reviewed the bugs currently noted in Mantis
and
recommend that no revision of the specification take place at this time.

We feel that the bugs are minor enough that they can easily be
incorporated in a revision later in the year without ill effect. As each

new release requires a namespace change we feel that any revisions
issued
during the first year should provide an actual benefit to DDI users.

We do not anticipate a revision until after the Fall workshops at
Dagstuhl. Both the DDI workshop and the Expert Workshop taking place in
early November may bring to light additional small enhancements which we

would want to incorporate. In addition, delaying a revision until late
in
2008 or the first quarter of 2009 allows users a chance to work with a
stable product and TIC a chance to carefully review a number of use
cases
such as data collection involving non-survey data sources.

Please inform the Expert Committee and others of this decision,

Wendy Thomas
TIC Chair

Wendy L. Thomas                          Phone: +1 612.624.4389
Data Access Core Director		 Fax:   +1 612.626.8375
Minnesota Population Center              Email: wlt at pop.umn.edu
University of Minnesota
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225 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455