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Subject: [security-jc] [Fwd: FW: Call For Review: XML Key ManagementSpecification Working Group Charter]
SJC and PKI SC:
OASIS would like your input regarding proposed upcoming activities at
W3C. Please respond to Patrick and myself as suggested by Patrick's message.
-Karl
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Subject: FW: Call For Review: XML Key Management Specification Working
Group Charter
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 17:44:21 -0500
From: "Patrick Gannon" <patrick.gannon@oasis-open.org>
To: "Karl Best" <karl.best@oasis-open.org>
CC: "OASIS TAB" <tab@lists.oasis-open.org>
Karl,
Please forward this W3C CfR to the Security JC and PKI MS Steering
Committee; requesting comments from any of the Security TCs and PKI Member
Section to be sent to Karl Best and Patrick Gannon.
I will then file a response to W3C on behalf of OASIS prior to the 5 Dec.
deadline.
Thanks,
Patrick Gannon
President & CEO
OASIS
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-----Original Message-----
From: w3c-ac-members-request@w3.org
[mailto:w3c-ac-members-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Janet Daly
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 5:02 PM
To: w3c-ac-members@w3.org
Cc: reagle@w3.org; stephen.farrell@baltimore.ie; Shivaram.Mysore@sun.com
Subject: Call For Review: XML Key Management Specification Working Group
Charter
Dear Advisory Committee Representative,
This is a call for review of the XML Key Management Specification (XKMS)
charter, available at:
http://www.w3.org/2001/XKMS/2002/11/charter.html
This group is part of the XKMS Activity.
The modifications in this charter are:
1. extending the duration through the end of July 2003
to allow the Working Group to complete its work; and
2. providing an explicit IPR mode for the Working Group
Please review this charter (a summary is provided below)
and return your comments using the template at the end of
this message. The deadline is 24:00 UTC 5 December 2002.
If you have any questions or need further information, please
contact the co-chairs, Stephen Farrell (stephen.farrell@baltimore.ie)
and Shivaram Mysore (Shivaram.Mysore@sun.com), or the W3C Team Contact,
Joseph Reagle (reagle@w3.org).
Thank you,
Joseph Reagle, XKMS Activity Lead; and
Janet Daly, W3C Head of Communications
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Changes from the previous charter [1]
-------------------------------------
[AUTHOR] List changes here, as in:
* Duration: Extended through July 2003
* Deliverables:
# A W3C Working Draft that captures the requirements
# One or more W3C Recommendation(s) that specify
the XML Key Management syntax and protocol
# An optional W3C Recommendation that defines a protocol,
based on the XML Key Management Recommendation, for bulk
registrations.
# An optional W3C Note describing best practices for
configuring XKMS applications and Trust Services to permit
clients that do not provide support for certificate based
PKI to interact with existing certificate based applications.
# An optional W3C Note describing best practices for configuring
XKMS to support chained service applications, including the
n-corners transaction model.
# An optional W3C Note describing architectural options for
using XKMS to support security mechanisms for other Web
Services.
* Patent disclosures: The charter identifies this group as a
Royalty-Free Working Group, as described in the 24 January 2002
version of W3C's Current Patent Practice Note [2]. The charter
includes public disclosure requirements as well.
[1] http://www.w3.org/2001/XKMS/2001/01/xkms-charter.html
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/NOTE-patent-practice-20020124
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Review instructions
-------------------
1. Preparation. Please review the revised charter:
http://www.w3.org/2001/XKMS/2002/11/charter.html
2. Deadline. Your review must be received before:
24:00 UTC 5 December 2002
The Director expects to announce the results of the review
within two weeks after the deadline. The Director will keep
the Advisory Committee informed if additional time for
consideration is required.
3. Where to send your review.
Each W3C Advisory Committee representative should submit one
review by completing the form below and sending it to the
Team-confidential list:
w3t-xkms-review@w3.org
If your mailer supports Reply-To, you need only use the
"reply" button. You should receive confirmation by email
immediately after your comments are received.
To indicate that you are willing to make your review comments
available to the W3C Membership, please copy:
w3c-archive@w3.org
Or, if you wish to encourage discussion of your comments among
fellow Advisory Committee representatives, you may copy
instead the AC discussion list:
w3c-ac-forum@w3.org
This Call for Review follows section 4.2.1 of the W3C Process Document:
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process-20010719/groups#WGCreation
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FORM BEGINS
I, W3C Advisory Committee representative:
#1 Given Name: -
#2 Family Name: -
#3 Email Address: -
as representative for
#4 Employer (W3C Member): -
review the charter at:
w3t-xkms-review@w3.org
as follows: (please complete the points below by marking with an
X between the [brackets].)
1) As representative of the W3C Member indicated above, I am
(select one only):
[ ] Support this Charter as is.
[ ] Support this Charter with minor changes (your
details in section 4).
[ ] Request substantial modifications to the
Charter (your details in section 4).
[ ] Oppose this Charter and request that this group
be closed (your details in section 4).
[ ] My organization abstains from this review.
2) Participation and other support
Should this charter be approved, we are prepared to participate
in the Activity with the following resources (this expression of
support is provisional, subject to review of any modifications
included in the Director's Decision):
Please select one of the following two options:
[ ] We expect the following individual(s) to participate
in the Working Group
Given Name . . . :
Family Name . . :
E-mail Address . :
Telephone Number :
Employer . . . . :
We understand the level of commitment as outlined in the
Charter. We are willing to commit to this, and support him
or her with the requisite travel and other expenses
related to the work in the Working Group.
[ ] We do not intend to participate.
Note: If this is a simple charter extension, current participants
are not required to rejoin the group explicitly. For any other
changes to the charter, or for new charters, individuals must
rejoin explicitly.
I understand the level of commitment required by the charter and
W3C Process. The organization I represent is willing to commit
to this, and support travel and other expenses required for
participation in the Working Group.
Please select any of the following that apply:
[ ] We intend to review drafts as they are published
and send comments.
[ ] We intend to develop experimental implementations
and send experience reports.
[ ] We intend to develop products based on this work.
[ ] We intend to apply this technology in our operations.
[ ] We would be interested in participating in any press activity
connected with this Activity.
3) Patent Claims
This is a charter for a Royalty-Free Working Group, as defined
in the Current Patent Practice Note [1].
3a) Disclosure. Please select one of the following three options:
Patents essential to the deliverables should be disclosed
according to section 3 of W3C's Current Patent Practice Note [2].
[ ] To the best of my personal knowledge, my organization has no
patents essential to the above deliverables.
[ ] My organization has patents that may be essential to the
above deliverables. (Patent numbers must be listed here.)
[ ] My organization will respond to this question
at a later date, indicating one of the two previous
options. I understand that failure to indicate one of the
above two options by the time the Recommendation-track
deliverable(s) enter Candidate Recommendation (or Proposed
Recommendation if there is no Candidate Recommendation) will
render my disclosure obligation incomplete, as described in
the Current Patent Practice Note.
3b) Licensing. Please select the following option if applicable:
[ ] My organization may or may not have patents essential
to the above deliverables. If we do, we agree to license
them on Royalty-Free terms (as defined in section 6 of
the Current Patent Practice Note [3]) to all implementers,
whether or not they are Members of W3C.
4) Detailed Comments, Reasons, or Modifications:
In addition to any comments you may have, please provide details
about your answer in section 1 of the form. This may include,
but is not restricted to, technical issues or issues associated
with patent claims associated with the specification.
5) Expected implementation schedules, where known, without
commitment.
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/NOTE-patent-practice-20020124
[2]
http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/NOTE-patent-practice-20020124#sec-Disclosure
[3] http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/NOTE-patent-practice-20020124#def-RF
FORM ENDS
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Karl F. Best
Vice President, OASIS
+1 978.667.5115 x206
karl.best@oasis-open.org http://www.oasis-open.org
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