CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: OASIS tpaML MAILING LIST

["Laura Walker" <laura.walker@oasis-open.org>]

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      CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: OASIS tpaML MAILING LIST

      The membership of OASIS is hereby notified that the OASIS
      Advisory Committee on Technical Committees (ACTC) has
      authorized John Ibbotson of IBM to institute a
      mail list for the purpose of organizing an OASIS technical
      committee to be called Trading Partner Agreement Technical
     Committee.  A statement of purpose appears at the end of
     this message.

      All individual and institutional OASIS members and all
      employees of OASIS member organizations are hereby invited
      to join the new list.  Directions for subscribing to the
      list are given following the statement of purpose.

      Discussions on the list will begin 8 April,2000.
     At that time, persons who have subscribed to the list
     will be asked to file statements
      of their ability and desire to engage in the work at a level
      consistent with the operation of an OASIS technical
      committee.  At a date not less than one week following the
      call for affirmations of commitment to the work of the
      proposed committee, a list of those agreeing to the
      conditions of participation will be submitted to the board
      as prospective members of the committee.

      Statement of Purpose:

     The purpose of this Technical Committee will be to explore
     interoperability issues relating to Trading Partner Agreements
     for Business-to-Business e-commerce.  The primary goal of the
     Committee will be to achieve an OASIS Recommendation for
     providing a vendor neutral solution to integrating
     heterogeneous applications, protocols, platforms and networks.
     A Trading Partner Agreement can be thought of as an electronic
     contract that specifies the terms, conditions and policies
     governing data interchange between systems engaged in e-commerce.

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