New OGF document in public comment: DFDL 1.0

[Mike Beckerle <mb...@apache.org>]

The DFDL Specification is officially in public comment. Links are below.

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Greg Newby <gb...@petascale.org>
Date: Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 12:56 AM
Subject: [wg-all] New OGF document in public comment: DFDL 1.0
To: All WG <wg...@ogf.org>


Dear OGF Community:

A new OGF document is now available for public comment.  Please consider
reading it and providing your input.  Brief affirmations are very useful to
demonstrate community input and support.  More detailed analysis is, of
course, welcome.

* DFDL 1.0

The document (Word and PDF) and issue tracker are online at:
https://github.com/OpenGridForum/Editor/tree/main/DFDL%201.0%20(GFD%20240)

This is a Recommendation Track document, with a 60-day public comment
period.
When published, it will obsolete GFD #s 174 and 207.

Abstract: This document provides a definition of a standard Data Format
Description Language (DFDL). This language allows description of text,
dense binary, and legacy data formats in a vendor-neutral declarative
manner. DFDL is an extension to the XML Schema Description Language (XSD).

This is the first public comment period for which we are utilizing a new
github-based workflow. Public comments may be submitted as "issues" via the
github link above.

All contributions are subject to the OGF community guidelines as described
in the OGF Intellectual Property Policy, online at
https://www.ogf.org/ogf/doku.php/about/copyright.

  - Greg Newby, OGF Standards Editor