[announce] OASIS Members to Develop Web Services Management Protocol

[Carol Geyer <carol.geyer@oasis-open.org>]

OASIS Members to Develop Web Services Management Protocol

Boston, MA, USA; 10 September 2002 – Members of the OASIS standards
consortium have formed a technical committee to facilitate distributed
systems management over the Internet. The work of the new OASIS
Management Protocol Technical Committee will  enable businesses to
manage their own Web services and oversee their interaction with
services offered by other companies. The OASIS Management Protocol will
be designed to manage desktops, services, and networks across an
enterprise or Internet environment.

"The widespread need for the integration of systems and network
management tools is causing the industry to take a more holistic
approach to the management of networks--and Web services provide the
ideal vehicle for making that happen," explained Winston Bumpus of
Novell, chair of the OASIS Management Protocol Technical Committee. "Our
work at OASIS will help level the playing field and allow companies to
manage systems regardless of the platform they use."

OASIS is reviewing a number of Web services standards and operations for
potential use in the Management Protocol, including XML, SOAP, Open
Model Interface (OMI), and the Distributed Management Task Force's
Common Information Model (CIM).

The Management Protocol joins several Web services standards currently
being developed within OASIS. Other specifications include UDDI for
discovery, ebXML for electronic business commerce, WS-Security for
secure Web services, WSIA for interactive Web applications, WSRP for
remote portals, and others.

Participation in the OASIS Management Protocol Technical Committee
remains open to all organizations and individuals. OASIS will host an
open mail list for public comment, and completed work will be freely
available to the public without licensing or other fees. Information on
joining OASIS can be found on http://www.oasis-open.org/join.

About OASIS
OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) is a not-for-profit, global consortium
that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business
standards. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a
lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry
consensus and unite disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide
standards for security, Web services, XML conformance, business
transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability
within and between marketplaces. OASIS has more than 500 corporate and
individual members in 100 countries around the world.

For more information:
Carol Geyer
OASIS Director of Communications
carol.geyer@oasis-open.org
+1.978.667.5115 x209