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OASIS News 27 August 2001 Welcome to OASIS News, a publication for the OASIS membership community providing updates on Consortium announcements, accomplishments and activities. OASIS News is published twice a month. ---------------------- OASIS TC ANNOUNCEMENTS ---------------------- At the meeting of the OASIS Board of Directors last week the Board approved changes to the OASIS Technical Committee Process. The new, revised version of the TC Process is available at http://oasis-open.org/committees/process.shtml. The revision history and original version of the Process document are at http://oasis-open.org/committees/process_rev_history.shtml OASIS Election and Voter Services Technical Committee will hold the next F2F meeting on 11 September at 11:00 AM EDT. The location is tentatively scheduled for the Washington, D.C. area. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/election/ OASIS RELAX NG Technical Committee published the RELAX NG Version 0.9 specification on 11 August as a Committee Specification. A period of two months for public comment and implementation has been allotted. At the end of this period, the TC plans to resolve all comments received and release RELAX NG version 1.0. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/relax-ng/ OASIS XML-Based Security Services TC (SSTC) will hold the next F2F meeting on 27-29 August in Waltham, MA http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/security/ OASIS eXtensible Access Control Markup Language TC will hold a F2F meeting on 10-11 September in Boston. Contact Krishna Sankar(ksankar@cisco.com) for details. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/xacml/ OASIS Conformance TC invites all members to participate in an teleconference scheduled for 13 September at 2:00pm EDT. If you plan to participate in the teleconference, please email lynne.rosenthal@nist.gov. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ioc/ --------------- TC PUBLICATIONS --------------- OASIS Docbook TC published the Definitive Guide which will be released under GNU Free Documentation License. http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/ OASIS Entity Resolution TC published XML Catalogs as a Committee Spec. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/entity/spec.html OASIS RELAX NG TC posted a revised draft of its Common Annotations Spec. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/relax-ng/annotate-20010804.html -------------------- CONSORTIUM HEADLINES -------------------- OASIS Members Form TC to Develop Human Markup Language The new OASIS HumanMarkup TC will develop an XML spec for embedding contextual human characteristics within information. Applications include artificial intelligence, virtual reality, conflict resolution, psychotherapy, art, workflow, advertising, cultural dialogue, agent systems, diplomacy and business negotiation. OASIS members interested in joining this new TC must notify the TC chair, Ranjeeth Kumar Thunga (rkthunga@humanmarkup.org), at least 15 days before the first meeting on 17 Sept. http://www.oasis-open.org/news/oasis_news_08_21_01.shtml Industry Consortia Gather to Collaborate on Specification Development Standards groups and consortia from around the world will gather in Orlando, Florida, 6-8 December for the Interoperability Summit, the first in a series of inter-consortia meetings aimed at identifying common ground and coordinating development of electronic business specs. Hosted by HR-XML, OASIS, Object Management Group (OMG), UN/CEFACT and XBRL.org, the Interoperability Summit Series will identify intersections between major horizontal and vertical groups in order to promote acceptance of common models and approaches. http://www.oasis-open.org/news/oasis_news_08_14_01.shtml --------------- MEMBER BENEFITS --------------- Publicity for XML OASIS at COMDEX In September OASIS plans to issue a press release announcing member companies participating in the XML OASIS Pavilion at COMDEX Fall 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada, 12-16 November. The XML OASIS is a great opportunity for OASIS Sponsors and Contributors to showcase their XML-based solutions to a large, targeted audience--at a fraction of the cost of a traditional COMDEX booth. For details on the XML OASIS at COMDEX, see http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200108/msg00000.html. To be sure your company is included in the OASIS press release, contact Carol Geyer, carol.geyer@oasis-open.org. Support for Conference Speakers Members delivering presentations at industry conferences are encouraged to mention their affiliation with OASIS and participation in OASIS technical committees whenever possible. OASIS staff are available to provide support for speakers, including details on Consortium technical work and accomplishments. We are also happy to promote presentations by Sponsor members on the OASIS web sites. For specific info, contact Dee Schur, dee.schur@oasis-open.org. ----------------- NEW OASIS MEMBERS ----------------- OASIS welcomes new Contributor member Quantum Dynamics International, Inc. ---------------------- OASIS MEMBER DISCOUNTS ---------------------- OASIS members are eligible for discounts off registration and/or exhibiting fees at many industry events including: SD Web Services World Conference, August 27-31, Boston, Mass, USA http://www.oasis-open.org/members/meetings/web_services_boston.shtml For a complete list of member discounts: http://www.oasis-open.org/members/ ------------------- OASIS ON THE AGENDA ------------------- Karl F. Best, OASIS Director of Technical Operations, will be presenting "ebXML: Creating a Single, Global Electronic Market" on 29 August at the SD Web Services Conference in Boston. Please see: http://cmp.bluedot.com/re/attendee/sdb_01/speakerPage.esp?speakerId=3681 9959 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OASIS News is available to any employee of an OASIS Sponsor or Contributor organization and all Individual members. Additional contacts from Sponsor and Contributor companies may subscribe by sending email to: members-request@lists.oasis-open.org with the word "subscribe" as the body of the message. Archives of this newsletter are posted on http://www.oasis-open.org/members/oasis_news_archive.shtml.
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