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Subject: OASIS News 30 Sept 2005
OASIS News 30 September 2005 Welcome to OASIS News, a weekly update of announcements, accomplishments, and activities for the international standards consortium. --------------------------------------------------------------- OpenDocument Submitted to ISO JTC1 OASIS has submitted the OpenDocument Format OASIS Standard to the ISO/IEC JTC1 (International Organization for Standardization International Electrotechnical Commission's Joint Technical Committee) for further approval as a de jure standard. OpenDocument is an XML-based file format specification for office applications. The U.S. Commonwealth of Massachusetts has recommended all its state documents migrate to the OpenDocument format by January 2007. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office --------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS TAB Update The OASIS Technical Advisory Board (TAB) moves forward with its work agenda, electing Hal Lockhart and Pete Wenzel as co-chairs and Tim Stevens as recording secretary. The TAB Symposium Planning Subcommittee is developing a technical theme for the 2006 OASIS Symposium. A call for participation will be issued in October for the event, which will be held in the Spring. The TAB Quality Subcommittee has identified a number of work items for improving the quality of technical specifications and of OASIS electronic tools. The TAB will publish a revised draft of the Artifact Identification Requirements, which reflects comments received from OASIS members as well as internal TAB discussions. The TAB Gap Subcommittee is advancing its goal to identify new technical areas for potential OASIS TCs. Previously, the group created an e-business relationship model of known technical efforts. Now, they plan to interview leading technologists to uncover missing standard features or new frontiers. http://www.oasis-open.org/who/tab.php --------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS TCs Use Webinars to Promote Work OASIS TCs, especially those that have produced approved OASIS Standards, are encouraged to consider hosting webinars to educate users, promote adoption, solicit feedback, and encourage participation in their work. The OASIS UDDI and ebXML TCs have both held well attended webinars this year. Organizing a webinar is a shared effort between the TC and OASIS staff. Guidelines for TC webinars have been posted to the OASIS members-only web site. http://www.oasis-open.org/private/webinar-guidelines.php --------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS Announces IRC Channel for Members In response to member requests, OASIS is now conducting a beta test of an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server at irc.oasis-open.org on ports 6667 (default) and 6669. IRC is a multi-user chat system offering the ability to talk privately or in groups. OASIS members have the option to use IRC for real-time meeting support and similar unofficial, intermittent communications. It is not access-limited, however, and will not serve as an official record of a technical committee. During this beta-testing phase, contributions of technical work may not be made via IRC, and chat channel content is not necessarily spooled or archived. Please direct any questions about proper use of the service to standards development staff at tc-admin@oasis-open.org. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/chairs/200509/msg00002.html --------------------------------------------------------------- Ovum Analyst to Provide OASIS Adoption Forum Keynote The OASIS Adoption Forum will provide an opportunity for active members and interested participants to convene and discuss the trends, status, and practical applications of Consortium's standards. David Mitchell, an Ovum analyst, will provide the keynote on Open Standards and Open Source discussing the need of users to play an active role in ensuring that standards are developed to best meet their needs. The Adoption Forum will also feature presentations from the Netherlands Ministry of Finance on best practices for e-government, and from the Norwegian Insurance Administration on its ebXML-based national e-health infrastructure. OpenDocument and Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) will also be featured at a half day event following the forum. Participants are reminded to make group accommodations by 7 Oct. After this date, reservations will be accepted on a space/rate availability basis. http://www.oasis-open.org/events/adoption_forum_2005/about.php --------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS Announces Open Standards Day Singapore OASIS Open Standards Day is a one day conference aimed at providing key Southeast Asian decision makers and IT professionals with an in-depth view of the XML and Web services standards landscape and technology trends. This year's event will be held at the Nanyang Polytechnic on 21 Oct and is jointly organized by OASIS and XMLOne Users Group, with support from Nanyang Polytechnic, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, and ITSC Singapore. OASIS President and CEO, Patrick Gannon, will be providing the keynote. http://www.oasis-open.org/events/openstandards/singapore_2005/ --------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS Seeks to Expand Technology Team OASIS is accepting resumes for a Systems Administrator/Web Developer. Qualified candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, and at least five years experience in systems administration and commercial web development. Technical skills include programming languages such as C, Perl, and PHP, with preference for individuals with knowledge of LAMP, Python, Zope, and XML-related technologies. Experience in working with internet protocols is also required. This position is based in Billerica, MA, USA. For additional information please contact hr@oasis-open.org. --------------------------------------------------------------- Events 11-12 Oct Leaders in Integration Tysons Corner, VA, USA http://www.avorcor.com/events/index.html This event is cosponsored by OASIS. 17-18 Oct OASIS Adoption Forum OpenDocument and DITA Focus London, United Kingdom http://www.oasis-open.org/events/adoption_forum_2005/index.php These events are hosted by OASIS. 17-18 Oct Service Oriented Architectures Conference Houston, TX, USA http://www.opengroup.org/houston2005/ This event is cosponsored by OASIS. 17-19 Oct Business Process eXcellence Summit San Diego, CA, USA http://www.delphigroup.com/events/05_bpx/index.htm This event is cosponsored by OASIS. 18-19 Oct SOA and Web Services Best Practices Chicago, IL, USA http://www.iqpc.com/cgi-bin/templates/singlecell.html?topic=233&event=7776 This event is cosponsored by OASIS. 19-21 Oct SOA Summit San Diego, CA, USA http://www.delphigroup.com/events/05_SOA/index.htm This event is cosponsored by OASIS. 21 Oct OASIS Open Standards Day Singapore Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore http://www.xmlone.org/oasis-event.htm This event is cosponsored by OASIS. Patrick Gannon will be the keynote speaker. 26-28 Oct OASIS Open Standards Day Australia Sydney, Australia http://www.open-standards.com Patrick Gannon will be the keynote speaker.
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