OASIS Appoints New Members to Board of Directors

[Carol Geyer <cgeyer7@home.com>]

OASIS Appoints New Members to Board of Directors
New Leadership Underscores Global E-Commerce Focus for XML Interoperability
Consortium

Boston, MA, USA; July 19, 2000--OASIS, the world’s largest XML
interoperability consortium, today announced the appointment of three new
members to the organization’s board of directors. Patrick J. Gannon of
Netfish Technologies, Una Kearns of Documentum and Amy Krane of Enigma will
serve two-year terms as OASIS directors, providing business leadership to
advance the Consortium’s technical work. Norbert H. Mikula of DataChannel
will begin his second consecutive term on the OASIS board as Chief Technical
Officer. The OASIS board of directors also includes Eric Garcia of Sabre,
Alan Hester of Xerox, Bill Smith of Sun Microsystems and Robert S. Sutor of
IBM.

"The use of XML to advance e-commerce globally is already having a
tremendous impact, and OASIS is instrumental in the development of
interoperable standards that support the XML adoption worldwide," said
Patrick Gannon of Netfish Technologies. "OASIS is well-positioned to support
other industry groups in their deployment of XML-based business
communication standards." In addition to serving on the OASIS board, Gannon
was also recently appointed to the United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe, where he advises governments in transitional economies on best
practices for electronic commerce. Netfish Technologies provides XML-based
business-to-business eCommerce solutions with a broad range of industry
protocols.

Una Kearns of Documentum agreed. “To exchange information over the Web using
XML, industries must first reach agreement on how they’re going to
communicate. OASIS, as a non-profit, vendor-neutral organization, plays a
vital role in helping industries reach consensus on issues such as XML
schemas and vocabularies. I am excited by the opportunity to advance that
work as a member of the OASIS Board.” Kearns also serves on the XML.ORG
Steering Committee and Documentum 4i eBusiness Edition is the content
management platform powering the XML.ORG Registry, an open clearinghouse for
the exchange of XML schemas and vocabularies.

“With organizational and individual members from around the world, OASIS
brings a global perspective to the adoption of XML. A priority for the OASIS
Board as we move forward will be to continue our work on projects that
garner the support of the entire XML community. ebXML, the joint UN/CEFACT
OASIS initiative to establish a framework using XML to faciliate global
trade, is just one example of the important work ahead of us,” commented Amy
Krane, whose role as director of global alliances for Enigma gives her
insight into initiating and managing strategic relationships with
organizations worldwide. Enigma provides high-value business-to-business
e-commerce solutions where product support content drives the sale of spare
parts and aftermarket support.


Laura Walker, executive director of OASIS, described the new board members
as “possessing a rare combination of experience and enthusiasm. Their
leadership, skills and standing in the international XML community will help
OASIS continue to make great strides in our expanding technical work.”

About OASIS
OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) is the world’s largest independent,
non-profit organization dedicated to the standardization of XML
applications. In addition to its technical work on areas as varied as XML
conformance and XML repository standards, OASIS hosts several independent
initiatives. ebXML (http://www.ebxml.org) is a joint effort of the United
Nations CEFACT and OASIS to establish a global framework that will enable
XML to be used in a consistent manner for the exchange of all electronic
business data. CGM Open (http://www.cgmopen.org), is a consortium within
OASIS dedicated to advancing CGM and other web graphics standards. The XML
Cover Pages (http://www.oasis-open.org/cover) is widely regarded as the most
comprehensive online reference work for XML and other structured information
standards. OASIS also hosts the XML.ORG Registry (http://xml.org/registry),
the open community clearinghouse of XML application schemas.

OASIS sponsors include Adobe Systems, Aerospatiale, AND Data Solutions,
Arbortext, B-Bop Associates, BEA Systems, Boeing, Bowstreet, Bridge,
BroadVision, Chrystal Software, Cohesia, Commerce One, Corel, DataChannel,
Dataloom, DMSi, Documentum, Dun & Bradstreet, eCredit.com, Enigma, eXcelon,
Extensibility, Extricity Software, First Call, IBM, InformIT, Informix,
InterCAP, Interwoven, ISOGEN, ITEDO, JetForm, Keyfile, Logistics Management
Institute, Mercator Software, Microsoft, NextPage, NII Enterprise Promotion
Association, Nimble Technology, NIST, Oracle Corporation, Pick Systems,
ProNet Technology, Reuters, Sabre, SAP, Sequoia Software, SoftQuad, Software
AG, STEP, StreamServe, Sun Microsystems, Synth-Bank, Visa, Wavo, Webb
Interactive Services, Whitehill Technologies, Xerox, XMLSolutions and
XyEnterprise.

About XML.ORG
XML.ORG (http://xml.org) is an open community resource for advancing XML
industry standardization. Hosted by OASIS, XML.ORG features the XML.ORG
Registry (http://xml.org/registry), a central clearinghouse that provides
public access to the fast-growing body of XML schemas being developed for
vertical industries and horizontal applications. Committed to open industry
standards, the XML.ORG Registry offers a non-commercial forum for developers
and standards bodies to publicly submit, publish and exchange XML
application standards. Sponsors of XML.ORG include DataChannel, Documentum,
Commerce One, GCA, IBM, Mercator Software, Oracle Corporation, SAP,
SoftQuad, Software AG and Sun Microsystems. #


For more information:

Carol Geyer
Media Relations Consultant
OASIS
carol.geyer@oasis-open.org
Tel: +1.941.926.2322
Fax: +1.505.210.2878