OASIS Adds Director of Technical Operations to Manage XML Standards

["Carol Geyer" <cgeyer7@home.com>]

OASIS Adds Director of Technical Operations to Manage XML Standards
Karl Best Joins XML Interoperability Consortium Team

Boston, MA, USA; 3 May, 2000--OASIS, the international consortium dedicated
to XML interoperability, today announced that Karl F. Best has joined the
staff as Director of Technical Operations. In this newly created position,
Best will be responsible for managing the Consortium's industry standards
efforts as well as overseeing OASIS’ infrastructure.

“In the past six months, OASIS has experienced tremendous growth—in our
membership and in the technical work and services we provide the industry,”
said Bill Smith, president and acting chair of the OASIS Board. “Adding Karl
to the staff as Director of Technical Operations underscores our commitment
to meeting the needs of the XML industry, assisting applications groups with
the XML standardization process and providing the services on which our
members rely.”

Best has been involved in the XML/SGML industry since the early 1990s and
served as chief strategy officer on the OASIS board of directors from 1997
to 1998. He has been an active member of a number of industry standards
committees including W3C, ISO, ANSI, DocBook and ebXML. A featured speaker
at industry conferences around the world, Best has spoken on topics such as
“The Use of Structured Information Including XML in E-Business
 Applications.” He has an extensive background in designing and implementing
electronic documentation systems for companies that include Novell, Adobe
and Sun Microsystems.
About OASIS
OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) is a non-profit, international consortium
dedicated solely to product-independent data and content interchange.
Focusing on product interoperability, OASIS embraces the complete spectrum
of structured information standards including XML, SGML and CGM. Together
with the United Nations CEFACT, OASIS sponsors the ebXML Initiative to
provide an open XML-based infrastructure enabling the global use of
electronic business information in an interoperable and consistent manner.
OASIS sponsors include Adobe Systems, Aerospatiale, AND-USA, Arbortext, BEA
Systems, Bentley Systems, Boeing, Bowstreet, Bridge, Chrystal Software,
Cohesia, Commerce One, CommerceNet, CompTIA, Corel, DataChannel, DMSi,
Documentum, Dun & Bradstreet, eCredit.com, Enigma, eXcelon, Extricity
Software, GCA, Health Level Seven, IBM, InformIT, Informix, InterCAP,
Interleaf, Interwoven, ISOGEN, ITEDO, JetForm, Keyfile, Logistics Management
Institute, Mercator Software, Microsoft, NextPage, NII Enterprise Promotion
Association, Nimble.com, NIST, Object Management Group (OMG), Open
Applications Group, Pick Systems, POET Software, ProNet Technology Partners,
Reed Technology, Reuters, Sabre, SAP, Sequoia Software, SoftQuad, Software
AG, STEP, StreamServe, Sun Microsystems, Synthbank, Visa, Wavo, Webb
Interactive Services, webMethods, Whitehill Technologies, Xerox,
XMLSolutions and XyEnterprise.

About XML.ORG
XML.ORG (http://xml.org) is a vendor-neutral community for advancing XML
industry standardization. Hosted by OASIS, the XML.ORG website provides news
and information about the application of XML in electronic business
environments. XML.ORG offers valuable online tools, such as the XML.ORG
Catalog, a clearinghouse for industry-specific or cross-industry XML
specifications. Sponsors of XML.ORG include DataChannel, Documentum,
Commerce One, GCA, IBM, Mercator Software, SAP, SoftQuad and Sun
Microsystems.

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OASIS
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