Re: [ubl-csc] Fwd: announcement of new OASIS Standards Registry

[Eduardo Gutentag <Eduardo.Gutentag@Sun.COM>]

No reason not to put it into it now, my understanding is that it should
be able to deal with versioning.

Jon.Bosak@Sun.COM wrote:
> Should we put 1.0 Beta into this registry, or should we wait for
> the final version?
> 
> Jon
> 
> ==================================================================
> 
> Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 19:35:38 -0500
> From: "Karl F. Best" <karl.best@oasis-open.org>
> To: members@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [OASIS members] announcement of new OASIS Standards Registry
> 
> OASIS members:
> 
> We are pleased to announce the availability of the OASIS Standards 
> Registry. The Registry, found on the OASIS server at 
> http://registry.oasis-open.org, is for the purpose of sharing 
> information about the technical activities of OASIS and other standards 
> development organizations (SDOs) who may elect to submit data. The goal 
> of the Registry is to promote participation in technical activities, 
> collaboration between SDOs, and broader awareness and adoption of 
> completed technical work based on data standards.
> 
> The Registry is a structured database that stores six types of data 
> objects: Standards Development Organizations, Technical Committees, 
> Specifications, Companies, Products, and Glossary Terms. Users and the 
> general public will be able to browse and search its contents, which are 
> stored in a hierarchical tree, and can be linked by associations between 
> the different objects. For example, a software or hardware "Product" is 
> the output of a "Company", and may also be an implementation of a 
> "Specification". A "Specification" belongs to a "Technical Committee", 
> which in turn belongs to an "SDO". Users can traverse these associations 
> through the Registry tree to discover relationships between activities.
> 
> The Registry is based on the ebXML Registry (RIM) specification, and a 
> metadata structure developed by an ad hoc Standards Registry committee 
> formed by several SDOs. The Registry was built for OASIS by Yellow 
> Dragon Software (recently acquired by Adobe), and is designed to be 
> compatible with interfaces for UDDI and other standards-based data 
> discovery methodologies. These standardized interfaces will allow for 
> direct application-to-application links, thereby enabling federated 
> queries with other registries implementing these open standard 
> interfaces, as they become available.
> 
> OASIS will host and maintain the Registry, and permit other relevant 
> organizations to enter pertinent data. For example:
> * SDOs, Technical Committees and Companies may submit their contact 
> data, and be listed as data objects.
> * Technical Committees of any standards organization may submit data on 
> their Specifications that are available as public resources.
> * Companies may submit data on their Products that implement a 
> Specification. ("Company" is a generic classification that may also 
> cover unincorporated entities, governments, end-user organizations, and 
> other Product sources.)
> * Products may include products provided by vendors that implement the 
> linked "Specification". This object may also be used by other user 
> organizations to reference their internal projects that are implemented 
> using the linked "Specification" whether through the installation of a 
> product from a vendor or from in-house developed applications that use 
> the referenced "Specification".
> 
> Any user may browse the Registry as a public resource without needing an 
> account or password. Users who wish to enter listed data objects must 
> register and log in before submitting new objects. Instructions and 
> documentation for browsing as well as for submitting new objects are 
> available through links at the bottom of the Registry's home page.
> 
> Each entry in the Registry is an assertion by the data owner; the 
> submitter takes responsibility for the accuracy of the assertion. OASIS 
> will maintain the availability of the Registry as a data resource, and 
> will permit parties to list relevant data about their own activities at 
> their option. OASIS will act as the "owner" of current information for 
> its own Technical Committees and Specifications in the Registry, and 
> maintain current contact and status information there for member and 
> public use. We have pre-loaded the Registry with the current OASIS TCs, 
> and with each OASIS specification that has been approved as Committee 
> Drafts and OASIS Standards.
> 
> OASIS also has entered the organizational members of OASIS as "Company" 
> data objects, and we encourage representatives of member companies to 
> enter information about their products that implement OASIS specifications.
> 
> We will be announcing the OASIS Standards Registry to the public on or 
> about 15 January, and inviting other standards development organizations 
> to enter information about their technical work. In order to give 
> exposure to the work of OASIS member organizations in implementing OASIS 
> specifications, we would like to see your products entered into the 
> Registry by that time.
> 
> We will be demonstrating the Registry to OASIS members this week, 
> Tuesday through Thursday, at the OASIS booth at the IDEAlliance XML 2003 
> conference in Philadelphia. Please stop by booth #409 for a quick look.
> 
> -Karl
> 
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> Karl F. Best
> Vice President, OASIS
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