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Subject: OASIS News: 8 May 2006
OASIS News 8 May 2006 Welcome to OASIS News, a weekly update of announcements, accomplishments, and activities for the international standards consortium. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ISO and IEC Approve OpenDocument OASIS Standard The OpenDocument OASIS Standard, a format which enables users of varying office suites to freely exchange documents, has been approved for release as an ISO and IEC International Standard. OpenDocument was balloted through the Joint Technical Committee on Information Technology (JTC1) of the International Standards Organization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and has been given the designation, ISO/IEC 26300. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200605/msg00006.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Members Ratify EDXL-DE as OASIS Standard Consortium members have voted to approve the Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Distribution Element, v1.0 Specification as an OASIS Standard. Developed by the OASIS Emergency Management TC, EDXL-DE enables information exchange to advance incident preparedness and response to emergency situations. Congratulations to TC members for their hard work, and thanks to all who participated in the balloting and voting process. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200605/msg00000.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS ebXML BP TC Publishes 'The ebBP' Whitepaper The OASIS ebXML Business Processes (BP) TC has recently published the 'The ebBP (ebXML Business Process Schema)' whitepaper. Emphasizing adoption in small to medium enterprises, the white paper describes the capabilities of ebBP to drive eBusiness process collaboration. It also discusses the community at-large effort that has fueled schema development and is expected to guide adoption. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/17857/ebxmlbp-v2.0.3-W hitePaper-wd-r01-en.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PKI Member Section Launches Survey to Measure Cost of Implementation The OASIS PKI Member Section is pleased to announces the third in a series of international surveys designed to study real-world Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI) deployments. PKI creates a trustworthy networking environment through public-key encryption and digital signature services. This new survey focuses on financial benefits and attempts to measure the relative costs of different PKI implementations. The Member Section encourages all vendors and implementers of PKI projects to participate in this critical survey that will influence the future direction of the OASIS PKI work. The survey will be completed within 60 days. An analysis of the results will be published upon completion. OpenDocument Format: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/17978/PKI-Survey3.ods Excel: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/17981/PKI-Survey3.xls ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Consortium Introduces New OASIS Sponsor Logo In addition to the traditional OASIS Member logo, the Consortium now offers a new Sponsor logo to designate those organizations that support the development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards in a major way. Sponsor-level members are invited to download the new logo and post it on their websites and in printed materials. Contributors, Associates, and Individuals may continue to use the OASIS Member logo. http://www.oasis-open.org/private/logos.php. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Events The following events are co-sponsored by OASIS: 9-12 May OASIS Symposium San Francisco, CA, USA http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2006/ 16-18 May BuilConn Palm Springs, CA, USA http://www.builconn.com/2006/na/default.asp 16-18 May GridWise Expo Palm Springs, CA, USA http://www.gridwiseexpo.com/2006/na/default.asp 16-18 May M2M Expo and Conference Palm Springs, CA, USA http://www.m2mexpo.com/2006/na/default.asp 9-14 June 3rd European Semantic Web Conference Budva, Montenegro http://www.eswc2006.org/ CABA Intelligent Buildings Leadership Forum 25-27 June Dallas, TX, USA http://www.caba.org/leadersforum/ 23-28 July XML Summer School University of Oxford, UK http://www.xmlsummerschool.com/ 24-28 July GeoWeb 2006 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada http://www.geoweb.org/
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