Re: SUO: Re: Registry etc.
Mike,
I completely support all of Matthew's points.
In particular, I emphasize:
MW> A registry is a means to an end, not an end in itself.
The goal is the development of the content to be
standardized. A registry is a tool for getting us
from here to there.
Simply placing something in the registry does not
make it a standard -- it merely makes it convenient
to find it and to find further information (metadata)
about the content, and who, what, when, where, and why
it was developed.
Anybody can place anything that they consider
relevant in a registry. But the decision of which
modules are to be given a privileged status can
only be made by a vote of the entire SUO WG.
John