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Subject: OASIS News: 4 Feb 2008
OASIS News 4 Feb 2008 Welcome to OASIS News, a bi-weekly update of announcements, accomplishments, and activities for the international open standards consortium. Committee announcements: * XLIFF 1.2 becomes an OASIS Standard * OASIS issues Call for Participation in new BPEL4People TC * Solution Deployment Descriptor (SDD) public review begins * Production Planning and Scheduling (PPS) public review begins Other news: * TAB announces program for "Composability within SOA" symposium * IDtrust XML.org launches * LegalXML welcomes new leadership * OASIS CEO summarizes consortium accomplishments in 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------- XLIFF 1.2 becomes an OASIS Standard Members have approved version 1.2 of the XML Localisation Interchange File Format (XLIFF) as an OASIS Standard. XLIFF enables localizable data to be stored and carried from one step of the localization process to the other, while allowing interoperability between tools. Congratulations to XLIFF TC co-chairs, Bryan Schnabel and Tony Jewtushenko, and to all TC participants including the representatives of IBM, Lionbridge, Oracle, Red Hat, and SAP AG, for this accomplishment. http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200802/msg00000.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS issues Call for Participation in new BPEL4People TC Members of OASIS have formed a new TC to extend the WS-BPEL 2.0 OASIS Standard to enable human interactions. Proposers of the OASIS WS-BPEL Extension for People (BPEL4People) TC include representatives of four OASIS Foundational Sponsors--BEA, IBM, SAP, and Sun Microsystems--as well as Sponsor members, Active Endpoints, Adobe, Axway, Fujitsu, NIST, Oracle, Software AG, and others. The TC's first meeting will be a teleconference on 5 March. New participants are welcome. http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200802/msg00001.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Solution Deployment Descriptor (SDD) public review begins The OASIS SDD TC has approved SDD version 1.0 as a Committee Draft and submitted it for public review. The specification defines a standardized way to express software installation characteristics required for lifecycle management in a multi-platform environment. The review ends 18 March. http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200801/msg00005.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Planning and Scheduling (PPS) public review begins The OASIS PPS TC has approved a package containing three specifications as a Committee Draft and submitted it for public review. The package includes version 1.0 PPS Core Elements, Transaction Messages, and Profile Specifications. PPS defines common object models and schemas for collaborative planning and scheduling in manufacturing. The review ends 18 March. http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200801/msg00004.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- TAB announces program for "Composability within SOA" symposium The OASIS Technical Advisory Board announced the program for the consortium's annual symposium, Open Standards 2008, which will be held in Santa Clara, California, 28 April - 1 May. The event will explore the advantages of applying Service-Oriented Architecture techniques for assembling and tuning applications developed on different platforms and managed by different owners. Attendees will learn how others are addressing challenges and explore why open standards are critical to success. The event is supported by the OASIS Open CSA Member Section and the IDC analyst group; Sponsors include SAP, Primeton, Software AG, BEA, IBM, and Sun Microsystems. Early-bird registration discounts end 17 March. http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200801/msg00006.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- IDtrust XML.org launches The OASIS IDtrust Member Section introduces IDtrust XML.org, a community gathering place and information resource for identity and trusted infrastructure standards including the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Digital Signature Services (DSS) OASIS Standard, Enterprise Key Management Infrastructure (EKMI), Extensible Resource Identifier (XRI), and other related specifications. IDtrust XML.org is an open, vendor-neutral site, and the public is encouraged to contribute to its wiki, news links, events calendar, products directory, forums and blogs. For information on site sponsorship, contact communications@oasis-open.org. http://idtrust.xml.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- LegalXML welcomes new leadership Marc Aronson of the Pennsylvania Association of Notaries and James Harris of the U.S. National Center for State Courts have been elected to serve on the Steering Committee of the OASIS LegalXML Member Section. They join other Steering Committee members, Rolly Chambers, Mark Ladd, and Roger Winters. These individuals provide governance for LegalXML, which works to create standards for the electronic exchange of legal data. http://legalxml.org/governance/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS CEO summarizes consortium accomplishments in 2007 In a message to members, Patrick Gannon, president and CEO of OASIS, reflected on some of the consortium's accomplishments from last year. He noted that 16 OASIS Standards and 25 Committee Specifications were approved in 2007, and five new Member Sections and 13 new TCs were formed. Of the 64 TCs currently at work, 63 operate in one of the two Royalty-Free modes defined by the OASIS Intellectual Property Rights Policy. http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200802/msg00001.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Important dates 9 Feb: Public reviews for five SAML 2.0 specs end http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200712/msg00004.html 4-6 Mar: IDtrust co-sponsors symposium with NIST http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200711/msg00003.html 5 Mar: BPEL4People TC holds first meeting (teleconference) http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200802/msg00001.html 17 Mar: Early-bird discount for Open Standards 2008 SOA symposium ends http://events.oasis-open.org/home/symposium/2008/registration 18 Mar: Public review for Solution Deployment Descriptor (SDD) ends http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200801/msg00005.html Public review for Production Planning and Scheduling (PPS) ends http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200801/msg00004.html 28 Apr - 1 May: OASIS hosts 'Open Standards 2008: SOA Composability' symposium http://events.oasis-open.org/home/symposium/2008/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Correction: The 17 Jan 2008 issue of OASIS News incorrectly listed Axway, Fujitsu, NIST as co-proposers of the BPEL4People TC draft charter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS News is published in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian. 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