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Subject: OASIS News: 25 Aug 2010
Welcome to OASIS News, a bi-weekly update of announcements, accomplishments, and activities for the international open standards consortium. ----------------------------------------------------------- In this issue: * Ballot opens on updates to Bylaws * IPR Policy amendments address dual tracks and maintenance * Board revises Member Section Policy * Members propose WSS-M TC * SCA-Bindings public review begins * PLCS DEXs vR4 public review begins * ebXML Messaging Services v3.0 public review begins * Security Services TC specifications public review begins * OpenDocument v1.0 Errata public review begins * DITA Asian Adoption Subcommittee forms * ODF 1.2 Interop exchanges documents from the Louvre * Early-bird discount ends soon for IDM 2010 * Laurent Liscia blogs on “Greening of IT” * Upcoming events ----------------------------------------------------------- Ballot opens on updates to Bylaws A member ballot is now open for four Board-approved resolutions updating the consortium's Bylaws. The new resolutions deal with the availability of Board seats and officer positions and written consent within electronic communications. All voting members are encouraged to vote by 13 Sept. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/201008/msg00004.html ----------------------------------------------------------- IPR Policy amendments address dual tracks and maintenance The OASIS Board of Directors has approved amendments to the consortium's Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy. The changes reflect the new distinction between standards-track documents and non-standards track documents and the treatment of maintenance revisions to approved TC specifications. The amendments will take effect 15 Oct. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/201008/msg00007.html ----------------------------------------------------------- Board revises Member Section Policy The new version of the policy better defines the process for how Member Section Rules of Procedure (RoP) are created and modified. It brings the policy more in line with the TC Process by defining an appeals procedure, enabling Special Majority voting, and designating a formal 'MS Administrator' staff role. http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ms_policy.php ----------------------------------------------------------- SCA-Bindings public review begins The two Service Component Architecture / Bindings (SCA-Bindings) specifications define test cases and test assertions required for conforming implementations. This public review ends 5 Oct. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201008/msg00001.html ----------------------------------------------------------- ebXML Messaging Services 3.0 public review begins ebMS 3.0: Part 2, Advanced Features, complements the ebMS 3.0 Core Specification by defining advanced functionality for message service configurations, message bundling, messaging across intermediaries (multi-hop) and transfer of (compressed) messages. This public review ends 12 Oct. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201008/msg00003.html ----------------------------------------------------------- Security Services public review begins The Service Provider Request Initiation Protocol and Profile defines a generic browser-based protocol by which a request can be made to a service provider to initiate a protocol-specific request for authentication. The SAML 2.0 Metadata specification defines metadata extension elements to enable XML Signature [XMLSig] algorithm descriptions. The public review ends 13 Oct. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201008/msg00004.html ----------------------------------------------------------- OpenDocument 1.0 Errata public review begins This document lists corrected errors for OpenDocument Format (ODF) 1.0. The public review ends 1 Sept. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201008/msg00005.html ----------------------------------------------------------- DITA Asian Adoption Subcommittee forms The new subcommittee will work to promote the use of DITA in the Pacific-Asia region. It will research the area's special needs for adopting the DITA OASIS Standard, develop best practices, and promote regional activities including conferences, workshops, and webinars. Mathew Varghese of Citrix serves as chair. All interested parties are invited to join (membership in the main DITA TC is required). http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=dita#subcommittees ----------------------------------------------------------- ODF 1.2 Interop exchanges documents from the Louvre The OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon) in Budapest will feature the OASIS OpenDocument Format (ODF) 1.2 Interoperability Demo, showcasing ODF documents on the desktop, in the cloud, and on mobile devices. Eight independent implementations of ODF, both open source and proprietary, will be featured, including: OpenOffice.org technologies, IBM Lotus Symphony, KDE.org and Koffice, OpenOffice.org Novell Edition, and Oracle Open Office; and programming libraries, lpOD ODF Python Library, ODF Toolkit for Java, Maemo FreOffice, and Open Framework Systems (OFS). The Louvre museum is also participating in the demo, which will be held on 2 Sept. http://events.oasis-open.org/home/ODF/2010/interop ----------------------------------------------------------- Early-bird discount ends soon for IDM 2010 Members who register for the Identity Management (IDM) conference before 7 Sept will save 150 USD. Hosted at the World Bank in Washington, DC on 27-28 Sept, IDM will facilitate the open exchange of information between governments and technology experts on current identity management issues and solutions. Four OASIS TCs--SAML, KMIP, PMRM, and IDCloud--will hold meetings in conjunction with the event. Members planning to attend the TC meetings are asked to complete the event registration form online. http://events.oasis-open.org/home/IDM/2010 ----------------------------------------------------------- Laurent Liscia blogs on “The Greening of IT” Laurent Liscia, executive director of OASIS, explores the relevance of IT and sustainability, as described in the new book, “Greening IT: How Greener IT Can Form a Solid Foundation For a Low-Carbon Society”. http://blogs.oasis-open.org/2010/08/the-greening-of-it. ----------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming events 1 Sept OpenDocument v1.0 Errata public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201008/msg00005.html 2 Sept OOoCon features ODF 1.2 Interop http://events.oasis-open.org/home/ODF/2010/interop 8 Sept PMRM first meeting (teleconference) http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201007/msg00005.html 5-10 Sept XML Summer School Oxford, UK http://xmlsummerschool.com/ 6-11 Sept Summer School LEX10 Ravenna, Italy http://summerschoollex.cirsfid.unibo.it/ 20 Sept Web Services Quality Factors 1.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201007/msg00006.html 27-28 Sept IDtrust hosts Identity Management (IDM) conference at World Bank http://events.oasis-open.org/home/IDM/2010 5 Oct SCA-Bindings public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201008/msg00001.html 12 Oct ebXML Messaging Services v3.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201008/msg00003.html 13 Oct Security Services TC specifications public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201008/msg00004.html 13-14 Oct EU Presidency and OASIS host Green I.T. for Green Policy Conference http://events.oasis-open.org/home/greenit/2010 15 Oct IPR Policy changes take effect http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/201008/msg00007.html 21-23 Oct RuleML10 Washington, DC, USA http://www.csw.inf.fu-berlin.de/ruleml2010/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS News is published in English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, and Korean. 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