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Subject: OASIS News 22 July 2005
OASIS News 22 July 2005 Welcome to OASIS News, a weekly update of announcements, accomplishments, and activities for the international standards consortium. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Save with Early Bird Discount on OASIS Adoption Forum Register now for the OASIS Adoption Forum and receive a 50 USD discount. This year's Forum, which will be held in London, 17 Oct, brings together users, vendors, governments, and researchers from Europe and around the world to examine the open standards that profoundly affect government, health care, and commerce. The program features many OASIS members delivering insight and updates on work in Web services, tax, business process, and localization. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200507/msg00003.html http://www.oasis-open.org/events/adoption_forum_2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OASIS Offers Wikis for TCs In response to requests by TCs, OASIS has installed a wiki server and is currently conducting a beta test of its functionality with several TCs, including the OASIS XRI and XDI TCs. Wikis are considered by some to be a useful "scratch space" tool for collaborative work. The testing phase for this optional facility is expected to be complete as early as the end of July. TCs that would find benefit in a wiki should contact tc-admin@oasis-open.org. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/chairs/200506/msg00052.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS HumanMarkup TC Publishes White Paper The new HumanMarkup Language white paper addresses the vision to improve the fidelity of human-to-human, human-to-machine and machine-to-machine communication in digital information systems that represent human information, issues, and concerns. HumanML uses XML contextually to convey cultural, social, kinesics, and psychological intent within communications. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=humanmarkup http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/13625/HumanMLReport-WhitePaper.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public Review of WS Notification Commences All interested parties are requested to provide comments on the WS Notification specification and related documents, which provide a pattern-based approach to allow dissemination of information between Web services. The package submitted for public review by the OASIS WSN TC consists of WS-BaseNotification and WS-BrokeredNotification. The deadline for submission of comments is 12 Sept. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/wsn http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200507/msg00006.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WS-Context v0.9.2 Public Review Opens The OASIS Web Services Composite Application Framework TC has submitted v0.9.2 of WS-Context for public review. WS-CAF provides an open framework for support of coordinated and transactional compositions of multiple Web services. The 15-day review ends 5 Aug. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200507/msg00006.html <http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ws-caf> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ws-caf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OASIS Seeks Candidates for Regional Offices Program OASIS is seeking organizations that will act as local points of contact for the Consortium, promoting the work of OASIS, providing local language assistance, and encouraging international participation. The OASIS Regional Offices Program was created to increase awareness and local participation, better facilitate collaboration, and promote awareness and adoption of OASIS standards and specifications within a specific geographic community. Ideal candidates for this new program include institutes, universities, non-profit organizations, and government agencies. http://www.oasis-open.org/who/regional_offices.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Upcoming Events 24-29 July 2005 The XML Summer School 2005 Oxford, United Kingdom http://www.xmlsummerschool.com/ This event is co-sponsored by OASIS, and there is a members-only discount available. 17 October 2005 OASIS Adoption Forum London, United Kingdom http://www.oasis-open.org/events/adoption_forum_2005/index.php This event is hosted by OASIS, and there is a discount for members and for early-bird registration.
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