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Subject: OASIS News: 7 Jan 2010
Welcome to OASIS News, a bi-weekly update of announcements, accomplishments, and activities for the international open standards consortium. ------------------------------------------------------------------- In this issue: * Members propose WS-Calendar TC * Members propose Identity in the Clouds TC * EI Member Section elects new Steering Committee members * LegalXML holds elections * OASIS seeks Publications Specialist * Important dates ------------------------------------------------------------------- Members propose WS-Calendar TC OASIS members are asked to review and comment on a draft charter to establish the OASIS Web Services Calendar (WS-Calendar) Technical Committee. WS-Calendar will adapt existing calendaring specifications, such as iCalendar, for use in Web services. WS-Calendar will be developed for use inside other specifications and standards, bringing a common scheduling function to diverse interactions in different domains. The TC will base its initial work on iCalendar (IETF RFC 5545) developed by CalConnect.org. TC proposers include representatives of TIBCO, US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and others. The Committee will operate under the Non-Assert mode of the OASIS IPR Policy. David Thewlis of CalConnect.org serves as convener. The member comment period for this draft charter closes 19 Jan. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201001/msg00001.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Members propose Identity in the Clouds TC OASIS members are asked to review and comment on a draft charter to establish the OASIS Identity in the Clouds Technical Committee. The TC will work to harmonize definitions, terminologies, and vocabulary of Identity in the context of Cloud Computing. The TC proposers include representatives of CA, Red Hat, and others. Abbie Barbir serves as convener. The member comment period for this draft charter closes 19 Jan. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201001/msg00000.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- EI Member Section elects new Steering Committee members Bill Kalin of the US Department of Homeland Security, Melanie Chipman of MyState USA, and Don McGarry of Mitre have been elected to serve two-year terms on the OASIS Emergency Interoperability (EI) Member Section Steering Committee. OASIS congratulates them and expresses deep appreciation to departing Steering Committee members, David Lamensdorf of Safe Environment Engineering and Don Ponikvar of the US Department of Homeland Security. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200912/msg00006.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- LegalXML holds elections Nominations are now open for two seats on the LegalXML Member Section Steering Committee. LegalXML produces technical specifications that support the implementation of XML technology in the legal system for use by stakeholders in electronic legal documents, records, and information exchanges. All LegalXML participants are invited to nominate qualified candidates and/or consider serving. The deadline to nominate candidates is 8 Jan; the elections will be held 11-25 Jan. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200912/msg00007.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS seeks Publications Specialist The consortium has a part-time job opening in the Standards Development group. The Publications Specialist will assist the Director of Standards Development/TC Administrator in ensuring that all specifications, documents, and other information assets produced by OASIS TCs meet policy and quality requirements. http://www.oasis-open.org/jobs/publications-specialist.php ------------------------------------------------------------------- Important dates 13 Jan Reference Architecture Foundation for SOA 1.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200911/msg00010.html 19 Jan Telecom SOA Use Cases and Issues 1.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200911/msg00012.html Member comment period closes for WS-Calendar draft charter http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201001/msg00001.html Members comment period closes for Identity in the Clouds TC http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201001/msg00000.html 30 Jan KMIP 1.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200911/msg00015.html 13 Feb BPEL4People 1.1 and WS-Human Task 1.1 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200912/msg00001.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS News is published in English, Chinese, French, Italian, and Korean. Volunteers to translate the newsletter into other languages are welcome; contact communications@oasis-open.org. Archives: http://www.oasis-open.org/news/oasis_news_archive.php
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