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Subject: OASIS News: 17 Aug 2009
Welcome to OASIS News, a bi-weekly update of announcements, accomplishments, and activities for the international open standards consortium. ------------------------------------------------------------------- In this issue: * Board leadership reflects international and diverse membership * Board approves revisions to TC Process * Public review begins for three SCA Bindings specs * Identity Management Conference Early-Bird discount ends soon * Emergency Interop event will showcase CAP and EDXL products * OASIS seeks TC Support Representative * Liscia blogs on Board news and TC support enhancements * Upcoming events ------------------------------------------------------------------- Board leadership reflects international and diverse membership European entrepreneur, Peter Brown of Pensive S.A., has been chosen to serve as chair, and Bob Freund of Asian-based software company, Hitachi, assumes the role of vice chair for the OASIS Board of Directors. Jim Hughes of Microsoft and Frederick Hirsh of Nokia will continue in their respective roles as Treasurer and Secretary. The geographic and organizational diversity of the entire Board bodes well for ensuring that the broad interests of the OASIS membership at-large are represented in the year ahead. Congratulations to all. http://www.oasis-open.org/who/bod.php ------------------------------------------------------------------- Board approves revisions to TC Process Major changes include the introduction of a "Persistent Non-Voting Member" Committee role, the requirement to include Primary Rep statements of support on TC charter submissions, and the clarification on how to handle discrepancies in schemas associated with specs. The effective date of the revisions is 1 September 2009. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200908/msg00000.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Public review begins for three SCA Bindings specs Versions 1.1 of the Service Component Architecture (SCA) Web Service Binding, SCA JMS Binding, and SCA JCA Binding specifications define bindings for SOA services and references to communication protocols, technologies, and frameworks. This public review ends 7 Oct. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200908/msg00001.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Identity Management Conference early-bird discount ends soon Register for the upcoming OASIS IDtrust Identity Management Conference by 31 August and save 100 USD. "Transparent Government: Risks, Rewards, Repercussions" will be the theme of the event, which will be held 29-30 September at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Supporting organizations include IDCommons, Information Card Foundation, and NIST. Additional sponsorship opportunities are available; contact dee.schur@oasis-open.org for details. http://events.oasis-open.org/home/forum/2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Emergency Interop event will showcase CAP and EDXL products The OASIS Emergency Interoperability (EI) Summit, which will be held in Baltimore, MD, USA, 29 Sept-1 Oct, will feature demonstrations of interoperable applications and tools that support CAP and EDXL. Vendors interested in participating in the EI Summit Interop should contact dee.schur@oasis-open.org. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200908/msg00003.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS seeks TC Support Representative The consortium has a part-time job opening for a contractor to assist the TC Administrator. The position entails review of TC work products to ensure they meet requirements and work with TCs to provide guidance on OASIS rules, policies, procedures, and tools. http://www.oasis-open.org/jobs/tc-support-rep.php ------------------------------------------------------------------- Liscia blogs on Board news and TC support enhancements OASIS executive director, Laurent Liscia, offers his observations on changes resulting from the July Board meeting. He also provides an overview of plans for enhancing TC support. http://blogs.oasis-open.org/2009/08/historical-changes-at-oasis http://blogs.oasis-open.org/2009/08/better-support-for-tc-admin ------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming events 14-15 Sept The RealWorld DITA 2009 Conference Raleigh, NC, USA http://www.aboveandbeyondlearning.com/ditaconference.html 20-29 Sept XML Summer School Oxford University, UK http://xmlsummerschool.com/ 28-29 Sept OASIS Identity Management 2009 Gaithersburg, MD, USA http://events.oasis-open.org/home/forum/2009 29 Sept - 1 Oct OASIS Emergency Interoperability Summit 2009 Baltimore, MD, USA http://events.oasis-open.org/home/ei-summit/2009 29 Sept - 2 Oct 2009 NIEM National Training Event Baltimore, MD, USA http://www.iir.com/registration/niem/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS News is published in English, Chinese, French, Italian, 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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