Re: [legalxml-econtracts] FWD: RE: [legalxml-courtfiling] Possibility of changing date and location of next face to face meeting

["John Messing" <jmessing@law-on-line.com>]

Per the request yesterday, here is a copy of the symposium information and
invitation.

----- Original Message -----
From: "jmessing" <jmessing@law-on-line.com>
To: <legalxml-econtracts@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 5:39 PM
Subject: [legalxml-econtracts] FWD: RE: [legalxml-courtfiling] Possibility
of changing date and location of next face to face meeting


> FYI all
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Ensign, Chet (LNG-EWR)" <Chet.Ensign@lexisnexis.com>
> Date:  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 18:10:40 -0500
>
> New Year's greetings John (and all EC TC participants) -
>
> Indeed, this is exactly what the TAB's symposium committee wants to
> encourage. The OASIS board asked us to organize the symposium as a benefit
> for members and we felt that a big benefit would be a time and locale that
> worked well for TC face-to-face meetings. New Orleans is a great place to
> visit, well served by the airlines, reasonably priced and balmy in April.
We
> also aimmed for a symposium topic that could spur fruitful conversations
in
> the following days of meetings.
>
> I think it would be great if the Legal XML TC's used this as an
opportunity
> to get together. To the best of my knowledge, TC's have been working
> independently and have had little chance to network. If enough TC's
convened
> in New Orleans, perhaps the steering committee could organize a one-day
> joint meeting across TC's to share info on what they are working on and
> consider where some joint activity might have good results?
>
> Best regards,
>
> /chet
>
> Chet Ensign
> Senior Director, Architecture & Development Services
> GEPD
> Direct: 973-820-2466
> Fax: 973-820-2469
> LexisNexisTM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Greacen [mailto:john@greacen.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 2:20 PM
> To: Electronic Court Filing Technical Committeee
> Subject: [legalxml-courtfiling] Possibility of changing date and location
of
> next face to face meeting
>
>
>
> I would like to add the following item to the January 6 teleconference
> agenda.
>
>
>
> Our next face-to-face meeting is scheduled for Chicago, March 22-24, in
> conjunction with the ABA Tech Show.
>
>
>
> OASIS has scheduled a conference in New Orleans, April 26-27.  The two
days
> following the conference have been set aside for TC meetings and a general
> OASIS membership meeting.
>
>
>
> It might be advantageous for us to meet in conjunction with the OASIS
> meeting, especially if our Legal XML Member Section Steering Committee
were
> to urge all of our sister TCs to gather there to compare notes and plans.
>
>
>
> I reproduce below the call for presentations posted on the list a week or
so
> ago which contains a brief sketch of the plans for the meeting.  Chet
> Ensign, who is a member of our TC, is part of the planning committee.
> Perhaps he would be willing to shed more light on this issue for us.
>
>
>
> The OASIS Symposium on Reliable Infrastructures for XML
>
> > April 26th and 27th, 2004 in New Orleans, Louisiana
>
> >
>
> > Call for Presentations
>
> >
>
> > OASIS, the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
>
> > Standards, invites you to submit a proposal for a presentation, panel
>
> > discussion or tutorial for the OASIS Symposium on Reliable
>
> > Infrastructures for XML. The goals of the symposium are to:
>
> >
>
> > * Provide a forum for OASIS Technical Committee members to exchange
>
> > ideas and present results of ongoing work, works-in-progress, etc.;
>
> > * Identify areas where coordination between standards efforts is
>
> > needed to promote interoperability;
>
> > * Identify unaddressed topics where standards development is needed;
>
> > * Enable outside experts to present issues / opportunities to OASIS
>
> members.
>
> >
>
> > The symposium will be followed by two days available to OASIS
>
> > Technical Committees, Joint Committees and Member Sections for
>
> > face-to-face working sessions. The OASIS Annual General Meeting will
>
> > also be held in conjunction with the symposium.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Overview
>
> >
>
> > Many different (and partially interchangeable) technologies are
>
> > proposed or available to increase the reliability of XML-based
>
> > messaging and networking infrastructure.  These include technologies
>
> > applied:
>
> >
>
> > * At the transport layer (e.g. reliable messaging specifications);
>
> > * At the application layer (e.g. transaction protocols);
>
> > * At intermediate levels (e.g. routing, point-to-point compared to
>
> > end-to-end);
>
> > * By using Message-Oriented Middleware as a carrier for XML messages.
>
> >
>
> > We define "reliable" to mean that implementing one or more of these
>
> > technologies in an infrastructure removes some of the burden of
>
> > ensuring application integrity from software programmers and
>
> > architects.
>
> >
>
> > The OASIS Symposium is focused on exploring the current state of these
>
> > technologies and exploring areas where open standards are needed.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Instructions
>
> >
>
> > The symposium program committee invites you to submit a proposal for a
>
> > presentation, panel discussion or tutorial that addresses technologies
>
> > and standards for reliable XML infrastructures.
>
> >
>
> > Presentations should be 30 minutes long including question and answer.
>
> > Sessions will consist of related presentations, ending with a
>
> > question-and-answer session directed to the presenters.
>
> >
>
> > Panel sessions should be 60 minutes long. Proposals for panels should
>
> > include the topic, 3-to-4 potential panelists (name and/or role) and
>
> > proposed format (e.g. Q&A, short presentations).
>
> >
>
> > Tutorials should be 1/2 day sessions.  Tutorial proposals should state
>
> > intended audience and learning objectives.
>
> >
>
> > Proposals should address topics in reliability as applied to XML-based
>
> > communications at the technology and implementation levels, ideally
>
> > driven by usage scenarios. Special consideration will be given to
>
> > proposals that:
>
> >
>
> > * Compare and contrast multiple related technologies (clear
>
> > comparisons of published and forthcoming XML transaction protocols)
>
> > with a view toward guidance for application architects;
>
> > * Support and consider decisions about choice of appropriate
>
> > technologies (e.g. use of reliable messaging and simpler protocols
>
> > rather than transactional termination protocols);
>
> > * Place OASIS technologies in a broader context of competing or
>
> > complementary specifications (e.g. relating OASIS work to the variety
>
> > of published reliable messaging specifications);
>
> > * Consider alternative approaches to transaction management (e.g.
>
> > local rollback versus compensation-based protocols);
>
> > * Compare reliability techniques for environmental models containing
>
> > benign threats versus malign threats;
>
> > * Consider techniques for ensuring accountability of origin and
>
> > receipt;
>
> > * Discuss the impact of digital signatures and encryption on reliability
>
> > techniques.
>
> >
>
> > OASIS will publish proceedings of the symposium. Authors should
>
> > arrange for any necessary releases for publication prior to submission
>
> > of their proposal.
>
> >
>
> > To submit a proposal, please send the following information by email
>
> > to
>
> > symposium@oasis-open.org:
>
> >
>
> > * The full contact details (name, affiliation, email, phone, postal
>
> > address) of one presenter who will act as the primary contact for the
>
> > proposal or panel discussion;
>
> > * The full list of authors;
>
> > * A 1-page abstract outlining the subject and key points of your
>
> > proposal, panel discussion or tutorial.
>
> >
>
> > All submissions will be acknowledged.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Important dates
>
> >
>
> > Symposium                   26th and 27th April 2004
>
> > Location                    New Orleans
>
> > Proposals Due               9 February 2004
>
> > Notification to submitters  15 March 2004
>
> > Materials Due               12 April 2004
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Program Committee
>
> >
>
> > The Program Committee is the OASIS Technical Advisory Board (TAB):
>
> >
>
> > * Karl Best, OASIS
>
> > * Derek Coleman, HP
>
> > * William Cox, BEA
>
> > * Chet Ensign, LexisNexis
>
> > * Chris Ferris, IBM
>
> > * Eduardo Gutentag, Sun
>
> > * Jackson He, Intel
>
> > * Tim Moses, Entrust
>
> > * Krishna Sankar, Cisco
>
> > * Pete Wenzel, SeeBeyond
>
> >
>
> > For further information, send email to symposium@oasis-open.org.
>
> >
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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