December 2014 Documentation Cluster

ACDD 1.3

·         The breakout group made a few recommendations and approved that voting should commence

o   Only significant changes should be considered further

o   A process to vote: start vote on call and continue with a doodle poll for 2 weeks (end Dec 31)  - http://doodle.com/t7tni9ab2a2xhnmf#table

·         Questions

o   Heather Brown (representing NCDC)

§  Should the version be called 1.1 or 1.2 or 1.3

·         1.1 is still active version.  1.2 existed but was never a stable version

§  Attribute crosswalk does not work for the new version

·         Crosswalk is not normative (it is an additional reference)

·         No one has committed to update it YET

·         John will add a clause at the top of the page of all earlier documents for clarification of version

§  Creator/publisher URL – one in suggested and one in recommended

·         Approved vote to have both in recommended

·         The voting process

o   Start vote on call and then continue online

o   Everyone put their name and in the end John will send the list to the email list serve

o   Voting is for Documentation Cluster ONLY

Winter meeting sessions

·         Ted has ideas to change things around.  He will make sure they are changed on the commons (it was a bit confusing).

Call ended at 1230