OASIS News - 3 February 2005

["Matt Davids" <oasis-news@oasis-open.org>]

OASIS NEWS
3 February 2005

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



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UDDI and XACML Approved as OASIS Standards



Both the UDDI v3.0.2 and the XACML v2.0 specifications have been voted on
and approved as OASIS Standards. The UDDI v3.0.2 specification, developed by
the OASIS Universal Description, Discovery and Integration TC, serves to
define a registry service for Web services and for other electronic and
non-electronic services. The XACML v2.0 specification, which was developed
by the OASIS eXtensible Access Control Markup Language TC, defines a
standard access control policy language. The TC members and chairs are to be
congratulated on their work in developing and approving these
specifications.



http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200502/msg00003.html

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200502/msg00000.html



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OASIS Standard Balloting Opens Soon for WSDM and SAML 2.0



The OASIS Web Services Distributed Management TC has completed the public
review period for the WSDM specification, and has recommended its
advancement for approval to become an OASIS Standard. The familiarization
period, which began 1 Feb, will end on 15 Feb. A Call for Vote will be sent
to the voting representative of each OASIS member on 16 Feb.



http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200502/msg00002.html



The OASIS Security Services TC has completed the public review period for
the SAML v2.0 specification and has recommended its advancement for approval
to become an OASIS Standard. The familiarization period, which began 1 Feb,
will end on 15 Feb. A Call for Vote will be sent to the voting
representative of each OASIS member on 16 Feb.



http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200502/msg00001.html



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OASIS Board of Directors Special Election Ends Soon



Balloting is underway for a special election to fill one open seat on the
OASIS Board of Directors. Five candidates were nominated for the position
including Winston Bumpus of Dell, Bob Glushko of the University of
California at Berkley, Ron Lake of Galdos Systems, Paul Lipton of Computer
Associates, and Claus Von Riegen of SAP AG. Each member is encouraged to
review the candidates bios, and encourage his or her Primary Contact to cast
a ballot.



http://www.oasis-open.org/private/elections/2005special/candidates.php



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sponsorships to provide funding necessary to maintain affordable meeting
fees, ensuring the widest possible level of participation. Sponsors also
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Request Form.



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Posting Company News to XML.org



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company news and announcements via the XML.org web site. Press releases and
other information sent by Sponsors to the OASIS "announce" mailing list will
be automatically posted on the XML.org homepage, linked to the member's web
site. Members must be subscribed to the OASIS PR Group to post to announce.



http://www.oasis-open.org/private/promotion.php


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OASIS on the Agenda



9 Feb - XML Symposium. Orlando, Florida. Patrick Gannon will speak on the
subject of how standards for XML and Web services are created and the
importance of working with other standard initiatives in the IT Industry.



14-16 Feb - RSA Conference 2005. San Francisco, California. The event will

feature the OASIS Federated Identity InterOp demonstration of SAML 2.0.


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OASIS Co-Sponsored Events



15-17 Feb - Web Services Edge 2005 East. Boston, MA. OASIS Members receive
free entry.



Contact Barbara.erbes@oasis-open.org for details on member discounts.
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