<html><body style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div>hello everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>it is wonderful that so many people with wide-ranging backgrounds are interested in the work of the lexicon committee. thank you all for wanting to be part of this group!<br></div><div><br></div><div>my name is Reese Plews and i approached Cameron about one month back when he mentioned that OSGEO was interested in putting together a glossary.</div><div><br></div><div>i am the convenor of the ISO/TC211 Terminology Maintenance Group (TMG) and maintain the TCs terminology repository and terminology deliverables, namely the multi-lingual glossary of terms. the TMG and i comment on, and assist with terminology issues in TC211 or between other TCs. i am hoping that the management practices refined in TC211 over the more than 17 years will be helpful to learn about and adopt those that are suitable to the requirements of this committee and OSGEO. i have also worked as an editor on a few TC211 standards. <br></div><div><br></div><div>in addition to my standards work, i operate a GIS services company in Tokyo working with clients on geospatial projects.</div><div><br></div><div>i am interested in helping OSGEO assemble a glossary through a consensus
approach with the members of this group and hopefully the project
leaders of the OSGEO software projects. <br></div><div><br></div><div>as Cameron mentioned in another message to the list, we made a small presentation to the OGC Naming Authority group during their meeting in Toulouse last week. some members from that group are also expected to join the lexicon committee. i think we will have a very good cross organizational representation.</div><div><br></div><div>in the coming week, after discussion with Cameron, i would like to introduce a startup timeline that will explain a bit more about how we intend to get things started with the group.</div><div><br></div><div>thank you again for your interest and i appreciate your patience while things get going.</div><div><br></div><div>reese<br></div><br></body></html>