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Subject: OASIS News: 3 May 2012
Welcome to OASIS News, a bi-weekly update of announcements, accomplishments, and activities for the international open standards consortium. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this issue: * Deadline to nominate Board candidates is 9 May * TC Administration launches home page * Business Document Exchange TC re-charters * OASIS forms CMIS Marketing Group * SAML TC approves Committee Specification * Test Assertions Guidelines TC approves Committee Note * Public review begins for Transformational Gov Framework Committee Note * OASIS eGov elects Steering Committee * Convener seeks proposers for Task-oriented Information Modelling (TIM) TC * Transformational Gov Framework (TGF) TC welcomes translators * Important dates ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deadline to nominate Board candidates is 9 May Six candidates will be elected for seats on the OASIS Board of Directors and two candidates for the Technical Advisory Board. Each will serve a two-year term beginning July 2012. All members are encouraged to consider serving in these positions or nominating qualified candidates. Nominations must be received and accepted by 9 May. http://www.oasis-open.org/board/election-process ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TC Administration launches home page The new page provides members with a central location for information on TC-related Policies, Guidelines and Best Practices, Tools, News and Announcements, Deliverables, Request Status, and Performance Metrics. The page can be accessed from the "Resources" menu on the OASIS horizontal navigation bar. http://www.oasis-open.org/resources/tcadmin. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Business Document Exchange TC re-charters Defining an open standards framework to support public e-procurement and e-invoicing, the re-chartered BDXR TC will converge technical specifications between PEPPOL (Pan-European Public Procurement Online) and four other European Large Scale Pilots (LSPs). BDXR will also adopt a mechanism for the submission of new requirements as use cases, which is expected to result in expanded functionality and membership. All those involved in the e-procurement and e-invoicing markets are invited to participate, including government agencies, solution providers, financial institutions, associations, and payment networks. Kenneth Bengtsson of Alfa1lab serves as chair, and Sven Rasmussen of the Denmark Ministry of Finance serves as secretary. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/bdxr/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS forms CMIS Marketing Group The new group will engage in communications and marketing activities that promote adoption of the Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) standard. Working closely with the CMIS Technical Committee, the Marketing Group will educate the marketplace on the value of CMIS and provide maximum visibility and marketing benefits for members. The first meeting will be held via teleconference on 8 May. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/cmis-marketing/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAML TC approves Committee Specification SAML 2.0 Metadata Extensions for Login and Discovery User Interface 1.0 defines a set of extensions that provide information necessary for user agents to present effective user interfaces and, in the case of identity provider discovery, recommend appropriate choices to the user. Congratulations to TC Foundational Sponsors, IBM, Microsoft, and Primeton, to Sponsors, Avaya, Boeing, EMC, Hewlett-Packard, Jericho Systems, Nokia, Oracle, Ping Identity, Red Hat, SAP, Tiani "Spirit", and the US Veterans Health Administration, and to all other SAML TC members. http://t.co/KhkmD8Eu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Test Assertions Guidelines TC approves Committee Note The document provides guidelines and best practices for writing test assertions aligned with the Test Assertions Model. Congratulations to TC Sponsors, Axway, Fujitsu, Oracle, US NIST, and to all other TAG TC members. http://t.co/7JppYPiG ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public review begins for Transformational Gov Framework Committee Note "Tools and Models for the Business Management Framework: Volume 1 Using the Policy Product Matrix 1.0" and the associated Wiki resource, contain detailed information and guidance on using the Policy Products matrix in the Business Management Framework, as identified in the TGF Primer and TGF Core Pattern Language. It is the first in an intended series of Committee Notes providing further guidance on the Business Management Framework. This public review ends 21 May. http://t.co/mji79V82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS eGov elects Steering Committee members Kenneth Dagg of the Government of Canada, Mohammed Kammachi of the Belgium Ministry of Finance, Peter Brown, and Gershon Janssen have been elected to serve until April 2014. OASIS extends a special note of thanks to departing Steering Committee members, Bob Sunday of the Government of Canada (retired), Jerry Smith of the US Department of Defense (retired), and Charles Schultz of ARS APERTA for their service and contributions to the Member Section. http://oasis-egov.org/steering-committee ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Convener seeks proposers for Task-oriented Information Modelling (TIM) TC The potential TC would standardize a formal language to express Task Analysis categories and the rules of their possible combinations by ways of a syntax. TIM, a specification that has been used to produce task models in various fields (machine, process and software modelling), would serve as a starting point for this work. TIM's syntax is defined by a short set of XML-compliant rules and patterns. Anyone interested in advancing this work at OASIS and being listed as a co-proposer in the draft charter should contact Tanguy Wettengel of the University of Limoges. (See draft charter for contact details.) http://item-consortium.boonzai.com/document/document/599/draftcharterTIM.pdf http://linkd.in/OASIS-TIM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transformational Gov Framework (TGF) TC welcomes translators Volunteers are needed to translate TGF material from English into other languages. There is particular interest in making this material available in Spanish, German and Dutch; translations into other languages would also be valuable. http://t.co/H5fAmiO9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important dates: 6 May Biometric Identity Assurance Services (BIAS) SOAP Profile 1.0 pubic review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201203/msg00002.html 8 May CMIS Marketing Group holds first meeting via teleconference http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/cmis-marketing/ 9 May Nominations close for OASIS Board of Directors and TAB http://www.oasis-open.org/board/election-process 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 14 May "Introduction to OASIS Membership" webinar http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/201204/msg00009.html 16 May EML public election standards webinar https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/846313449 18 May WS-Calendar SOAP-based Services 1.0 public review ends http://www.oasis-open.org/news/announcements/pr-30-day-public-review-for-ws-calendar-soap-based-services-version-1-0 21 May TGF Committee Note public review ends http://t.co/mji79V82 23 May TC hosts webinar on Transformational Government Framework (TGF) https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/641318136 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Volunteers to translate the newsletter into other languages are welcome; contact communications@oasis-open.org. 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