Formal submission from WSS TC for OASIS final standardization process

[Kelvin Lawrence <klawrenc@us.ibm.com>]

Dear Karl,  here is the final version
of the formal submission paperwork for the SAML and REL Token Profiles
from the WSS TC. We hope  everything below meets with your approval.
Please let us know if there is anything else that we need to provide. Please
let us know what numbers you assign to the documents so that we may rename
the files in accordance with OASIS naming guidelines. Thanks.

Respectfully submitted by
Kelvin Lawrence & Chris Kaler
WSS TC Co-Chairs
October 14th 2004

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; 

The documents being submitted
are in the document repository as follows:

SAML Token profile: [1]
REL Token profile: [2]

[1] http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/9347/wss-saml-token-profile-1.0-cd-03.pdf
[2] http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/9381/oasis-____-wss-REL-token-profile-1.0-draft09-cd.pdf

2.        A
clear English-language summary of the specification; 
The two documents are token profiles of WS-Security that show how to use
the core WS-Security 2004 specification in conjunction with SAML and rights
expression languages (REL).

3.        A
statement regarding the relationship of this specification to similar work
of other OASIS TCs or other standards developing organizations; 
These documents are further profiles of WS-Security. They relate to the
work of the WSS TC and also to the work of the SSTC (for SAML).

4.        Certification
by at least three OASIS member organizations that they are successfully
using the specification consistently with the OASIS IPR Policy; 

For the SAML Token Profile
1.  Westbridge Technology http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/wss/200410/msg00016.html
2. Sun Microsystems http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/wss/200410/msg00015.html
3. Oracle http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/wss/200410/msg00017.html
4. BEA http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/wss/200410/msg00023.html
5. Microsoft: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/wss/200410/msg00026.html

For the REL Token Profile
1. ContentGuard http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/wss/200410/msg00021.html
2. IBM http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/wss/200410/msg00022.html
3. Microsoft: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/wss/200410/msg00025.html

5.        An
account of each of the comments/issues raised during the public review
period, along with its resolution; 
No substantive comments were received during the public review period.
Therefore, no actions were necessary

6.        An
account of and results of the voting to approve the approve the specification
as a Committee Draft; 
The voting took place at the WSS TC telecon on 21st September 2004. The
vote was unanimous.
The minutes for that meeting are located at the URL below
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/wss/200409/msg00081.html

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; 
This is the first attempt to standardize these documents

8.        A
pointer to the publicly visible comments archive for the originating TC;
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/wss-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; and 
Members have been provided with a pointer to the policy on multiple occaisions.
A reminder e-mail was sent on 11-Oct 2004

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. 
No minority reports have been received. None are expected.



Cheers
Kelvin