OASIS News--4 August 2003

["Dee Schur" <dee.schur@oasis-open.org>]

OASIS News
4 August 2003

Welcome to OASIS News, a weekly update of announcements,
accomplishments, and activities for the international standards
consortium.

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Review the OASIS SAML Committee Spec v1.1 by 16 Aug

The OASIS Security Services TC has submitted the Security
Assertion Markup Language (SAML) specification v1.1, which is an approved
Committee Specification, for review and consideration for approval by
OASIS members to become an OASIS Standard. SAML is an XML-based framework
for exchanging security information.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200307/msg00006.html

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Review the OASIS XCBF Committee Spec v1.1 by 16 Aug

The OASIS XML Common Biometric Format (XCBF) TC has
submitted the XCBF XML Common Biometric Format Committee Specification
v1.1, which is an approved Committee Specification, for review and
consideration for approval by OASIS members to become an OASIS Standard.
XCBF is a common set of secure XML encodings used to recognize the identity
of an individual based on physiological or behavioral characteristics.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200307/msg00007.html

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Review the OASIS WSRP Committee Spec v1.0 by 16 Aug

The OASIS Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) TC has submitted the
Web Services for Remote Portlets Committee Specification v1.0, which is
an approved Committee Specification, for review and consideration for
approval by OASIS members to become an OASIS Standard. WSRP version 1.0
defines a web service standard (interface and semantics) that allows for the
"plug-n-play" of portals.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200307/msg00008.html

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List your Product/Services on XML.org Focus Areas

If you provide products or services to the Insurance, Human Resources,
or Printing & Publishing industries, get listed on one of the XML.org
Focus Areas. For further information contact margie.pina@oasis-open.org and
dale.waldt@oasis-open.org.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200307/msg00013.html

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Review the Delphi Survey, 'The Value of Standards'

Delphi has released an in-depth study titled, 'The Value of Standards,'
based on the responses of more than 800 end users, software providers
and software vendors to identify the current attitudes and expectations for
software standards. The overwhelming consensus supports the relevance
and significance of standards based software development.

http://www.delphigroup.com/research/whitepapers/20030728-standards.pdf

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American Bar Association (ABA) Sponsor Technology Roundtable

The eFiling Committee of the ABA Science & Technology Section in conjunction
with the OASIS LegalXML eNotary TC will hold a roundtable entitled, “Trust
is Technology Neutral.” The meeting, which will be attended by
representatives from government agencies, notary officials, land title
registrars, mortgage bankers, and others will focus on the technology
standards for online electronic lending, motor vehicle and real estate
transactions. The meeting will take place on
6-7 August as part of the activities of the annual ABA meeting to be held in
the San Francisco law offices of Fenwick & West. For more details, please
contact John H. Messing at jmessing@law-on-line.com.

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OASIS Team Talks

17-19 Aug--Scott McGrath will participate in the NIGP Forum and Products
Exposition in Nashville.

For more information on Events, see http://www.oasis-open.org/events/.

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