Mass Update

Mass Update

We can advance this document as soon as an editable version is submitted (.DOC, .RTF, .TXT).  The version available on the web is out of date (.PDF 
version has a last updated date of December 2003).

Document has now finished public comment period. You may view comments at https://forge.gridforum.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=391

This document will re-enter another 30 day public comment period due to lack of comments during its second public comment period.

Due date: 5/19/2004

This document will re-enter 30 day public comment period due to lack of comments during its first public comment period. Due date: 4/19/2004

The PA Group have produced a shortened, revised document.

This will now get read again within the Area.

I have now read this through.  

Its subject is of course way out of my domain, so i am only at best understanding some of the meaning via inference.

My thoughts are these

(i) I can certainly understand the worries that the document is so dense, and steeped in a particular language (preservation community) that the 
average GGF reader will be unable to understand it in any detail. However that in itself isnt a reaosn not to publish it, as we need to look at the 
history.

(ii) It is extremely well written, and reeks of competence. I can also say thar I have always been very impressed with the professional attitude of 
Reagan, and the way he stuck to exactly what the RG was supposed to do, and ran very focused meetings.

(iii) If we wanted to object to the subject matter, then formally we should have done this at the time of formation of the group. Of course in 
practice PA was a very early group formed long before the gGF had evolved the procedures we have today.  

(iv) Hence I believe that to first order we should accept that we are where we are on this one - ????

(v) The key for the future is to ensure some form of external (to the Group) overview of document preparation before it reaches the editor.  I admit 
to not thinking along these lines leading up to the submission of this doc.

Hence in any case i am going to ask for some reviewers within Data Area as a "test case" for this.  If I can make this go quickly we will have further
 comment before it goea public.

you will see this in some following emails.  

Pete

This draft is (per author discussion) aimed at the archive community with the purpose of showing how grid technologies apply to archive requirements. 
 However, the paper is extremely dense and assumes deep a priori knowledge about archive concepts and terms.  It is possible this paper is a 
reasonable candidate for INFO type, however the DATA ADs have been asked to review and comment prior to further editor action.