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Subject: OASIS TC Call For Participation: LegalXML SDHI TC


A new OASIS technical committee is being formed. The OASIS LegalXML 
Subscriber Data Handover Interface (SDHI) TC has been proposed by the 
following members of OASIS: Anthony M Rutkowski, Verisign; Robin Gape, 
BTplc; and John M. Greacen, Individual member.

The proposal for a new TC meets the requirements of the OASIS TC Process 
(see http://oasis-open.org/committees/process.shtml), and is appended to 
this message. The TC name, statement of purpose, scope, list of 
deliverables, audience, and language specified in the proposal will 
constitute the TC's charter. The TC Process allows these items to be 
clarified (revised); such clarifications (revisions), as well as 
submissions of technology for consideration by the TC and the beginning 
of technical discussions, may occur no sooner than the TC's first meeting.

As specified by the OASIS TC Process, the requirements for becoming a 
member of the TC at the first meeting are that you must 1) be an 
employee of an OASIS member organization or an Individual member of 
OASIS; 2) notify the TC chair of your intent to participate at least 15 
days prior to the first meeting; and 3) attend the first meeting of the 
TC. For OASIS members, to register for the TC using the OASIS 
collaborative tools, go to the TC's public web page at 
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/legalxml-sdhi and click on the 
button for "Join This TC" at the top of the page. You may add yourself 
to the roster of the TC either as a Prospective Member (if you intend to 
become a member of the TC) or an Observer. A notice will automatically 
be sent to the TC chair, which fulfills requirement #2 above.

OASIS members may also join the TC after the first meeting. Note that 
membership in OASIS TCs is by individual, and not by organization.

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-Karl

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Karl F. Best
Vice President, OASIS
office  +1 978.667.5115 x206     mobile +1 978.761.1648
karl.best@oasis-open.org      http://www.oasis-open.org




Name of the TC:

OASIS LegalXML Subscriber Data Handover Interface (SDHI) TC

Statement of Purpose:

During the course of law enforcement investigations or judicial 
proceedings, emergency situations, or other government mandated 
conditions, a critical need arises for information concerning 
subscribers to telephone, Internet or other communication services at a 
well-defined interface. Law enforcement authorities may also use 
collection and analysis systems that assist in understanding the 
relationships among parties in an investigation. To accomplish this 
task, these systems may generate requests for subscriber information and 
use the resulting data furnished by telecommunication or other service 
providers.

The OASIS LegalXML Subscriber Data Handover Interface (SDHI) Technical 
Committee, part of the OASIS LegalXML Member Section, will develop a 
specification for the production of a consistent Subscriber Data 
Handover Interface (SDHI), by telecommunication or Internet service 
providers, of XML structured information concerning a subscriber or 
communications identifier (e.g., a telephone number) in response to an 
XML structured request which includes, when necessary, authorization 
from a judicial, public safety, or law enforcement authority.

There are generally two request variations. The first is a request for 
basic information concerning a subscriber based on a name, number, or 
other identifier - for which no formal authorizing instrument is usually 
needed. The second is a request for expanded information pursuant to a 
subpoena or warrant or other lawful order, which may demand call detail 
or billing records, mobile user location information, communication or 
access logs, or other typically privileged information held by the 
service provider.

This specification will include required access to provider records 
pursuant to national Codes of Practice for data retention, emergency 
response, or investigatory requests, although in most cases, the 
information is kept by communication services providers as part of 
normal commercial business practice for accounting, billing, fraud 
prevention, and marketing purposes.  See, e.g., United Kingdom, 
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, 2000 chap. 23, part 1 
chapter II, and the disclosure of communications data (sections 21-25 
inclusive); and France, Loi no. 2003-239 du 18 mars 2003, Loi pour la 
securite interieure. Rapid and efficient access to retained data among 
many diverse providers is a major emerging need.  The specification is 
intended only to facilitate access and production of information that 
may already exist, and has no prescriptive implication or intent.

This process can be described as a simple “query > authorization > 
response action”

Scope:

The work of the SDHI TC will be limited to the following:

* SDHI Requirements Specification
* SDHI Request, Authorization and Response Schema

The identification or development of such additional schema as may be 
necessary to implement the SDHI Interface. These will include:

* XML mechanisms for the queries, including if necessary the “envelope” 
for the authentication and secure transfer of the information, to be 
imported from other TC work.  These capabilities could rely in part on 
the Legal XML Court Filing Blue Envelope specification.
* Localization. These Subscriber Data Handover Interface standards must 
include a localization mechanism to accommodate the diverse legal 
systems of country authorities and providers, as well as legacy 
transition schema such as PDF images and delimited field flat files
* Prioritizing requests
* Accounting and billing
* Accommodating number and identifier portability
* Adjustments or additions to the interface that may be necessary as a 
result of implementations, new communications technology, localization 
requirements

Any items not on the above lists or on the List of Deliverables will be 
considered out of scope for the TC. Also out of scope are the following:

* communications services provider subscriber management protocols
* collection system protocols
* transport protocols
* subscriber information data architectures
* specific handover requirements
* specific retention requirements
* real-time data handover requirements

List of Deliverables:

* SDHI Requirements Specification finalized; three months after first 
meeting.
* SDHI Request and Response schemas finalized; six months after first 
meeting
* Both of the above are intended to be submitted to OASIS for 
consideration as an OASIS Standard. Afterwards the TC will create 
materials or define activities related to the promotion and adoption of 
the above.
* Define requirements for additional deliverables or revisions to the 
SDHI request and response schemas to add to the TC charter; after 
approval of the OASIS Standard

Anticipated Audience:

The anticipated audience and users include law enforcement and public 
safety officials, judicial and administrative bodies, national 
regulatory agencies, communication service providers, lawful access 
service bureaus, and vendors of network equipment, subscriber accounting 
systems, and collection system analysis tools.

Language:

English.


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The following is informational only for the purposes of starting the TC, 
and will not be part of the TC's charter:

Similar Work:

* OASIS Customer Information Quality TC, XML Standards for "Global" 
Customer Information Management; 
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ciq (including the extensible Name 
and Address Language (xNAL); extensible Name Language (xNL); extensible 
Address Language (xAL); extensible Customer Information Language (xCIL); 
and extensible Customer Relationships Language (xCRL))
* OASIS Digital Signature TC; http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/dss, 
including the Digital Signature Service Core Protocols and Elements (DSS)
* OASIS LegalXML Integrated Justice TC; 
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/legalxml-intjustice
* OASIS e-Government TC; http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/egov
* OASIS Election Services TC; http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/election
* OASIS Emergency Management TC; 
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/emergency
* IETF Cross Registry Information Service Protocol (crisp) TC; 
http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/crisp-charter.html

List of Contributions:

The proposers anticipate that the following will be contributed to the 
TC at the first meeting: Requirements Specification, Subscriber Data 
Handover Interface (SDHI) Version 0.1.0, authored by Anthony M 
Rutkowski, Verisign; and Robin Gape, Btplc.

Date of first meeting:

15 April 2004
Time: 11:00 hrs ET; 16hrs GMT
Type of meeting: teleconference
Sponsor: BTplc

On-going Meeting Schedule:

Phone meetings at two week intervals following formation of the SDHI TC 
until cessation of its work.  Face-to-face meetings will be held quarterly

Ongoing meeting sponsor: BTplc (phone meetings); VeriSign and BTplc 
(face-to-face)

Proposers:

Anthony M Rutkowski, Verisign, trutkowski@verisign.com
Robin Gape, BTplc, robin.gape@bt.com
John M. Greacen Individual member, john@greacen.net

TC Convener

Anthony M Rutkowski

Proposed TC Co-chairs: Anthony M Rutkowski and Robin Gape





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