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