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Subject: OASIS News: 3 June 2009
Welcome to OASIS News, a bi-weekly update of announcements, accomplishments, and activities for the international open standards consortium. ------------------------------------------------------------------- In this issue: * WS-Federation 1.2 becomes OASIS Standard * OASIS Standard vote opens soon for three WS-DD specifications * OASIS Standard vote opens soon for IMI 1.0 * Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) 1.2 public review begins * Public review begins for eight XACML specifications * OASIS IDtrust seeks Steering Committee candidates * OASIS Blue Connect addresses standards for Smart Grid * OASIS co-sponsors European e-Identity Management Conference * Important dates ------------------------------------------------------------------- WS-Federation 1.2 becomes OASIS Standard Members have approved version 1.2 of the Web Services Federation specification as an OASIS Standard. WS-Federation extends identity management to enable federations of trust across organizations. Congratulations to the TC co-chairs, Chris Kaler of Microsoft and Michael McIntosh of IBM, and to all TC participants including representatives of Active Endpoints, CA, Nortel, Novell, Red Hat, Skyworth TTG, SOA Software, TIBCO, VeriSign, U.S. Veterans Health Administration, and others for this accomplishment. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200905/msg00007.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS Standard vote opens soon for three WS-DD specifications Balloting for versions 1.1 of the SOAP-over-UDP, Web Services Dynamic Discovery (WS-Discovery), and Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS) specifications will be held 16-30 June. The specifications were developed by the Web Services Discovery and Web Services Devices Profile (WS-DD) TC, which includes representatives of Foundational Sponsors, IBM and Microsoft, and Sponsors, CA, Novell, Progress Software, Red Hat, Ricoh, Software AG, and others. All organizational members of OASIS are encouraged to vote on these specifications; those who wish to discuss the ballots may do so through member-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00003.html http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00002.html http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00001.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS Standard vote opens soon for IMI 1.0 Balloting for version 1.0 of the Identity Metasystem Interoperability (IMI) specification will be held 16-30 June. IMI aims to allow users to manage their digital identities as "Information Cards" and use them to access online services. The specification was developed by representatives of Foundational Sponsors, IBM and Microsoft, and by Sponsors, CA, Novell, and others. All organizational members of OASIS are encouraged to vote on IMI; those who wish to discuss this ballot may do so through member-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00000.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) 1.2 public review begins CAP is a simple but general format for exchanging all-hazard emergency alerts and public warnings over all kinds of networks. Developed by the Emergency Management TC, CAP allows a consistent warning message to be disseminated simultaneously over many different warning systems, thus increasing warning effectiveness while simplifying the warning task. This public review ends 27 July. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200905/msg00008.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Public review begins for eight XACML specifications The Extensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) TC has submitted XACML 3.0 and seven profiles for a public review which ends 20 July. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200905/msg00006.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS IDtrust seeks Steering Committee candidates Nominations are open for three seats on the OASIS Identity and Trusted Infrastructure (IDtrust) Member Section Steering Committee. IDtrust promotes greater understanding and adoption of standards-based identity and trusted infrastructure technologies, policies, and practices. All Member Section participants are invited to nominate qualified candidates before the 15 June deadline. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200905/msg00003.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS Blue Connect addresses standards for Smart Grid A new conference, OASIS Blue Connect, will premiere 9 and 11 June in Santa Clara, California. The event will investigate how existing standards for eCommerce, security, emergency management, building automation, Web services, and SOA can be applied to the Smart Grid. OASIS members receive a 10% discount (enter code OASIS09 when registering). http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200905/msg00008.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS co-sponsors European e-Identity Management Conference OASIS will host a track at the European e-Identity Management Conference in London on 25-26 June. Mary Ellen Callahan, the new Chief Privacy Officer at the US Department of Homeland Security, and Kim Cameron, author of the 'Seven Laws of Identity', will present, along with OASIS IDtrust members and other speakers. OASIS members receive a 350 Euro discount off standard rate (enter code EID09OAS when registering). www.eema.org/eema2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Important dates: 23 May eNotarization Markup Language (ENML) 1.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200903/msg00004.html 25 May Public review ends for six SAML 2.0 profiles http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200903/msg00006.html 9 and 11 Jun ConnectivityWeek features OASIS Blue Connect event http://www.oasisblueconnect.com/2009/#home 15 Jun Deadline to nominate OASIS IDtrust Steering Committee candidates http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200905/msg00003.html 22 Jun Energy Interoperation TC holds first meeting http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200905/msg00004.html 22-23 Jun OASIS, WMO, ITU hold workshop on CAP Identifiers in Geneva http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/ISS/Meetings/WIS-CAP_Geneva2009/DocPlan.html 23 Jun OASIS Board and TAB elections close http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200905/msg00004.html Service Component Architecture (SCA) public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200904/msg00011.html 24 Jun ebXML-Messaging Profiles public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200904/msg00013.html OAXAL Reference Model 1.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200904/msg00012.html 25-26 Jun OASIS co-sponsors European e-ID Management Conference in London www.eema.org/eema2009 28 Jun UBL Guidelines for Customization 1.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200904/msg00014.html 30 Jun DSS Visible Signature Profile 1.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200905/msg00001.html OASIS Standard ballot for three WS-DD specifications closes http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00003.html http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00002.html http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00001.html OASIS Standard ballot for IMI closes http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00000.html 20 Jul Public review of eight XACML specifications ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200905/msg00006.html 27 Jul Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) 1.2 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200905/msg00008.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS News is published in English, Chinese, French, and Korean. 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