OASIS PRESS RELEASE: NEW BOARD

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OASIS Elects New Members to Board of Directors

Colin Evans of Intel, Jim Hughes of Hewlett-Packard,
Christopher Kurt of Microsoft, Simon Nicholson of Sun Microsystems and
Michael Weiner of IBM to Lead XML Interoperability Consortium

Boston, MA, USA; 23 July 2001--OASIS, the XML interoperability
consortium, today announced the election of five new members to the
organization’s board of directors. Jim Hughes of Hewlett-Packard,
Christopher Kurt of Microsoft Corporation, Simon Nicholson of Sun
Microsystems and Michael Weiner of IBM will each serve two-year terms as
OASIS directors, providing business leadership to advance the Consortium
’s technical work. In addition, Colin Evans of Intel was appointed to
serve out the term of a former Board member, who vacated her seat
earlier this year. The five new directors join current OASIS Board
members, Patrick J. Gannon, Una Kearns of Documentum and Norbert H.
Mikula of DataChannel.

"The next few years will mark a critical point in the development of
structured information standards to continue the growth of the
Internet," predicted Michael Weiner, e-business Industry Standards
Liaison for IBM. "I believe that this growth will only continue through
cooperation among vendors to achieve interoperability across various
platforms. OASIS leads in fostering this cooperation." In addition to
his roles at IBM and OASIS, Weiner serves on the XML.org Advisory
Committee and recently co-led the ebXML Marketing Awareness Project
Team.

"As the web expands to provide the core for business and communication,
the need for open, global and independent standards organizations has
never been greater. OASIS has a leadership position here, as we've
demonstrated with our technical work in areas such as security,
conformance, industry vocabularies and ebXML," said Simon Nicholson,
Industry Initiatives Manager for Sun Microsystems. Nicholson believes
that the onward development of ebXML, with the United Nations
(UN/CEFACT), is a top priority for OASIS. He also continues to serve
OASIS and UN/CEFACT jointly as the ebXML Marketing Awareness Project
Team leader. He returns to the OASIS Board of Directors, for which he
previously served as Chair.

"As the industry continues to evolve toward a rich portfolio of
XML-based standards and protocols, innovation in all aspects of these
solutions is a critical success factor. OASIS provides an appropriate
combination of industry content and an appreciation of today's business
requirements; developed upon a foundation of core XML standards," noted
Christopher Kurt, Group Program Manager at Microsoft. Kurt was one of
the founding members of the UDDI team and is currently acting as Program
Manager for the project. He co-authored the BizTalk Framework and led
XML adoption and schema development work for the Open Applications
Group.

"Interest in XML-based technologies is accelerating at a tremendous
pace, spanning a large number of vertical and horizontal markets,"
observed Jim Hughes, Director of Software Standards in Hewlett-Packard's
Software Organization. "Globalization in the standards world is a
reality, and OASIS, with its proven technical process and international
membership, provides the level of coordination that is absolutely
necessary for successful standards development." Hughes' experience in
software standards organizations also includes positions on boards and
architecture committees for OSF, Object Management Group (OMG) and The
Open Group. He actively participates in the OASIS ebXML Messaging
Services Technical Committee.

"The proliferation of electronic business standards has led to
increasing confusion and overlap in the marketplace. OASIS can focus on
bringing convergence and clarity to the standards arena, creating
synergies that accelerate the use of the Internet for business," said
Colin Evans, Director of eBusiness Standards at Intel Corporation. In
addition to his new position at OASIS, Evans also serves as Chairman of
the Executive Board of RosettaNet.

On behalf of the OASIS membership, Laura Walker, executive director of
the Consortium, expressed thanks to Eric Garcia of Sabre, Alan Hestor of
Xerox, Bill Smith of Sun Microsystems and Dr. Robert Sutor of IBM for
their service on the OASIS Board as their terms conclude.

About OASIS
OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) is the international, not-for-profit
consortium that advances electronic business by promoting open,
collaborative development of interoperability specifications. With the
United Nations, OASIS sponsors ebXML, a global framework for electronic
business data exchange. OASIS operates XML.ORG, the non-commercial
portal that delivers information on the use of XML in industry. The
XML.ORG Registry provides as an open community clearinghouse for
distributing and locating XML application schemas, vocabularies and
related documents. OASIS serves as the home for industry groups
interested in developing XML specifications. OASIS technical work
embraces conformance, security, business transactions, repositories and
other interoperability issues.

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Director of Communications
OASIS
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