[tc-announce] RE: ebXML Messaging Committee Specification forconsideration as OASIS Standard

["Karl F. Best" <karl.best@oasis-open.org>]

OASIS members:

This is a reminder that the review period for the ebXML Messaging
specification ends 30 June.

</karl>
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Karl F. Best
OASIS - Director, Technical Operations
+1 978.667.5115 x206
karl.best@oasis-open.org  http://www.oasis-open.org


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl F. Best [mailto:karl.best@oasis-open.org]
> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 8:48 AM
> To: members@lists.oasis-open.org; tc-announce@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [tc-announce] ebXML Messaging Committee Specification for
> consideration as OASIS Standard
>
>
> OASIS members:
>
> The OASIS ebXML Messaging TC has submitted the Messaging Service
> Specification V2.0, which is an approved Committee Specification, for
> review and consideration for approval by OASIS members to become an
> OASIS Standard. In accordance with Section 2 of the OASIS Technical
> Process (see http://oasis-open.org/committees/process.shtml) OASIS
> members have one calender quarter to review this submission
> then 30 days
> for voting. The review will take place from 1 April to 30
> June 2002, and
> I will call for a vote on 1 July 2002; each OASIS member organization
> will have a single vote on the ballot.
>
> The OASIS TC has supplied the following required items for
> OASIS members
> to review:
>
> (a) a formal specification that is a valid member of its type
>
> The plain language Specification may be found at:
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ebxml-msg/documents/ebMS_v2_0.pdf
>
> The related XML Schema may be found at:
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ebxml-msg/schema/msg-head
> er-2_0.xsd
>
>
> (b) appropriate documentation for the specification
>
> The specification is self-documenting.
>
>
> (c) a clear English-language summary of the specification
>
> "The ebXML messaging service defines a robust and reliable protocol to
> exchange information (normally but not exclusively XML
> messages) between
> Businesses.  This is the second version of this specification with
> improvements based on implementation experience."
>
>
> (d) certification by at least three OASIS member
> organizations that they
> are successfully using the specification
>
> See the following mail messages:
>
> Cyclone Commerce:
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ebxml-msg/200202/msg00190.html
> Sybase:
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ebxml-msg/200202/msg00191.html
> Iona:
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ebxml-msg/200202/msg00194.html
> Sterling Commerce:
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ebxml-msg/200202/msg00196.html
>
> The OASIS IPR Policy requires that "Where any patents, patent
> applications, or other proprietary rights are known, .... [and] Where
> implementations are required before advancement of a
> specification, only
> implementations that have, by statement of the implementors, taken
> adequate steps to comply with any such rights, or claimed
> rights, shall
> be considered for the purpose of showing the adequacy of the
> specification."
>
> The above companies have stated that they have complied with the IPR
> associated with this specification.
>
> Statements regarding licensing of SOAP, which is referred to by the
> ebXML Messaging specification, are at
> http://www.w3.org/Submission/2000/05/
>
>
> (e) an account of or pointer to votes and comments received in any
> earlier attempts to standardize substantially the same specification,
> together with the originating TC's response to each comment
>
> This specification has not previously been submitted to OASIS
> membership, so there are no previous votes or comments to respond to.
>
>
> (f) a pointer to the publicly visible comments archive for the
> originating TC
>
> Discussions and comments can be found at
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ebxml-msg/
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ebxml-msg-comment/
> Minutes of meetings
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ebxml-msg/#schedule
>
>
> (g) a statement from the chair of the TC certifying that all
> members of
> the TC have been provided with a copy of the OASIS IPR policy.
>
> From the TC chair: "Ian Jones certifies that members of the ebXML
> Mesaging TC have been made aware of the OASIS IPR policy."
>
>
>
> </karl>
> =================================================================
> Karl F. Best
> OASIS - Director, Technical Operations
> +1 978.667.5115 x206
> karl.best@oasis-open.org  http://www.oasis-open.org
>
>