Minutes 4 January, 2024 XACML TC meeting

[William Parducci <bill@parducci.net>]

Time: 2:30 PM EDT
Tel: 267-807-9601

Minutes for 4 January 2024 TC Meeting

I. Roll Call & Minutes
Voting members
Hal Lockhart (Co-Chair)
Bill Parducci (Co-Chair)
Steven Legg
Cyril Dangerville

Voting Companies: 3 of 4 (75% - quorum)

Approve Minutes 9 November, 2023 TC Meeting
Vote: Approved unanimously.

Related and Nested Entities Profile, Version 1.0
 Public Review Closed 20 December, 2023
 Hal:
  No comments were received. The next step is to Request Chairs submit to
  TC Admin for Committee Specification consideration via public review and
  comment.
 Steven:
  I move that the Chairs submit Related and Nested Entities Profile, Version 1.0 
  posted at:
  https://docs.oasis-open.org/xacml/xacml-3.0-related-entities/v1.0/csd03/xacml-3.0-related-entities-v1.0-csd03.docx
  to TC-Admin for Public Review and Comment
 Bill:
  I second.
 Hal:
  Hearing no objections, the Chairs are directed to submit CSD03 to TC-Admin

XACML v3.0 Separation of Duties Profile, Version 1.0
 Public Review closed 4 January, 2024
 Hal:
  No comments were received. The next step is to Request Chairs submit to
  TC Admin for Committee Specification consideration via public review and
  comment.
 Steven:
  I move that the Chairs submit Separation of Duties, Version 1.0 posted at:
  https://docs.oasis-open.org/xacml/xacml-3.0-duties/v1.0/csd01/xacml-3.0-duties-v1.0-csd01.docx
  to TC-Admin for Public Review and Comment
 Bill:
  I second.
 Hal:
  Hearing no objections, the Chairs are directed to submit CSD01 to TC-Admin.

GitHub Communications
 Bill:
   I am working with TC Admin to make the TC list an Observer on the TCâs
   github repos so that we have a single place to capture our process and
   decisions.

 Open Policy Agent doc - Comparison to XACML
  Cyril reviewed the changes that he submitted to correct and clarify the
  references to XACML on the Open Policy site.

 XACML TC web page
  Bill:
   I will be updating the TC web page once TC Admin has updated the backend
   systems to refresh the XACML page. Iâll reach out for input when that
   process begins.
 
 New Oasis Backend Systems
  Hal:
   TC Admin has said that the process continues and will be delivered a bit
   later than originally scheduled.

III. Issues
 XACML versioning
 Hal:
  Is the TC considering working on a backward compatible version of the Core 
  Specification (v3.1) as well as a version that introduces non-backward compatible 
  features.

 Steven:
  The issue with pursuing a v3.1 would require dragging along features that are being 
  replaced in the v3.1 enhancement. 

 There is general consensus that the TC consider what would be in v3.1 vs v4.0 to determine 
 which path makes the most sense to pursue from the perspective of increased value.

 Open Issues
 The TC reviewed and discussed the open issues in GitHub, including the use case for 
 justifying the proposed changes to variable definitions.

 Cyril also reviewed which issues would be suited for v3.1 and/or 4.0

 The TC will begin developing a list of features for each approach to begin determining the
 scope of each effort.

 There is general consensus that JSON should be playing a larger role within the specification.

 There is also general consensus that the existing TC wiki page should be migrated into gitHub.

Meeting adjourned.

Next meeting: 29 February, 2024. Same time.