The OASIS Transformational Government Framework TC [1] members have recently approved a Committee Specification Draft (CSD) and submitted this specification for 30-day public review:

Transformational Government Framework (TGF) Pattern Language Core Patterns Version 1.0 Committee Specification Draft 01 / Public Review Draft 01 11 August 2011

Specification Overview: The Transformational Government Framework (TGF) is a practical "how to" standard for the design and implementation of an effective program of technology-enabled change at national, state or local government level. It describes a managed process of ICT-enabled change in the public sector, which puts the needs of citizens and businesses at the heart of that process and which achieves significant and transformational impacts on the efficiency and effectiveness of government. The TGF Pattern Language is a formalization of the Framework that is both human-readable and machine-tractable. This document constitutes the initial set of patterns that form the core of the TGF Pattern Language. This set may be revised and/or extended from time to
time as appropriate.

TC Description: The Transformational Government TC is advancing an overall framework for using information technology to improve the delivery of public services. Unlike traditional e-Government strategies of the past, Transformational Government begins with citizen engagement to assure greater use and return on investment. The work of the TC includes defining the framework, identifying use cases, and providing adoption guidance for governments around the world, regardless of their history in
implementing eGov.

Public Review Period:

The public review starts Tuesday, 27 September 2011 and ends Thursday, 27 October 2011.

This is an open invitation to comment. OASIS solicits feedback from potential users, developers and others, whether OASIS members or not, for the sake of improving the interoperability and quality of its technical work.

URIs:

The prose specification document and related files are available here:

PDF (Authoritative): http://docs.oasis-open.org/tgf/TGF-PL-Core/v1.0/csprd01/TGF-PL-Core-v1 .0-csprd01.pdf

HTML: http://docs.oasis-open.org/tgf/TGF-PL-Core/v1.0/csprd01/TGF-PL-Core-v1 .0-csprd01.html

Editable source: http://docs.oasis-open.org/tgf/TGF-PL-Core/v1.0/csprd01/TGF-PL-Core-v1 .0-csprd01.doc

ZIP distribution file (complete): For your convenience, OASIS provides a complete package of the prose specification and related files in a ZIP distribution file. You can download the ZIP file here:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/tgf/TGF-PL-Core/v1.0/csprd01/TGF-PL-Core-v1 .0-csprd01.zip

Comments may be submitted to the TC by any person through the use of the OASIS TC Comment Facility which can be located via the button labeled "Send A Comment" at the top of the TC public home, or directly at:

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/comments/index.php?wg_abbrev=tgf

Comments submitted by TC non-members for this work and for other work of this TC are publicly archived and can be viewed at:

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tgf-comment/

All comments submitted to OASIS are subject to the OASIS Feedback License, which ensures that the feedback you provide carries the same obligations at least as the obligations of the TC members. In connection with this public review of Transformational Government Framework (TGF) Pattern Language Core Patterns Version 1.0, we call your attention to the OASIS IPR Policy [2] applicable especially [3] to the work of this technical committee. All members of the TC should be familiar with this document, which may create obligations regarding the disclosure and availability of a member's patent, copyright, trademark and license rights that read on an approved OASIS specification. OASIS invites any persons who know of any such claims to disclose these if they may be essential to the implementation of the above specification, so that notice of them may be posted to the notice page
for this TC's work.

========== Additional references:

[1] OASIS Transformational Government Framework TC http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tgf/

[2] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php

[3] http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/icom/ipr.php http://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/ipr#licensing_req Non-Assertion Mode

Best Regards,

/chet

---------------- Chet Ensign Director of Standards Development and TC Administration OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society http://www.oasis-open.org

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