[Fwd: OASIS Digital Signature Services TC announcement]

[Steve Hanna <Steve.Hanna@Sun.COM>]

This announcement may be of interest to
members of the PKI TC.

-Steve

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The OASIS Digital Signature Services TC is developing techniques to support
the processing of digital signatures, including defining an interface for
requesting that a web service produce and/or verify a digital signature.

The TC has recently agreed two Committee Draft specifications:
- Digital Signature Service (DSS) Core Protocols, Elements and Bindings,
available at
   http://docs.oasis-open.org/dss/cd/oasis-dss-1[1].0-core-spec-cd.pdf

- XML Timestamping DSS Profile, available at:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/dss/cd/oasis-dss-1[1].0-profiles-timestamping-spe
c-cd.pdf

The DSS schema is available at:
   http://docs.oasis-open.org/dss/cd/oasis-dss-1[1].0-core-schema-cd.xsd.xml

Additional DSS profiles nearing completion for:
  - Asynchronous operation
  - Code signing
  - Entity seal
  - Electronic Post Mark (EPM)
  - German signature law
  - Policy wise operation
  - Web services security
  - XML Advanced Electronic Signature (XAdES)

Comments may be sent via the OASIS DSS web page:
  http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=dss

Once the first set of profiles have been agreed as Committee Drafts, the TC
will be asking for a more formal public review of the full set of
specifications.

Nick Pope & Juan Carlos Cruellas
   Co-Chairs OASIS Digital Signature Services TC