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Subject: OASIS News: 17 Feb 2012
Welcome to OASIS News, a bi-weekly update of announcements, accomplishments, and activities for the international open standards consortium. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this issue: * Members propose LegalDocML TC * SAML Metadata Extensions public review begins * DSS-X TC begins work on local signature processing profile * Eleven companies participate in KMIP and XACML demos at RSA * OASIS to host Open Standard Day Beijing * Liscia to keynote at European Identity Conference in Munich * OASIS welcomes new Sponsor: Thales e-Security * Important dates ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Members propose LegalDocML TC All interested parties are asked to review and comment on a draft charter to establish the OASIS LegalDocumentML Technical Committee. LegalDocML will work to define a standard that will advance worldwide best practices for the use of XML within a Parliaments’, Assembly’s or Congress’ document management processes, within courts’ and tribunals’ judgment management systems, and generally in legal documents including contracts. The work will be based on the Akoma Ntoso-UN project. The TC's goal is to collect requirements from the community of the stakeholders who create, manage and use legislative and legal documents (editors, libraries, public institutions, tribunals, publishers, etc.) in order to extend and refine the standard. LegalDocML TC proposers include representatives of the Africa i-Parliament Action Plan (UN/DESA), ENEA UTT-PMI, European Parliament, and others. Monica Palmirani of CIRSFID, University of Bologna serves as convener. The member comment period for this draft charter closes 22 Feb. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201202/msg00001.html LinkedIn Discussion: http://linkd.in/OASIS-LegalDocML ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAML Metadata Extensions public review begins The two Security Authorization Markup Language (SAML) specifications include SAML 2.0 Metadata Extensions for Registration and Publication Information Version 1.0 and SAML 2.0 Metadata Extensions for Login and Discovery User Interface Version 1.0. The public review ends 2 Mar. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201202/msg00003.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DSS-X TC begins work on local signature processing profile The Digital Signature Services eXtended (DSS-X) profile will enable a client to retrieve DSS requests from, and push back responses to, a server. The computation may take place on a card, mobile phone or other smart device. The work is based on a set of use cases described by the TC. Contributions to this and other DSS-X profiles are welcome. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=45029&wg_abbrev=dss-x Use cases: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=45030&wg_abbrev=dss-x ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eleven companies participate in KMIP and XACML demos at RSA Cryptsoft, IBM, NetApp, QuintessenceLabs, SafeNet, Thales e-Security (for KMIP) and Axiomatics, The Boeing Company, NextLabs, Oracle, and Quest Software (for XACML) will demo their standards-compliant products in OASIS Booths #128 and #129 at the RSA Expo in San Francisco, 27 Feb-2 Mar. Free Expo passes are available: register by 24 Feb and use code: EC12OAS. http://events.oasis-open.org/home/rsa2012/kmip http://events.oasis-open.org/home/rsa2012/xacml ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS to host Open Standard Day Beijing This workshop will explore ways to connect government-driven standards initiatives with the reality of the market and Cloud computing. Standards success stories from companies in China will be presented. Sponsored by Microsoft and Primeton, the event will be held at Microsoft Tower on 27 Mar. There is no charge to attend this event, but advance registration is required. http://events.oasis-open.org/home/OSDBeijing/2012 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liscia to keynote at European Identity Conference in Munich OASIS executive director, Laurent Liscia, will deliver the keynote address at the European Identity Conference (EIC) in Munich on 17 April. OASIS is organizing a half-day track on Cloud Auditing as well as a pre-conference roundtable. http://www.id-conf.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS welcomes new Sponsor: Thales e-Security Thales e-Security provides information and communication systems security solutions for government, defense, critical infrastructure operators, enterprises and the finance industry. Thales is represented on the KMIP TC. http://www.thales-esecurity.com New OASIS Contributor members include the Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan (UN/DESA), Ethiopian Civil Service University, and the European Parliament. http://www.oasis-open.org/member-roster ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important dates: 27 Feb - 2 Mar KMIP and XACML Demos at RSA Expo (San Francisco) Members receive free Expo Pass; register with code EC12OAS http://rsaconference.com/events/2012/usa/index.htm 2 Mar SAML Metadata Extensions public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201202/msg00003.html 12-13 Mar European Smart Grid Cyber Security Forum: Securing the Digital infrastructure (London) Members receive 10% discount off registration; use "OASIS" http://www.smi-online.co.uk/2012cybergrids9.asp 13-14 Mar IDtrust \sponsors US NIST/NSTIC Workshop (Gaithersburg, MD) http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/ct/nstic_idtrust-2012.cfm 19-20 Mar Public Sector Cloud Summit Reston, Virginia, USA http://cloud-council.org/March2012/index.htm 27 Mar OASIS hosts Open Standard Day (Beijing) Sponsored by Microsoft and Primeton http://events.oasis-open.org/home/OSDBeijing/2012 17 Apr European Identity Conference Munich, Germany http://www.id-conf.com/ 30 Apr - 1 May Identity Conference 2012 ‘Managing Digital Identity in a Networked World’ Wellington, New Zealand http://www.identityconference.victoria.ac.nz/ 1-2 May Emergency Alerting Policy Workshop (Montreal) http://events.oasis-open.org/home/cap/2012 (English) http://events.oasis-open.org/home/cap/2012/fr (French) 9-10 May OASIS co-sponsors Smart Grids Data Management Forum (London) ** Mention 'OASIS' when registering for 10% discount ** http://www.smi-online.co.uk/events/overview.asp?is=17&ref=3708 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow OASIS on: LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/OASISopen Twitter: http://twitter.com/OASISopen Facebook: http://facebook.com/oasis.open YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/oasisopen ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS News is published in English, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, and Korean. 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