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Subject: OASIS News 9 December 2005
OASIS News 9 December 2005 Welcome to OASIS News, a weekly update of announcements, accomplishments, and activities for the international standards consortium. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WebCGM Becomes Committee Specification WebCGM v2.0 was recently approved as a Committee Specification. Developed by the OASIS CGM Open WebCGM TC, the specification advances a vector graphics standard for online technical documents. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=cgmo-webcgm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observe the DIPAL Discussion Observers are welcome in the dialogue to explore a possible new OASIS Domain-Independent Policy Assertion Language (DIPAL) TC. The new discussion list brings OASIS members and non-members together to examine the potential for a specification that would layer on top of any Boolean Web services policy framework, including WS-Policy. To minimize spam, it is necessary to subscribe before posting to this list. Observers are welcome to track the discussion through the list archives. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dipal-discuss/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS Grows to 5,000+ Participants Georgios Kargakis of Sponsor member, CapGemini, recently became the Consortium's 5,000th participant. Georgios is an Analyst Consultant for CapGemini, a global consulting, technology, outsourcing, and local professional services firm. Residing in Düsseldorf, Germany, Georgios is an Observer of the OASIS ebXML, WS-TX, WSBPEL, and WSS TCs. He joins more than 70 CapGemini members from across 16 countries currently participating in OASIS. As the Consortium prepares to enter its 13th year, it serves 5,000+ participants, representing over 600 organizations and individual members in 100 countries. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS Publishes Guidelines for Case Studies All interested parties are encouraged to recommend implementations of OASIS Standards that would serve as useful subject material for OASIS case studies. Developed by OASIS staff or authorized contractors, OASIS case studies are initiated, reviewed, and approved by one or more OASIS TCs. Writing and production costs for case studies may be funded or other resources provided by OASIS Foundational Sponsor or Sponsor-level members. http://www.oasis-open.org/casestudies/guidelines.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS Co-Sponsors DITA 2006 Conference The DITA 2006 Conference will be held 23-25 March in Raleigh, NC, USA. The conference will feature presentations on DITA basics, implementation, and specialization. Speakers include OASIS DITA TC members, David Schnell and Michael Priestley of IBM and Eliot Kimber of Innodata Isogen. http://www.travelthepath.com/dita2006.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsorship Opportunities Are Available for 2006 OASIS Events The Consortium will be hosting two official events in 2006: the Oasis Symposium in the Spring and the Oasis Adoption Forum in the Fall. Each event will feature a unique program on open standards, tutorials, OASIS committees meetings, birds-of-a-feather gatherings, and a reception for attendees. Several sponsorship opportunities are available including Dual Event Sponsorship and Reception Sponsorship. Current sponsors of the OASIS Symposium include BEA Systems, EDS, Innodata Isogen, SAP, and Sun Microsystems. http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2006/sponsorship.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Events: The following events are co-sponsored by OASIS: 12-13 Dec Language Standards for Global Business Berlin, Germany http://www.internationalization-conference.org/glss.html 15-17 Dec Expo on Beijing International E-Business and Supply Chain Development 2005 Beijing, China http://www.cett.com.cn/expo/2005/2005EB/eng/homepage.htm 25 Jan Building Intelligence Tour at AHR Chicago, IL http://www.buildingintelligencetour.com/event.php/id/65
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