[SCL] presentation to INCITS/L8 standards group

[Murray Altheim]

Harry Delugach wrote:
[...]
> I would also like to ask any members of the SCL group if any of you 
> would like to participate in the standards effort as expert 
> consultants. This is especially useful if you are outside the U.S. This 
> request should be considered quite separately from participation in the 
> SCL technical discussion group. If you are interested, please let me 
> know what level of involvement you are willing to devote (and your 
> country!).

Harry,

With the acceptance of the rest of the group, I am willing to serve
as an "expert consultant" on XML and Web-related issues. I'm not
sure what "level" means here, but I should state that I'm a Ph.D.
student right now, so I don't have any travel money, and I am living
as a non-resident in the UK (students don't actually need visas
here, they just stamp your passport with an exit date). My citizenship
is Canadian, and I don't currently have permanent residency anywhere
(having been gone from the US longer than a year). I can participate
via email, and to some degree via phone. I won't be able to put in a
lot of time for the next four or five months, with increasing
availability in mid-spring.

Given all those provisos, I'm happy to devote as much time as is
reasonable, given my Ph.D. is of course a priority.

Murray

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Murray Altheim                    http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/murray/
Knowledge Media Institute
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