[announce] New OASIS Standards Approved -- DSML, ebXML RS and RIM

[Clive_Akass@vnu.co.uk]

New OASIS Standards Approved -- Directory Services Markup Language,
ebXML Registry Service, and ebXML Registry Information Model


Boston, MA, USA; 29 May 2002 -- Three OASIS Committee Specifications,
Directory Services Markup Language (DSML) v2, ebXML Registry Service
(RS) v2, and ebXML Registry Information Model (RIM) v2, have passed
final approval by the OASIS membership at-large to gain official status
as OASIS Standards. To reach this milestone, each of these new standards
have been approved by their respective OASIS technical committees,
implemented by a minimum of three organizations, completed a 90-day
review, and passed a final vote from the OASIS membership at-large.

"The OASIS technical process is a creative environment in which to build
elegant specifications that solve real industry problems," said Colin
Evans of Intel Labs, chair of the OASIS Board of Directors. "We
congratulate and thank members of the OASIS Directory Service Markup
Language Technical Committee and the OASIS ebXML Registry Technical
Committee for all their outstanding efforts in advancing these new OASIS
Standards."

"We are pleased at the member approval of DSML v2 as an OASIS Standard,"
commented Winston Bumpus of Novell, co-chair of the OASIS Directory
Services Technical Committee. He explained that DSML provides a means of
representing directory information in XML, enabling access to directory
information for XML applications, cell phones and PDAs. "DSMLv2 is
needed to extend the reach of directories into the emerging world of Web
services."

ebXML RS and ebXML RIM allow information to be shared between interested
parties through common registries. OASIS ebXML Registry Technical
Committee chair, Kathryn R Breininger of Boeing, said, "The passage of
the ebXML Registry Information Model and the ebXML Registry Services as
OASIS Standards demonstrates the confidence the OASIS community has in
our work. We look forward to moving forward with ebXML Registry
standards, working with related efforts, and continuing to enable
e-business functionality and interoperability."

Members of the OASIS ebXML Registry Technical Committee include Boeing,
Intel, IONA, Logistics Management Institute, NIST, Sterling Commerce,
Sun Microsystems, Vitria Technology, and others. Members of the OASIS
DSML Technical Committee include Access360, Novell, and others.


Industry Support for New OASIS Standards

"As the security framework of eBusiness continues to evolve, standard
directory access grows more and more important for conducting
provisioning events within the internal and external enterprise
environments. Business Layers believes that Directory Services Markup
Language (DSML) will help companies leverage the use of directory
information expressed as XML and in turn will help drive the efforts of
extending LDAP directories to XML-based applications.  The combined
benefits of both technologies will create a powerful open infrastructure
for greater interoperability in the enterprise," said Adrian Viego,
Chief Technology Officer of Business Layers.

"The approval of the DSML and ebXML Registry (RS and RIM) specifications
as OASIS Standards is a positive step toward the achievement of truly
open and interoperable business-to-business collaboration," said Eric
Newcomer, Chief Technology Officer, IONA.  "We're extremely proud of our
contribution and leadership in defining Web Services related support in
the ebXML Registry and are dedicated to the evolution of ebXML and the
success of OASIS."

"Novell has long been an active supporter of open standards, because of
the value of those standards in helping companies realize Novell's one
Net vision - where intranets, extranets and the Internet work together
as one," said Gary Hein, Vice President of Architecture and Strategy for
Novell. "In that spirit, we're very pleased to have been involved in the
development of DSML v2, which will help establish the role of
directories in the emerging world of Web services."

"LMI strongly supports the efforts of OASIS and the OASIS ebXML
Technical Committees. We are pleased with the tremendous opportunities
the ebXML Registry specifications provide to achieve true
interoperability in international business information exchanges, and we
look forward to helping our U.S. Government clients in implementing
registries that are fully compatible with these specifications," said
Mark Crawford, Research Fellow, Logistics Management Institute.


About OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org)
OASIS 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 400 corporate and individual members in 100
countries around the world. OASIS and the United Nations jointly sponsor
ebXML, a global framework for e-business data exchange. OASIS operates
XML.org, a community clearinghouse for XML application schemas,
vocabularies and related documents. OASIS hosts The XML Cover Pages, an
online reference collection for interoperable markup language standards.


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