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This wiki is part of the TC GUIDELINES provided by the OASIS standards consortium, as a information resource about operating rules and best practices for OASIS technical work. These TC Guidelines are a branch of the STAFF-STDS-WIKI pages, which are public-readable, but write-restricted. This is read-only page is paired with the member-editable TC Guidelines Home Page: Member Comments.

OASIS StandardsDevelopmentStaff may update the content of these pages from time to time. The content on this page may change without being archived. This information is non-normative guidance and best practice information contributed and edited by our members. General instructions on Wiki use are available from the bottom of this page.

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Introduction to TC Guidelines

This document provides guidelines for the creation and operation of OASIS Technical Committees (TCs). The audience for this document is TC chairs, potential TC leaders, proposers of new TCs, and other members of OASIS and the general public who may be interested in the OASIS TC Process. Specific topics may be found in the GuidelinesIndex.

These TC Guidelines document are non-normative: they are explanations and suggestions, but NOT the official rules governing OASIS TCs. All of the normative official rules are indexed at our official Policies and Procedures page, and include:

The OASIS Technical Committee Process
The OASIS Intellectual Property Rights Policy
The OASIS IPR Transition Policy, and
The OASIS Liaison Policy.

Other relevant sources of guidance, which these Guidelines mention, include:

The OASIS Document Templates, and
The OASIS Media Relations Guidelines.

TC leaders should become familiar with the above rules and procedures. The OASIS TC Process explicitly defines such things as how a TC is formed, TC membership requirements, how a Committee Draft becomes an OASIS Standard, etc.. The TC Process intentionally allows each TC to determine many operational issues, but for consistency, as well as for less-experienced chairs, some guidelines are appropriate. This document attempts to fill that need.

Advice on specific issues can be located by browsing the topics in the GuidelinesIndex, or possibly by using the search feature at SiteNavigation. First-time readers may wish to start with the TechnicalCommitteeLifecycle topic.

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