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Subject: ebXML Registry specifications submitted for OASIS Standard
OASIS members: The OASIS ebXML Registry TC has submitted the ebXML Registry Information Model (RIM) v3.0 and ebXML Registry Services and Protocols (RS) v3.0, approved Committee Drafts, to be considered as OASIS Standards. The earlier versions v2.0 of RIM and RS were approved as OASIS Standards in 2002. The TC's submission is attached below. In accordance with the OASIS Technical Committee Process, the specification has already gone through a 30 day public review period. (http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200502/msg00008.html) OASIS members now have until the 15th of April to familiarize themselves with the submission below. OASIS members should give their input on this question to the voting representative of their organization. By the 16th of the month we will send out a Call For Vote to the voting representatives of the OASIS member organizations, who will have until the end of the month to cast their ballots on whether this Committee Draft should be approved as an OASIS Standard. The normative TC Process for approval of Committee Drafts as OASIS Standards is found at http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#standard Any statements related to the IPR of this specification are posted at http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/regrep/ipr.php ~ James Bryce Clark ~ Director, Standards Development, OASIS ~ +1 978 667 5115 x 203 central offiice >Submission for OASIS Membership Vote: > >1. A formal specification that is a valid member of its type, together >with appropriate documentation for the specification, both of which must >be written using approved OASIS templates. > A zip file with both specifications and related files is publicly > available from >http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=12049 > >The zip file contains: >1. The OASIS ebXML Registry Information Model (RIM) specification, v3.0 as >"regrep-rim-3.0-cs-02.pdf". >2. The OASIS ebXML Registry Services and Protocols (RS) specification, >v3.0 as "regrep-rs-3.0-cs-02.pdf". >3. Supporting files and documentation including: > a. 10 WSDL description files > b. 21 XML scheme files > c. 5 XSD files > >The individual approved Committee Draft specifications in PDF format (same >as in zip files) are publicly available from the ebXML Registry TC site. > >OASIS ebXML Registry Services and Protocols version 3.0 Committee Draft: >http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/12060/regrep-rs-3.0-cd-02.pdf > >OASIS ebXML Registry Information Model version 3.0 Committee Draft: >http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/12061/regrep-rim-3.0-cd-02.pdf > >2. A clear English-language summary of the specification: > >The ebXML Registry provides a stable store where submitted content and the >metadata used to describe that content is managed and is made persistent. >Such information is used to facilitate business to business relationships >and transactions. In the business to business context, submitted content >includes but is not limited to XML schema and documents, process >descriptions, ebXML Core Components, context descriptions, UML models, >information about organizations, and software components. An ebXML >Registry is capable of storing any type of electronic content including >XML documents, text, images, or sound. >Metadata is used to describe the stored content and is defined in the >Registry Information Model (RIM). Submitted content may be stored in the >content repository provided by the ebXML Registry. The interface to the >Registry is defined in the Registry Services and Protocols (RS) document. >It provides a set of services that enable sharing of content and metadata >between organizations. The RS defines the services provided by an ebXML >Registry and the protocols used by clients to interact with these services. >The version 2.0 RIM and RS specifications were approved as OASIS Standards >in May 2002, and ISO approved them as ISO 15000 part 3 and part 4 >standards in March 2004. Version 3.0 of RIM and RS add considerable >functionality over version 2.0. New functionality available in version >3.0 include registry federation and federated queries, which enable >clients to discover information stored in any of >multiple federated registries through one search. To meet the needs for >security in a federated environment, version 3.0 utilizes the OASIS SAML >2.0 specifications for identity management, authentication and single sign >on across the members. The OASIS XACML 1.0 standard is leveraged to >provide access control policies and OASIS WSS SOAP Message Security 1.0 is >used to secure the registry's SOAP protocol using digital certificates. >Extensible service interfaces and protocols are defined in version 3.0 as >plugins to an ebXML Registry that provide content cataloging services and >content validation services. The version 3.0 also provides managed >version control through the registry. A new HTTP binding to the ebXML >Registry Services interfaces is defined using a REST style architecture. >This enables any content or meta data in the registry to be accessible >over an HTTP URL using a standard web browser. A Parameterized Stored >Query feature allows a complex query to be stored in the registry in >parameterized form. To invoke the query, the client provides some or all >of the query parameters, usually using a web form to fill in the >parameters and submit the query. Other query improvements include >iterative queries, content based queries, and improved filter query syntax. >In version 3.0 subscriptions may be created by the user for content-based >event notification of specific events of interest. Notification is sent to >a web service or an email address. Additional >new features include extensibility of registry protocol for defining new >types of requests and responses, incorporation of user defined domain >specific taxonomies, and the ability to group related content artifacts in >packages. > >3. a statement regarding the relationship of this specification to similar >work of other OASIS TCs or other standards developing organizations: > The OASIS ebXML Registry 3.0 specifications are aligned with a > variety of OASIS and other standards as described below. >* The OASIS Web Services Security: SOAP Message Security 1.0 >specification is used to provide Message Security for the Registry protocol. >* The OASIS Web Services Security: SOAP Message with Attachments >(SwA) Profile 1.0 specification is used to provide Message Security for >SOAP attachments within the Registry protocol. >* The OASIS XACML 1.0 specification is used to define the syntax for >registry Access Control Policies. >* The OASIS SAML 2.0 specifications are used to support Federated >Identity Management and Single Sign On within the registry. >* The registry conforms to the WS-I: Basic Profile 1.1 for SOAP and >WSDL conformance. >* The registry conforms to the WS-I: Attachments Profile 1.0 for >SOAP with Attachments conformance. >Limited similarities exist between the OASIS ebXML Registry 3.0 and OASIS >UDDI 3.0. Both specifications define a registry for web services and a >registry exposed as a web service. UDDI 3.0 specifies a registry only, >while ebXML Registry 3.0 specifies both a registry and a repository. No >explicit dependencies exist between those two OASIS specification efforts. > >4. Certification by at least three OASIS member organizations that they >are successfully using the specifications consistently with the OASIS IPR >Policy: > a. ebXMLsoft Inc. has been successfully using the ebXML Registry 3.0 > specifications consistently with the OASIS IPR Policy. ebXMLsoft > considers the ebXML Registry 3.0 specifications an important continuation > to delivering functionality necessary to further accommodate its ebXML > Federated Enterprise Reference Architecture (eFERA). See >http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/regrep/200502/msg00056.html > b. Sun Microsystems Inc. has been successfully using the ebXML > Registry 3.0 specifications as approved by the OASIS ebXML Registry > Technical Committee. Sun Microsystems Inc. considers that the ebXML > Registry 3.0 specifications are ready to be submitted and accepted as an > OASIS Standard in accordance with the OASIS IPR Policy. See > http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/regrep/200502/msg00054.html > c. Adobe Systems Incorporated has been successfully using the ebXML > Registry 3.0 specifications as approved by the OASIS ebXML Registry > Technical Committee. See >http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/regrep/200502/msg00059.html. > >5. An account of each of the comments/issues raised during the public >review period, along with its resolution: > Available from > http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/11865/regrep-3.0-comments.html > >6. An account of and results of the voting to approve the specification as >a Committee Draft: > Vote to affirm approval of the specifications as Committee Drafts > documented in the meeting minutes for March 15, 2005: >http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/regrep/minutes/minutes-03-15-05.pdf > >7. 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: > These specifications have not previously been submitted to OASIS for > approval as standards. > >8. A pointer to the publicly visible comments archive for the originating TC: > http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/regrep-comment/ > >9. 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: > I have provided all ebXML Registry TC members with the link to the > OASIS IPR Policy. See >http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/regrep/200503/msg00018.html > >10. Optionally, a pointer to any minority reports submitted by one or more >TC members who did not vote in favor of approving the Committee Draft, or >certification by the chair that no minority reports exist. > There are no minority reports submitted by any TC members related to > the ebXML Registry specs. Both the ebXML RS and the ebXML RIM > specifications were approved as Committee Drafts unanimously. > >Kathryn Breininger >OASIS ebXML Registry TC Chair
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