Ed Summers writes:
 > On 5/9/07, Mike Taylor <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 > > Yes.  The point of this extension is that it's an extension, intended
 > > in part to serve a model of what extensions should look like.  If we
 > > throw our hands up and change the core specifications every time an
 > > extension comes along, we're admitting that we got the extension
 > > mechanism wrong.
 > 
 > So if we're testing the waters of SRU extensions I think what is
 > lacking here is a process more than any technical capability. I'm
 > thinking something like the following could work:
 > 
 > 1. someone suggests the extension on sru-implementors
 > 2. someone drafts the proposed extension and make it available on the web
 > 3. more discussion on sru-implementors about draft
 > 4. someone edits draft appropriately
 > 5. a group votes (not sure who)
 > 6. publish draft (or not)
 > 
 > Does something like this already exist?

Yes, it's exactly what's happening right now.  We're in stage 3.

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