We
areÂpleased toÂnameÂKristen
Eberlein, Christopher Ferris,Âand
Stefan Hagen asÂourÂnewestÂOASIS
Distinguished Contributors.ÂThis lifetime
achievement awardÂ
is
given toÂmembers whoÂ
provide
outstandingÂservice
Âand
contributionsÂto the OASIS community
andÂ
ourÂmission.
Kristen Eberlein, DITAÂ
TC
chair, has been a vital participant and
leader in the community for over a decade. She
led the TC through several complex releases of
the DITA standard and championed initiatives
such as Lightweight DITA and theÂ
DITA
UserÂ
ListeningÂ
Sessions.
Her experience as a technologist and an
implementer makes her aÂ
compellingÂevangelist
for OASIS and the DITA community. Â Â
Chris FerrisÂhas been at the forefront o
fÂnew
technologyÂ
andÂa
ÂstrongÂadvocate
for ensuringÂOASISÂ
continues
to attract relevant, quality projects.Â
From
the early days ofÂebXML andÂ
Web
Âservices,
ChrisÂ
has
beenÂat the center of
Âthe
most defining standards produced by OASIS.Â
He
was instrumental in the development of our new
Open Projects program and now servesÂ
as
a member of theÂOpen ProjectsÂ
Advisory
Council.Â
Stefan HagenÂhas been a co-chair, editor,
TC secretary, and contributor to a wide range
ofÂ
TCs.
ebXML Registry, DSS, DSS-X, OData, AMQP Bindmap
and SARIF are among the Committee Specifications
and Standards (some having advanced to ISO-IEC
JTC-1 endorsement) that benefited from his
focused work, procedural expertise, good humor,
and leadership. Stefan has also served on the
OASIS Technical Advisory Board
,
whereÂhe contributed to the OASIS
Editor's Manual, the Vulnerability Disclosure
white paper, and the TAB Standards and
Specifications metadata spreadsheet.
These Distinguished Contributors join their
peers in the OASIS Hall of FameÂ
https://www.oasis-open.org/member-roster/distinguished-contributorsÂand
are eligible for the benefits of this honor,
including our unending gratitude for their hard
work
Âand
leadership.
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