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Subject: OASIS News: 6 Jan 2009
OASIS News 6 Jan 2009 Welcome to OASIS News, a bi-weekly update of announcements, accomplishments, and activities for the international open standards consortium. ------------------------------------------------------------------- In this issue: * OASIS Standard vote opens soon for WS-RX, WS-TX, and WS-SX specs * Members propose Interoperable Collaboration TC * SAML 2.0 HTTP POST "SimpleSign" Binding 1.0 public review begins * New survey seeks feedback on Cover Pages and XML Daily Newslink * "Ask The TAB" addresses standardization questions * Dr. Saadallah donates 'oasisopen.org' domain to OASIS * Crane Softwrights offers discount on XSLT and XPath video * Important dates ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS Standard vote opens soon for WS-RX, WS-TX, and WS-SX specs Balloting for nine specifications will be held 16-31 Jan: Web Services ReliableMessaging 1.2, Web Services ReliableMessaging Policy 1.2, and Web Services MakeConnection 1.1 were developed by the Web Services Reliable Exchange (WS-RX) TC, which includes representatives of OASIS Foundational Sponsors, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems, and Sponsors, Adobe, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Intel, NEC, Nortel, Novell, Progress Software, Red Hat, SAP, TIBCO, and others. WS-Coordination 1.2, WS-AtomicTransaction 1.2, and WS-BusinessActivity 1.2 were developed by the Web Services Transactions (WS-TX) TC, which includes representatives of OASIS Foundational Sponsors, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems, and Sponsors, Adobe, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Nortel, Red Hat, Ricoh, TIBCO, and others. WS-Trust 1.4, WS-SecureConversation 1.4, and WS-SecurityPolicy 1.3 were developed by the Web Services Secure Exchange (WS-SX) TC, which includes representatives of OASIS Foundational Sponsors, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems, and Sponsors, Adobe, Axway, BMC, CA, Fujitsu, NeuStar, Nokia, Nortel, Novell, Red Hat, Ricoh, SAP, SOA Software, Software AG, TIBCO, VeriSign, US Veterans Health Administration, and others. All organizational members of OASIS are encouraged to vote on these specifications; those who wish to discuss the ballots may do so through member-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200901/msg00000.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Members propose Interoperable Collaboration TC All interested parties are asked to review and comment on a draft charter to establish the OASIS Integrated Collaboration Object Model for Interoperable Collaboration (ICOM) Technical Committee. ICOM will work to define a new protocol for shared workspaces that supports a full range of collaboration activities, including unified messages, web conferences, forums, presence, calendars, tasks, wikis, blogs, and social networks. ICOM TC proposers include representatives of Oracle, Nortel, and others; Martin Chapman of Oracle serves as convener. The comment period for this draft charter closes 19 Jan. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200901/msg00009.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- SAML 2.0 HTTP POST "SimpleSign" Binding 1.0 public review begins This specification defines an HTTP protocol binding for the Security Assertion Markup Language, using the HTTP POST method for message data origination authentication. This public review ends 9 Jan. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200812/msg00003.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- New survey seeks feedback on Cover Pages and XML Daily Newslink Readers of the Cover Pages and/or XML Daily Newslink are asked to complete a brief online survey about their experiences, usage, and opinions regarding the web site and newsletter. Responses will be used to assist OASIS staff in making decisions about enhancing these resources. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=E55FBkafim_2bO1ILcJQzgbQ_3d_3d ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ask The TAB" addresses standardization questions The OASIS Technical Advisory Board announces "Ask The TAB", a new way to get answers to technical or standardization questions about OASIS TCs and work. "Ask The TAB" is intended to address questions on how to structure specifications, clarify charters, and other issues related to the technical work of a TC. Correspondence will not be publicly archived; however, the TAB may edit and publish common issues in an anonymous FAQ format. Questions should be emailed to AskTheTAB@lists.oasis-open.org. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200901/msg00002.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Saadallah donates 'oasisopen.org' domain to OASIS Dr. David Saadallah of the ElAbbasia Mental Health Hospital in Cairo, Egypt has donated the domain, 'oasisopen.org', to OASIS. Dr Saadallah wishes to contribute to the progress of standards internationally. His generous contribution makes a difference for OASIS and testifies to the goodwill that successful standards generate worldwide. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Crane Softwrights offers discount on XSLT and XPath video OASIS members may receive a 100 USD discount on the new "Practical Transformation Using XSLT and XPath" DVD-ROM video by Crane Softwrights. The video provides more than 24 hours of self-paced study of instructor-led recorded training covering both XSLT and XPath, versions 1.0 and 2.0. Members may obtain a discount coupon by contacting gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/training/ptux/ptux-video.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- Important dates: 9 Jan SAML 2.0 HTTP POST "SimpleSign" Binding 1.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200812/msg00003.html 13-15 Jan SOA-Tel TC holds first meeting (face-to-face) http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200811/msg00003.html 16-31 Jan OASIS Standard ballots for WS-RX, WS-TX, and WS-SX specs are open http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200901/msg00000.html 19 Jan Comment period for draft ICOM TC charter closes http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200901/msg00009.html 7 Feb Reference Ontology for Semantic SOA 1.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200812/msg00001.html 19 Feb OASIS eGov workshop on Public Finance (Brussels) http://events.oasis-open.org/home/egov-brussels-workshop/2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS News is published in English, Chinese, Italian, and Korean. 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