[dsml] DSML V2 Recommended for OASIS Standard

[Winston Bumpus <wbumpus@novell.com>]

Karl,

It gives me great pleasure to submit to you the OASIS Directory
Services TC developed specification, DSML V2, for consideration to
become an OASIS Standard.

( a ) The specification
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/dsml/docs/DSMLv2.xsd 

( b ) The documentation
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/dsml/docs/DSMLv2-draft14.doc

( c ) Specification Summary - The Directory Services Markup Language
version 2.0 (DSMLv2) is an XML application that provides a method for
expressing directory queries, updates, and the results of these
operations. Whereas DSMLv1 provides a means for representing directory
contents XML documents, DSMLv2 with bindings such as the SOAP
Request/Response Binding, allows for  directories to be manipulated via
XML.

( d ) Usage certification - 
Microsoft, Corp.
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dsml/200111/msg00065.html
Netscape / AOL
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dsml/200111/msg00066.html
Novell, Inc.
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dsml/200111/msg00058.html 
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dsml/200111/msg00067.html

( e ) TC votes total was 11 approved 2 absent and can be seen  at
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dsml/200111/msg00044.html 

( f )  Discussions and comments can be found at
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dsml  and
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dsml-comment 
     Minutes of all the meetings can be found at
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/dsml/#schedule 

( g ) I certify that all members of the TC have been provided with a
copy of the IPR policy and asked to review it. See
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dsml/200111/msg00013.html

Please let us know if you need further information regarding this
specification.

Winston Bumpus, Co-Chair 
Directory Sevices Technical Committee
OASIS
wbumpus@novell.com