David and other members of the Work Group,

I have discussed with my colleagues the proposal that was raised at the last WSS-M Work Group meeting to not submit WSS-M to ISO and instead put the work group into maintenance mode.

IBM continues to believe this is a robust, broadly accepted standard and that there is value in seeking ISO standardization. Given that no substantive changes have been needed for this update, we would not anticipate any obstacles or objections in the ISO committee. As noted on our last call, several other standards from OASIS have recently "sailed through" the ISO process and we would not expect our experience with WSS-M to be any different. Therefore IBM would prefer to stick to the work group's original charter and submit the standard to ISO.