OASIS News - 2 February 2004

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

OASIS News
2 February 2004

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

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OASIS Symposium Updates

Submissions to the OASIS Technical Advisory Board from experts on
XML-based messaging and networking standards for a two-day OASIS Symposium
on Reliable Infrastructures for XML are due by 9 February.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200401/msg00007.html

OASIS member organizations are encouraged to invite industry partners and
customers to the OASIS Symposium and Member Networking reception which will
be held on Tuesday evening, 27 April. Non-members that attend will have the
Symposium fee applied towards the membership fee. Also, non-member 'guests'
of Sponsor members can attend at the Members-only discounted rate--please
contact the OASIS Membership Director, Scott McGrath, at
scott.mcgrath@oasis-open.org for details.

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OASIS Web Services Security (WSS) TC Approves Committee Drafts

Five documents have been approved as Committee Draft specifications by the
OASIS WSS TC and will be submitted to the OASIS membership at-large for
consideration as OASIS Standards. The Committee Drafts include WSS: SOAP
Message Security 1.0, WSS UsernameToken Profile, WSS X.509 Certificate Token
Profile, and two XML Schemas.

http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2004-01-26-a.html

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=wss

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Denmark Becomes First Country to Adopt UBL

The Danish National XML Committee has formally adopted the OASIS Universal
Business Language (UBL) as a standard for e-Commerce in the public sector.
Following a 30-day public hearing, the Danish XML Committee decided to use
UBL 0.7 to enable integration between systems controlled by state
authorities and a newly implemented portal for public procurement.

http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2004-01-29-a.html

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New OASIS Sponsors include:

* AmSoft Systems,  http://www.amsoft.net, IT consultants that designs
systems for retail, financial, B2B, etc.
* Bahwan Cybertek, http://www.bahwancybertek.com, software solutions and
services provider in the Middle East.

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OASIS Member Discounts

9-10 Feb--Implementing XML: Strategic Implications for Technology and Data
Managers. London.
OASIS members receive a 10% discount, http://www.irmuk.co.uk/42.htm.