request eml dev status for saurab sood and gaurav gupta

[Dan Higgins]

Hi All,

    I have been somewhat bothered by this whole idea of getting approval 
before someone not currently 'part of the club' can submit anything 
related to EML to CVS. While letting anyone change the 'official EML 
standard' documents in CVS makes no sense (a community vote here is 
reasonable), it seems to me thtat there should be an area in the EML CVS 
module where any EML related information, tools, etc, could easily be 
submitted. Such submissions should be encouraged, not made more 
difficult by requiring an election (or requiring the time of someone who 
does have access)!

Dan Higgins

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David Blankman wrote:

> Chris,
>
> First, I think that your reason for disapproving Saurabh and Gaurav 
> makes sense. I have no problem with doing the commits to cvs myself.
>
> Second, Matt had requested that I put the code for the conversion 
> tools in the eml branch of cvs.
>
> Third, thanks for joining us at the LTER EML Implementation workshop.
>
> David
>
>
>
> Christopher Jones wrote:
>
>>David,
>>
>>I would have to disapprove on this one.  I feel like there is a
>>difference between having CVS write access, and being committed to the
>>development of the EML spec and all that it entails.  There are a number
>>of people at NCEAS, ASU CES, PISCO, etc. that contribute, but that commit
>>through Chad, myself, and others.  I realize this is less convenient, but the
>>general protocol of voting for inclusion does not just mean that they
>>would have CVS commit access, but that they would also be voting
>>here-on-out on EML issues that affect the entire community. For these
>>reasons, the process of *demonstrating* commitment (list participation,
>>code contributions, discussion, etc ...) has been put into place in order
>>to provide a means of evaluation, and then a vote.
>>
>>Also, EML is a content standard for the entire ecological community, not
>>just the LTER community.  I don't understand why code would be commited to
>>the EML repository that is specific to the data models of individual LTER
>>sites.  Perhaps this code belongs in another module related to KNB
>>products. I'm not sure about that.
>>
>>Anyway, with all respect to Saurabh and Gaurav, I certainly don't want
>>anytone to think that my opinion is a reflection on them whatsoever.  It
>>is merely a commentary on the process of EML voting and the like.
>>
>>All, please let me know if I'm interpreting the process incorrectly, and I
>>would be glad to reconsider.
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>chris
>>
>>On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, David Blankman wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>>Gaurav Gupta and Saurab Sood are student programmers working for me at
>>>the LTER Network Office. They are concentrating on writing applications
>>>to convert legacy metadata to eml, including both dataset and remote
>>>sensing metadata. They are making a major contribution to getting eml
>>>from LTER sites.
>>>
>>>I would like them to be able to do cvs commits. My understanding is that
>>>this requires approval by the eml-dev group.
>>>Remember, the possible votes you can cast are:
>>>approve     -- support the membership fully
>>>whatever    -- don't know, or don't care enough to approve or object
>>>disapprove  -- object -- this veto's the vote
>>>
>>>To pass, at least 2/3 of the members must vote (8) and 2/3 of those must
>>>be approve votes with no disapprove votes cast.
>>>
>>>Gaurav Gupta
>>>Approve:  David Blankman
>>>
>>>
>>>Saurabh Sood
>>>Approve:  David Blankman
>>>
>>>--
>>>David E. Blankman
>>>Database Integration Developer
>>>Long Term Ecological Research Network Office
>>>University of New Mexico
>>>801 University, SE #104
>>>Albuquerque, NM 87106
>>>(505) 272-7346 / (505) 272-7080 FAX
>>>
>>>
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>>>    
>>>
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>
>-- 
>David E. Blankman
>Database Integration Developer
>Long Term Ecological Research Network Office
>University of New Mexico
>801 University, SE #104
>Albuquerque, NM 87106
>(505) 272-7346 / (505) 272-7080 FAX
>  
>


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