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OASIS News 8 April 2002 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. ----------------------------- TC ANNOUNCEMENTS AND MEETINGS ----------------------------- The OASIS LegalXML Steering Committee will hold its first meeting via teleconference 9 April (9pm EDT). For further information contact chair Donald L. Bergeron [mailto:Donald.Bergeron@lexisnexis.com] http://www.legalxml.org/ The OASIS ebXML IIC TC will hold a joint meeting with OAG 9-11 April at NIST in Gaithersburg, MD. For further information contact chair Jacques Durand [JDurand@fs.fujitsu.com] http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ebxml-iic/agenda/04_9_2002.shtml The OASIS ebXML Messaging TC has submitted the Messaging Service Specification V2.0, which is an approved Committee Specification, for review and consideration for approval by OASIS members to become an OASIS Standard http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200204/msg00000.html The OASIS Conformance TC recently voted to approve Conformance Requirements for Specifications, version 1.0 as a Committee Specification http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ioc/ OASIS members are encouraged to review three TC-approved specs for voting on OASIS Standards in April. Comments on the specs may be posted to each TC’s public comment list. Balloting will take place 1-30 April. Each OASIS organizational member has one vote, and results will be announced on or before 7 May. OASIS/ebXML Registry Services Specification (RS) v2.0 http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200201/msg00002.html OASIS/ebXML Registry Information Model (RIM) v2.0 http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200201/msg00003.html DSML V2.0 http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200201/msg00001.html The OASIS eXtensible Access Control Markup Language TC will hold its next face to face 22-24 Apr in Milan, Italy. The Schema SC will hold its next meeting via teleconference 8 Apr at 10AM (US Eastern Time) http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/xacml/ The OASIS XCBF TC will hold its next meeting 16 May in Somerset, New Jersey http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/xcbf/ The OASIS DocBook TC announces the release of "DocBook V4.2 Release Candidate 1 in XML and SGML." After a 30 day review period, the DocBook TC hopes to promote DocBook V4.2 to a committee specification http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/docbook/ The OASIS Vocabulary for XML Standards and Technologies TC (XMLvoc TC) will hold its next meeting via teleconference 16 Apr at 15:00-17:00 (UTC) http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/xmlvoc/ The OASIS Topic Maps Published Subjects TC will hold its next meeting via teleconference 23 Apr at 15:00 - 17:00 (UTC) http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tm-pubsubj/ The OASIS XSLT/XPath Conformance Technical Committee is putting out an appeal for added membership to bolster the efforts of the existing committee members. Please consider your company's possible contribution to the effort and contact the chair G. Ken Holman at mailto:gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com if you wish to get involved in this activity http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/xslt/ ------------------------ CONSORTIUM ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------ On 2 April, OASIS announced that its members have formed the OASIS Rights Language Technical Committee to advance a common XML rights language standard for the digital rights management (DRM) marketplace. Their work will provide a universal method for specifying and managing rights associated with all kinds of resources including digital content and web services. The OASIS specification will support a wide variety of business models, expressing both simple and complex rights and promoting interoperability between systems regardless of platform, media type or format. To join this TC, email hari.reddy@contentguard.com. On 28 March 2002 we announced that LegalXML, joined the OASIS interoperability consortium, in a move that aligns the development of specifications for legal data exchange with the global standards community at-large. By migrating its work to OASIS, LegalXML secures its representation within the consortium known for setting adoptable worldwide standards for electronic business, Web services and security. The alliance brings new resources and international awareness to LegalXML's work on specifications for electronic court filing, court documents, legal citations, transcripts, criminal justice intelligence systems, and others. The program for ebXML Day at XML Europe 2002 in Barcelona is now available. Presenters include representatives from the European Commission, EAN Spain, STAR, Pan Asian e-Commerce Alliance, and UN/CEFACT, as well as Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, Oracle, IONA, Cyclone Commerce, Sterling Commerce, XML Global, the Drummond Group, and others. http://www.oasis-open.org/news/oasis_news_03_01_02.shtml The Consortium is forming the OASIS Technical Advisory Board, an elected group of industry experts who will provide input to the OASIS Board of Directors on technical topics meriting member consideration. Member elections will be held 1-30 April. Voting reps from each company should go to http://www.oasis-open.org/members/tab/nominations.shtml to review the nominations and review information for casting your ballot. --------------- 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 Karl Best (karl.best@oasis-open.org) for more details on how further development within OASIS might be beneficial. ----------------- NEW OASIS MEMBERS ----------------- New OASIS Contributors include Association Aristote, Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International, Realnetworks, SDL International, Vertex Inc. and the US Department of the Navy. We welcome these new member companies to OASIS and look forward to their contributions. ---------------------- OASIS MEMBER DISCOUNTS ---------------------- OASIS members are eligible for discounts on online educational tutorials, conference registration fees and/or exhibiting fees at many industry events. Conferences: 4 Apr-30 Jun--Web Services Reality Spring 2002 Virtual Conference, 15% iPass Discount http://www.oasis-open.org/members/member_discounts.shtml ------------------- OASIS ON THE AGENDA ------------------- 4 Apr-30 Jun--Web Services Reality Spring 2002, Virtual Event The following OASIS members will present tutorials: David R.R. Webber, VP of Business Development for XML Global Technologies Inc., G. Ken Holman, CTO, Crane Softwrights Ltd., Anne Thomas Manes, Systinet and Dale Waldt, 23 April--SIMC's Meeting on Industry Semantics, New York Dale Waldt, OASIS Program Development Consultant, will be speaking as well as, Ann Thomas Manes of Systinet and the OASIS Security Services Technical Committee. 25 April 25--e-GIF & XML in government, Manchester, England Patrick Gannon, President & CEO of OASIS will chair this event and make an XML in e-Government presentation. For event details: http://www.oasis-open.org/events/ -------------------------------------------------------------- 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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