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OASIS News 24 September 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 ---------------------- OASIS RELAX NG Technical Committee added a link to the RELAX NG project at SourceForge. www.oasis-open.org/committees/relax-ng/ OASIS CIQ TC has now voted to adopt the eXtensible Name and Address Markup Language V1.1 (includes eXtensible Name Language V1.0 and eXtensible Address Language (V1.2) as the Committee Specs. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ciq ---------------------- CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ---------------------- OASIS has announced the creation of the Universal Business Language Technical Committee. Please see http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200109/msg00000.html for the Call For Participation and details of how to participate in this TC. OASIS has announced the creation of the Topic Maps Published Subjects Technical Committee. Please see http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200109/msg00001.html for the Call For Participation and details of how to participate in this TC. -------------------- CONSORTIUM HEADLINES -------------------- OASIS regrets to announce that a consortium member, Ed Felt of BEA Systems, was tragically killed in the terrorist attack on United Airlines flight 93 on 11 September. As a major contributor to the OASIS Business Transactions Technical Committee, Ed's integrity, knowledge, compassion and companionship will be sorely missed. We extend our deepest sympathy to his family. --------------- MEMBER BENEFITS --------------- START AN OASIS TC OASIS is unique among standards organizations in that our technical agenda is driven by our members. Any group of three or more OASIS members can form a technical committee (TC) to create specifications related to the interoperability of structured information systems. If you have an idea for technical work but haven't formed a complete plan or mobilized support from others, we may be able to help. The OASIS TC Process allows members to create an open discussion list in order to gauge community interest and discuss charter and scope of a potential TC. In addition to new work, OASIS TCs can also be formed to take existing work to the next level. Many current OASIS TCs, in fact, are advancing technical work that began outside the Consortium. For example, the OASIS Security Services TC has converged work from the AuthXML and S2ML groups into a single SAML specification; by bringing this work to OASIS, the two groups consolidated their efforts, eliminated overlap and increased participation and acceptance for the final work result. If you have an idea for technical work or if you're involved in developing an XML specification -- either within your company or through a vendor group or industry dot-org -- please contact me for more details on how further development within OASIS might be beneficial. OASIS SPONSORED STAFF MEETINGS When a company becomes an OASIS Sponsor, all its employees--no matter where they're located, what department they're in or what kind of work they do--are eligible to participate in the Consortium. To help Sponsors get maximum value out of their membership, we encourage you to schedule an OASIS Sponsor Staff Briefing, a 30-minute presentation that will educate your staff on XML interoperability, the work of OASIS and unique marketing and PR benefits for OASIS Sponsors. Via conference call or in person, members of the OASIS staff will provide briefings on: - Why XML standards are necessary - What technical work OASIS is doing now--and what's ahead - How to get involved in existing OASIS technical work - How to start new OASIS technical committees - How to move existing standards efforts to OASIS and cut down on multiple membership fees - How you can take advantage of exclusive OASIS Sponsor PR and marketing benefits If you're a Sponsor member and would like to schedule an OASIS Update, email karl.best@oasis-open.org. ----------------- NEW OASIS MEMBERS ----------------- OASIS is proud to announce that NeoCore, www.neocore.com/ , has joined the Consortium as a sponsor member. Other new OASIS Contributors include Thor technologies Inc., E.C.I.F (integrated forum on e-commerce) and Pointgain Corporation. We welcome all these new member companies to OASIS and look forward to their contributions. ---------------------- OASIS MEMBER DISCOUNTS ---------------------- OASIS members are eligible for discounts off registration and/or exhibiting fees at many industry events including: September 17-October 1, XML European Days 2001, 11 European cities, 20% discount September 30-October 4, XML One San Jose, California, USA, up to $300 For a complete list of member discounts: http://www.oasis-open.org/members/member_discounts.shtml ------------------- OASIS ON THE AGENDA ------------------- Sep 17-Oct 1, XML European Days 2001 Pim van der Eijk, Oasis European Representative, will be the keynote speaker in Amsterdam and Brussels. Sep 30 - Oct 3, XML One, San Jose, California OASIS is planning a Members Reception and Informational Meeting Wednesday evening October 3, in conjunction with the XML One/WebServices conference. Please contact: Scott McGrath, Member Services Manager at +1 978 667 5115 or scott.mcgrath@oasis-open.org Oct 22-25, The XMLEdge 2001, Santa Clara, California Leo Kraunelis, General Manager of XML.org and Patrick Gannon, President and CEO of OASIS, will be speaking. For a complete listing of events see: http://www.oasis-open.org/events/ UPDATE: ebXML and Vertical Industry Conferences OASIS representative Dale Waldt spoke on XML and Distributed System Integration Using ebXML at two vertical industry conferences on September 12. The first presentation was made to the International Financial Services Association (IFSA), a non-technical banking and financial service industry group. Traditionally the Financial industry, as well as others, has depended on Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and now they hope to utilize ebXML for the next generation of interchange applications. The second meeting was hosted by the Association For Enterprise Integration (AFEI) whose goal is to advance enterprise integration and e-business practices for industries and governments around the globe. The audience was comprised mostly of members of the military logistics and defense manufacturing communities who have extensive experience in applying structured information standards to manage logistical applications and processes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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