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Subject: OASIS TC Call For Participation: LegalXML SDHI TC
A new OASIS technical committee is being formed. The OASIS LegalXML Subscriber Data Handover Interface (SDHI) TC has been proposed by the following members of OASIS: Anthony M Rutkowski, Verisign; Robin Gape, BTplc; and John M. Greacen, Individual member. The proposal for a new TC meets the requirements of the OASIS TC Process (see http://oasis-open.org/committees/process.shtml), and is appended to this message. The TC name, statement of purpose, scope, list of deliverables, audience, and language specified in the proposal will constitute the TC's charter. The TC Process allows these items to be clarified (revised); such clarifications (revisions), as well as submissions of technology for consideration by the TC and the beginning of technical discussions, may occur no sooner than the TC's first meeting. As specified by the OASIS TC Process, the requirements for becoming a member of the TC at the first meeting are that you must 1) be an employee of an OASIS member organization or an Individual member of OASIS; 2) notify the TC chair of your intent to participate at least 15 days prior to the first meeting; and 3) attend the first meeting of the TC. For OASIS members, to register for the TC using the OASIS collaborative tools, go to the TC's public web page at http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/legalxml-sdhi and click on the button for "Join This TC" at the top of the page. You may add yourself to the roster of the TC either as a Prospective Member (if you intend to become a member of the TC) or an Observer. A notice will automatically be sent to the TC chair, which fulfills requirement #2 above. OASIS members may also join the TC after the first meeting. Note that membership in OASIS TCs is by individual, and not by organization. Non-OASIS members may read the TC's mail list archive, view the TC's web page, and send comments to the TC using a web form available on the TC's web page; click the "Send A Comment" button. The archives of the TC's mail list and public comments are visible at http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ -Karl ================================================================= Karl F. Best Vice President, OASIS office +1 978.667.5115 x206 mobile +1 978.761.1648 karl.best@oasis-open.org http://www.oasis-open.org Name of the TC: OASIS LegalXML Subscriber Data Handover Interface (SDHI) TC Statement of Purpose: During the course of law enforcement investigations or judicial proceedings, emergency situations, or other government mandated conditions, a critical need arises for information concerning subscribers to telephone, Internet or other communication services at a well-defined interface. Law enforcement authorities may also use collection and analysis systems that assist in understanding the relationships among parties in an investigation. To accomplish this task, these systems may generate requests for subscriber information and use the resulting data furnished by telecommunication or other service providers. The OASIS LegalXML Subscriber Data Handover Interface (SDHI) Technical Committee, part of the OASIS LegalXML Member Section, will develop a specification for the production of a consistent Subscriber Data Handover Interface (SDHI), by telecommunication or Internet service providers, of XML structured information concerning a subscriber or communications identifier (e.g., a telephone number) in response to an XML structured request which includes, when necessary, authorization from a judicial, public safety, or law enforcement authority. There are generally two request variations. The first is a request for basic information concerning a subscriber based on a name, number, or other identifier - for which no formal authorizing instrument is usually needed. The second is a request for expanded information pursuant to a subpoena or warrant or other lawful order, which may demand call detail or billing records, mobile user location information, communication or access logs, or other typically privileged information held by the service provider. This specification will include required access to provider records pursuant to national Codes of Practice for data retention, emergency response, or investigatory requests, although in most cases, the information is kept by communication services providers as part of normal commercial business practice for accounting, billing, fraud prevention, and marketing purposes. See, e.g., United Kingdom, Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, 2000 chap. 23, part 1 chapter II, and the disclosure of communications data (sections 21-25 inclusive); and France, Loi no. 2003-239 du 18 mars 2003, Loi pour la securite interieure. Rapid and efficient access to retained data among many diverse providers is a major emerging need. The specification is intended only to facilitate access and production of information that may already exist, and has no prescriptive implication or intent. This process can be described as a simple “query > authorization > response action” Scope: The work of the SDHI TC will be limited to the following: * SDHI Requirements Specification * SDHI Request, Authorization and Response Schema The identification or development of such additional schema as may be necessary to implement the SDHI Interface. These will include: * XML mechanisms for the queries, including if necessary the “envelope” for the authentication and secure transfer of the information, to be imported from other TC work. These capabilities could rely in part on the Legal XML Court Filing Blue Envelope specification. * Localization. These Subscriber Data Handover Interface standards must include a localization mechanism to accommodate the diverse legal systems of country authorities and providers, as well as legacy transition schema such as PDF images and delimited field flat files * Prioritizing requests * Accounting and billing * Accommodating number and identifier portability * Adjustments or additions to the interface that may be necessary as a result of implementations, new communications technology, localization requirements Any items not on the above lists or on the List of Deliverables will be considered out of scope for the TC. Also out of scope are the following: * communications services provider subscriber management protocols * collection system protocols * transport protocols * subscriber information data architectures * specific handover requirements * specific retention requirements * real-time data handover requirements List of Deliverables: * SDHI Requirements Specification finalized; three months after first meeting. * SDHI Request and Response schemas finalized; six months after first meeting * Both of the above are intended to be submitted to OASIS for consideration as an OASIS Standard. Afterwards the TC will create materials or define activities related to the promotion and adoption of the above. * Define requirements for additional deliverables or revisions to the SDHI request and response schemas to add to the TC charter; after approval of the OASIS Standard Anticipated Audience: The anticipated audience and users include law enforcement and public safety officials, judicial and administrative bodies, national regulatory agencies, communication service providers, lawful access service bureaus, and vendors of network equipment, subscriber accounting systems, and collection system analysis tools. Language: English. ------------------ The following is informational only for the purposes of starting the TC, and will not be part of the TC's charter: Similar Work: * OASIS Customer Information Quality TC, XML Standards for "Global" Customer Information Management; http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ciq (including the extensible Name and Address Language (xNAL); extensible Name Language (xNL); extensible Address Language (xAL); extensible Customer Information Language (xCIL); and extensible Customer Relationships Language (xCRL)) * OASIS Digital Signature TC; http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/dss, including the Digital Signature Service Core Protocols and Elements (DSS) * OASIS LegalXML Integrated Justice TC; http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/legalxml-intjustice * OASIS e-Government TC; http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/egov * OASIS Election Services TC; http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/election * OASIS Emergency Management TC; http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/emergency * IETF Cross Registry Information Service Protocol (crisp) TC; http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/crisp-charter.html List of Contributions: The proposers anticipate that the following will be contributed to the TC at the first meeting: Requirements Specification, Subscriber Data Handover Interface (SDHI) Version 0.1.0, authored by Anthony M Rutkowski, Verisign; and Robin Gape, Btplc. Date of first meeting: 15 April 2004 Time: 11:00 hrs ET; 16hrs GMT Type of meeting: teleconference Sponsor: BTplc On-going Meeting Schedule: Phone meetings at two week intervals following formation of the SDHI TC until cessation of its work. Face-to-face meetings will be held quarterly Ongoing meeting sponsor: BTplc (phone meetings); VeriSign and BTplc (face-to-face) Proposers: Anthony M Rutkowski, Verisign, trutkowski@verisign.com Robin Gape, BTplc, robin.gape@bt.com John M. Greacen Individual member, john@greacen.net TC Convener Anthony M Rutkowski Proposed TC Co-chairs: Anthony M Rutkowski and Robin Gape
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