We areÂpleased toÂnameÂKristen Eberlein, Christopher Ferris,Âand Stefan Hagen asÂourÂnewestÂOASIS Distinguished Contributors.ÂThis lifetime achievement awardÂ
is given toÂmembers whoÂ
provide outstandingÂservice
Âand contributionsÂto the OASIS community andÂ
ourÂmission.
Kristen Eberlein, DITAÂ
TC chair, has been a vital participant and leader in the community for over a decade. She led the TC through several complex releases of the DITA standard and championed initiatives such as Lightweight DITA and theÂ
DITA UserÂ
ListeningÂ
Sessions. Her experience as a technologist and an implementer makes her aÂ
compellingÂevangelist for OASIS and the DITA community. Â Â
Chris FerrisÂhas been at the forefront o
fÂnew technologyÂ
andÂa
ÂstrongÂadvocate for ensuringÂOASISÂ
continues to attract relevant, quality projects.Â
From the early days ofÂebXML andÂ
Web
Âservices, ChrisÂ
has beenÂat the center of
Âthe most defining standards produced by OASIS.Â
He was instrumental in the development of our new Open Projects program and now servesÂ
as a member of theÂOpen ProjectsÂ
Advisory Council.Â
Stefan HagenÂhas been a co-chair, editor, TC secretary, and contributor to a wide range ofÂ
TCs. ebXML Registry, DSS, DSS-X, OData, AMQP Bindmap and SARIF are among the Committee Specifications and Standards (some having advanced to ISO-IEC JTC-1 endorsement) that benefited from his focused work, procedural expertise, good humor, and leadership. Stefan has also served on the OASIS Technical Advisory Board
, whereÂhe contributed to the OASIS Editor's Manual, the Vulnerability Disclosure white paper, and the TAB Standards and Specifications metadata spreadsheet.
These Distinguished Contributors join their peers in the OASIS Hall of FameÂ
https://www.oasis-open.org/member-roster/distinguished-contributorsÂand are eligible for the benefits of this honor, including our unending gratitude for their hard work
Âand leadership.