Digistan workgroups
A Digistan workgroup consists of at least one email list and zero or more websites including a Digistan 'microsite' (on the digistan.domain) and a public site (on a separate domain).
Public workgroups
Participation in these workgroups is open to all qualified individuals on acceptance of the workgroup founder and according to the published workgroup policies.
Foundation workgroups
- public - the Digistan public forum, for all discussion that is not specifically part of a workgroup. Email list: public@digistan.org
- CCF - a project to build a copyright centralization framework (CCF) for new standards teams. Email list: ccf@digistan.org — microsite: http://ccf.digistan.org (pending) — public site: none. CCF is currently in a Call for Members.
Tools
- o-Metric - a tool to measure the “openness” of a specification. Goal is to define clear benchmark for what 'open standard' means. Email list: o-metric@digistan.org — microsite: http://o-metric.digistan.org (pending) — public site: http://www.o-metric.org (pending).
- o-Base - a collection of all known open standards, ranked by “openness” and categorised by domain. Email list: o-base@digistan.org — microsite: http://o-base.digistan.org (pending) — public site: http://www.o-base.org (pending).
Standards development
- WikiML - a standard XML markup language for Wiki content. Goal is to define a single XML language that can act as structured storage format for wikis. Email list: wikiml@digistan.org — microsite: http://wikiml.digistan.org (pending) — public site: http://www.wikiml.info (pending).
- WikiGlot - a standard Wiki syntax that unifies the many different Wiki text syntaxes. Goal is to eliminate variations in wiki syntax. Email list: wikiglot@digistan.org — microsite: http://wikiglot.digistan.org (pending) — public site: http://www.wikiglot.org (pending)
- standardCAD - a new standard CAD language mainly for construction CAD as compared to mechanical CAD. Goal is to allow small firms in this sector collaborate better. Email list: standardcad@digistan.org — microsite: http://standardcad.digistan.org (pending) — public site: http://www.standardcad.org (pending)
Private workgroups
Participation in these workgroups is by invitation only:
- cafe - the Digistan members forum. This list is for registered Digistan members at the discretion of the Cafe moderators. Email list: cafe@digistan.org.
- eboard - the Extended Board of Digistan. This list runs Digistan until a more formal organizational structure is put into place.
- Comms - the Communications workgroup, spreads awareness of Digistan and our mission. Email list: comms@digistan.org
- Domino - a internationalised repackaging of the Netherlands e-government specifications. Goal is to get package that can be reused in many countries. Email list: domino-public@digistan.org.
- TBT - a workgroup studying the WTO technical barriers to trade with reference to open standards. Email list: tbt@digistan.org.
Workgroup news
Starting a new workgroup
To start a new workgroup, join the public list and discuss there.
If you want a new list or wiki, or have problems using any of the Digistan infrastructure, please email gro.natsigid|nimdasys#gro.natsigid|nimdasys.
Workgroup policy
Creating a new workgroup
New workgroups are approved by the Digistan board in discussion with members. The Digistan board is the sole authority that can create and delete Digistan workgroups.
Any person can request to start a new Digistan workgroup by discussing the idea on the gro.natsigid|cilbup#gro.natsigid|cilbup mailing list. In general workgroups should be in line with Digistan's objectives, founded by someone who has already participated in existing Digistan workgroups, and not overlap with other Digistan workgroups.
Governance
All workgroups have a set of founders, who run the workgroup according to policies. By default this policy governs workgroups that have no explicit policy.
There are two types of workgroup: public and private. While we value transparency, we also value privacy in some cases. Private workgroups allow the discussion of topics that may be controversial.
Membership
Membership of workgroups is subject to moderation, i.e. approval by the workgroup founders. The workgroup founders may remove people from the workgroup without explanation.
Archives
All workgroup lists are archived. Archives are public/private according to the status of the workgroup. If a private workgroup is made public, all archives will be deleted and kept offline for historical purposes.