[jats-list] JATS updates (was RE: The odd 1.02 year)

["Beck, Jeff (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [E]" <beck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin,

We are currently working to set up a Standing Committee with NISO to
manage Z39.96-2012 under Continuous Maintenance. Once the ı's are
dotted we'll announce the details here. There will be an official form at
NISO to capture suggestions and changes, and we'll have a schedule for
updated official versions. I'm hoping to have this soon. I wish I could be
more specific.

Unofficially, it looks like we will have the opportunity for an official
release once per year if needed. Also, the Standing Committee should be
able to publish decisions made on suggestions collected throughout the
year to help with planning. The non-normative supporting documents can be
maintained accordingly.

Jeff



On 1/10/13 3:00 PM, "Kevin Hawkins" <kevin.s.hawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>On 1/10/2013 2:10 PM, Debbie Lapeyre wrote:
>> Dear Alf--
>>
>> The year "1.02" in Blue, Green, and Pumpkin looks like
>> a mistake to me. In the 3.0 version of the Tag Libraries
>> it read "0042", which was deliberate I think, but obscure.
>>
>> I have changed it to match the BITS documentation to
>> be "2012".
>
>I'm unclear on what you mean by the last sentence.  I see that you've
>changed the draft BITS document online, but the JATS documentation is
>unchanged.  Have you made a change in the master document so that when a
>new version of JATS is released, this will be updated as well?  Or can
>you not do that unilaterally without going through NISO?
>
>More generally, could we get an update on the process for revisions to
>JATS?  We've been asked to submit corrections and feature request to
>this list, but I would very much like to know when to expect a new
>version of JATS and which of the various submitted changes to expect in
>it.  Thanks,
>
>Kevin