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Subject: OASIS ebXML Update


OASIS Members,

OASIS and UN/CEFACT have completed the second phase of ebXML (Electronic
Business using eXtensible Markup Language), our joint initiative that
began in 1999. In the first 18-month phase, joint teams completed a set
of substantive technical specifications which provided an interoperable,
vendor-neutral, openly available stack of XML standards for B2B
e-commerce.   In a second transitional phase, OASIS and UN/CEFACT split the
substantive work, each housing several of the ongoing project teams
while maintaining linkage through a Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC).
After two years, the ebXML JCC has completed its mission. The two
organizations will continue to support and promote the ebXML standards
under respective separate procedures.

The transitional second phase saw many successes for ebXML, including:
·    the issuance of updated versions 2.0 of the ebXML Message Service
(MSG), Registry Information Model (RIM), Registry Services (RS) and
Collaboration Protocol Profile & Agreement (CPPA) specifications as
OASIS Standards,
·    approval by the UN/CEFACT plenary of all the ebXML OASIS Standards,
·    widespread implementations and tools based on ebXML, particularly by
government agencies and vertical industry supply-chain consortia.

In its third phase, OASIS will continue to support the OASIS ebXML
specifications and serve as a focal point for users and vendors
interested in the maintenance, implementation and advancement of our
ebXML Standards. This ongoing work includes the following:

·    OASIS Technical Committees for ebXML Messaging, CPPA,
Registry/Repository, and Implementation, Interoperability and
Conformance (IIC) each will continue to actively develop and refine
ebXML specifications in use today.  Participants in these OASIS ebXML TCs
include representatives from: Adobe Systems, Bank of America, BEA Systems,
Boeing, Booz Allen Hamilton, Choreology, Commerce One, ContentGuard,
Cyclone Commerce, Drake Certivo, Entrust, Fujitsu, Global Exchange
Services, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Infoteria, Intel, IONA, Iopsis Software,
IPNet Solutions, Kinzan, Logistics Management Institute, Mercator
Software, Microsoft, NEC, NII Enterprise Promotion Association, NIST,
Novell, NTT USA, Oracle, SAA Consultants, SAP, SeeBeyond, Southeast
University China, Sterling Commerce, Sun Microsystems, Sybase, The
Bankers Association of ROC, Tibco, University of Hong Kong, US Defense
Information Systems Agency, Vitria, and webMethods.

·    Additional efforts, including the OASIS Universal Business Language
(UBL) TC, the OASIS Web Services Reliable Messaging TC, and the OASIS
Web Services for Business Process Execution Language (WSBPEL) TC, also
will have the opportunity to liaise and define interoperability with the
ebXML stack.

·    OASIS will continue to maintain the www.ebxml.org informational web
site that we have hosted since the project's launch.

OASIS expresses its thanks to the representatives from Oracle, Sun
Microsystems, Sterling Commerce, Global Exchange Services, and other
organizations who served as our representatives to the ebXML Joint
Coordinating Committee and the Joint Marketing Committee during the
project's transitional phase.  We expect to continue to promote and support
various ebXML activities, directed by our four existing OASIS ebXML TCs, the
OASIS ebXML Joint Committee, and such other projects as may be initiated
under OASIS rules.

Indeed, there are many reasons to celebrate our ebXML accomplishments,
many exciting opportunities ahead, and many ways for members to drive
our continued success.


-- 
Patrick Gannon
President & CEO
OASIS
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