Minutes 4 January, 2024 XACML TC meeting - UPDATED

[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 TC approve the Chair requesting a Special Majority Ballot to make Related and Nested Entities Profile, Version 1.0 contained in:
|   https://docs.oasis-open.org/xacml/xacml-3.0-related-entities/v1.0/csd03/xacml-3.0-related-entities-v1.0-csd03.docx
|   a Committee Specification.
 Bill:
   I second.
 Hal:
|   Hearing no objections, the Chairs are directed to submit CSD03 to TC-Admin for a vote on it becoming a Committee Specification.
 
 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 TC approve the 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
|  a Committee Specification.
 Bill:
  I second.
 Hal:
|  Hearing no objections, the Chairs are directed to submit CSD01 to TC-Admin for a vote on it becoming a Committee Specification.

 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.