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Subject: OASIS News: 17 Mar 2009
OASIS News 17 Mar 2009 Welcome to OASIS News, a bi-weekly update of announcements, accomplishments, and activities for the international open standards consortium. ------------------------------------------------------------------- In this issue: * OASIS schedules elections for Board of Directors and TAB * Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) TC forms * Members propose Emergency Management Adoption Committee * AGM, Desktop Alert, KnowledgeTree become newest OASIS Sponsors * HIMSS to feature XSPA interop for healthcare privacy * European Identity Conference in Munich to include OASIS workshops * Consortium welcomes new translator for OASIS Japanese website * Important dates ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS schedules elections for Board of Directors and TAB From 1 April until 14 May the consortium will accept nominations for five seats on the OASIS Board of Directors and four seats on the Technical Advisory Board (TAB). Each position will serve a two-year term beginning in July. Any individual may serve on the Board or TAB; nominations must be made by an OASIS organizational member. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200903/msg00004.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) TC forms All interested parties are invited to participate in the new OASIS KMIP Technical Committee. This group will work to develop specifications for key lifecycle management, key sharing, long-term availability of cryptographic objects, and related areas. The KMIP TC will operate under the Royalty Free on RAND mode of the OASIS IPR Policy. TC proposers include representatives of OASIS Foundational Sponsors, IBM as well as Brocade, Cisco, EMC, HP, Thales, and others. Robert Griffin of EMC serves as convener; a TC chair or two co-chairs will be elected at the first meeting, which will be held on 24 April at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200903/msg00002.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Members propose Emergency Management Adoption Committee All interested parties are asked to review and comment on a draft charter to establish the OASIS Emergency Management Adoption Committee. The group will collaborate to provide expertise and resources to educate the marketplace on the value of the Emergency Management OASIS Standards, CAP and EDXL. Committee proposers include representatives of Warning Systems and others; Thomas Ferrentino serves as convener. The comment period for this draft charter closes 23 March. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200903/msg00003.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- AGM, Desktop Alert, and KnowledgeTree become newest OASIS Sponsors ASG provides Global 5000 businesses with professional services and software solutions for Metadata Management, Applications Management, Operations Management, Content Management, Performance Management, Security Management, and Infrastructure Management. http://www.asg.com/ Desktop Alert delivers IP-based alert technology that provides seamless integration with enterprise-class federated environments and shares communications and commands using standardized. http://www.desktopalert.net/ KnowledgeTree develops commercial open source document management and collaboration software that connects people, ideas, and processes to satisfy collaboration, compliance, and business process requirements. http://www.knowledgetree.com/ Members who would like to invite representatives of AGM, Desktop Alert, or KnowledgeTree to participate in specific committees should contact member-services@oasis-open.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------- HIMSS to feature XSPA interop for healthcare privacy A demonstration hosted by OASIS and the U.S. Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) will showcase existing OASIS standards in a Cross-Enterprise Security and Privacy Authorization (XSPA) profile at the HIMSS conference, 4-8 April in Chicago, Booth 7750. The demo will implement privacy and access controls recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the secure electronic exchange of information between and within healthcare enterprises. Sun Microsystems, Jericho Systems, Red Hat, the U.S. Departments of Defense and of Veterans Affairs will participate. http://www.himssconference.org/?src=hhpglb&cof=u ------------------------------------------------------------------- European Identity Conference in Munich to include OASIS workshops On 5 May, OASIS will host a roundtable, "From 30,000 Feet - The Landscape of Identity Management Standards from the Public and Private Perspectives." A second OASIS workshop, "Exploring the Risks & Solutions Involved in Securing Identity and Access Management," will be held on 8 May. http://www.id-conf.com/sessions/503 http://www.id-conf.com/sessions/564 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Consortium welcomes new translator for OASIS Japanese website Taku Shingai has joined the OASIS staff as translator for the Japanese web site. The site is currently sponsored by Fujitsu; other sponsors are welcome. http://www.oasis-open.org/jp/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Important dates: 23 Mar Comments close for Emergency Adoption Committee draft charter http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200903/msg00003.html 1 Apr Nominations open for OASIS Board of Directors and TAB http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200903/msg00004.html 3 Apr WS-DD public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200902/msg00002.html 4-8 Apr OASIS XSPA Interop at HIMSS 2009 in Chicago http://www.himssconference.org/?src=hhpglb&cof=u 6-7 Apr OASIS co-organizes OntologySummit2009 http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2009 17 Apr OASIS eGov MS and World Bank host workshop in Washington, DC http://events.oasis-open.org/home/egov-dc-workshop/2009 24 Apr KMIP TC holds first meeting at RSA Conference in San Francisco http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200903/msg00002.html 27 Apr Identity Metasystem Interoperability (IMI) 1.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200902/msg00008.html 2 May CAP IPAWS Profile 1.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200903/msg00001.html 5, 8 May OASIS hosts workshops at European Identity Conference in Munich http://www.id-conf.com/sessions/503 http://www.id-conf.com/sessions/564 14 May Nominations close for OASIS Board of Directors and TAB http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200903/msg00004.html 25-26 Jun OASIS co-sponsors European e-ID Management Conference in London http://www.revolutionevents.plus.com/eema/contributions.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS News is published in English, Chinese, French, 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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