Boston, MA, USA; 5 September 2002 — ebXML Messaging Service Specification version 2.0 has become the newest OASIS Standard, successfully completing a recent election by the consortium’s membership at-large. The ebXML Messaging Service standard, which provides a secure method for exchanging electronic business transactions using the Internet, carries forward work initiated by OASIS and the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT). “We applaud the outstanding efforts of the members of the OASIS ebXML Messaging Service Technical Committee in collaborating on this important standard for electronic business,” said Patrick Gannon, president and CEO of OASIS. “Its overwhelming approval is a testament to the OASIS technical process, which fosters open development of standards at a pace that meets the needs of industry.” To attain status as an OASIS Standard, ebXML Messaging Service v2 was first approved by its development team as an OASIS Committee Specification. After being implemented by a minimum of three organizations, it then underwent a 90-day open review, before the final balloting of OASIS members. “OASIS members enhanced the ebXML Messaging specification by simplifying, clarifying and modularizing the functionality for easier implementation,” said Ian Jones, chair of the OASIS ebXML Messaging Services Technical Committee. “We look forward to continuing to build on this solid foundation and invite others to join us and put forth requests for future enhancements. We will be working closely with related groups at OASIS and W3C to ensure a synergy of our collective efforts.” ebXML Messaging is one of a suite of specifications that enables enterprises of any size and in any geographical location to conduct business over the Internet. ebXML Messaging Service v2 joins two other ebXML specifications that were recently approved as OASIS Standards, ebXML Registry Service (RS) v2 and ebXML Registry Information Model (RIM) v2. The ebXML Collaboration Protocol Profile and Agreement (CPPA) has completed the first-level of OASIS approval process as an OASIS Committee Specification. Development of ebXML specifications for Business Process and Core Component work continue with the UN/CEFACT process. ebXML Messaging Service v2 was developed by Commerce One, Cyclone Commerce, eXcelon, Fujitsu, GE Global Exchange, IBM, Intel, Mercator, SAP, SeeBeyond, Sonic Software, Sterling Commerce, Sun Microsystems, Sybase, webMethods, and other OASIS Contributor and Individual members. Industry Support for OASIS Standard: ebXML Messaging “As an active member of the OASIS ebXML Messaging Service Technical Committee, Fujitsu is very pleased that the ebXML Messaging Service V2.0 was approved as an OASIS Standard,” said Masahiko Fujita, Group Senior Vice President, Software Group, Fujitsu Limited. “Fujitsu has been a leading contributor to the ebXML Message Service specification, in particular by submitting reliable messaging functions. Interstage, Fujitsu’s eBusiness infrastructure software product, supports the ebXML Message Service. We believe that the standardization of an open and reliable messaging specification is a major step toward achieving large scale interoperability among eBusiness systems on the Internet.” “The integration of business processes and technology systems with customers, channels and suppliers is essential for helping companies reap the rewards of Collaborative Commerce,” said Chris Casgar, Senior Architect at NerveWire, Inc. “Now that the ebXML messaging service has evolved into a second generation standard, we will recommend it to our Fortune 500 high tech and financial services clients as an attractive option for driving standards into their external trading partner integration infrastructure. This will help them reduce their total cost of ownership of integration infrastructure, as well as provide high quality of service capabilities necessary for effective B2B integration and overcoming some shortcomings associated with current Web Services standards.” “SAA is a member of leading e-Business and XML associations, ensuring that organizations can benefit from the latest initiatives and ratified standards. Our expertise and experience in application integration and B2B data exchange has enabled the development of the REIMS product range. REIMS has extensive support for ebXML and other XML frameworks to facilitate the exchange of transactions within a community of business partners,” said Alex Lochhead, Managing Director of SAA Consultants. “It is our goal to deliver true business interoperability and support e-business initiatives through our REIMS solutions and our involvement with OASIS and ebXML.” “The ebMS 2.0 specification extends the current state of the art in secure and reliable Internet data exchange for collaborative B2B electronic commerce, most notably EDI over the Internet and business quality Web services. With attention to B2B security, reliability and extensibility, it effectively bridges legacy EDI with emerging Web services-based infrastructure, technologies, interaction patterns and XML documents — which is relevant and attractive for next generation B2B. This second release demonstrates an industry and vendor commitment to drive the standard forward,” said Brian Gibb, Vice Chair of the OASIS ebXML Messaging Services TC and Director, Standards and Applied Technology for Sterling Commerce. “The current ebMS 2.0 implementation in our Sterling Integrator product is a first step in a long-term commitment to support and drive ebXML framework adoption among the Sterling Commerce customer base.” “ebXML messaging is designed to meet the practical requirements of electronic commerce in a way that fits existing legal and commercial frameworks” said Ed Julson, Sun’s Group Marketing Mgr, XML & Web Services. “ebXML messaging is destined to play an important role in the transition of large-scale electronic commerce from private networks to the Internet. Sun has supported and contributed to the ebXML effort from day one, and believes ebXML is a key component in providing open, royalty-free standards for the development of global commerce.” “Sybase is pleased to see approval of version 2.0 of the ebXML Messaging Service Specification, and is proud to say that we have incorporated full support for ebXML Messaging 2.0 in our Web Services Integrator product, further augmenting our comprehensive, end-to-end ebXML solution,” said Billy Ho, Senior VP and General Manager, e-Business Division of Sybase. “As one of four vendors to pass the Drummond interoperability testing earlier this year, we have demonstrated our commitment to delivering open, standards based, vendor interoperable e-Business solutions. ebXML Messaging 2.0 is a standard that can help the industry get one step closer to achieving this on a larger scale.” “TIBCO Software is committed to driving and supporting industry standards,” said Ramin Sayar, director of products and solutions at TIBCO Software. “TIBCO is proud to be among the companies helping to advance the ebXML Messaging Service Specification v2.0 to various customers and industries. ebXML is the first comprehensive integration standard with a framework that provides companies a defined way to develop and deploy secure and reliable Web services.” “XML Global believes that ebXML Messaging is a key milestone for ensuring a secure, reliable and open e-Business infrastructure and we are committed to continuing our work in this critical area,” said Matthew MacKenzie, Chief Software Architect for XML Global Technologies, Inc. About OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web services, XML conformance, business transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces. OASIS has more than 500 corporate and individual members in 100 countries around the world. For more information: Carol Geyer OASIS Director of Communications carol.geyer@oasis-open.org +1.978.667.5115 x209

Boston, MA, USA; 29 August 2002 — Boston, MA, USA; 29 August 2002 — Data standards organizations representing health care, banking, prescription eyewear, and supply chain management have become the latest industry groups to appoint representatives to the OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) Technical Committee. HL7, SWIFT, VCA, and e.centre join liaisons from a broad group of industry standards organizations in the subcommittee that provides guidance to UBL, the initiative to define standard XML business forms for electronic commerce. “HL7 is not looking to UBL to replace our already existing XML schemas for medical records,” said Wes Rishel, chair of HL7. “But health care companies such as hospitals and clinics are major consumers of supplies from a wide variety of vendors. Using the UBL supply chain documents for these ordinary procurement transactions makes practical sense — we can concentrate on the data standards that require our knowledge of health care without reinventing basic business schemas for supply chain management.” “One of the great challenges SWIFT is actively involved in, as a standardisation body, is the convergence of the different XML standardisation initiatives within the finance industry, and the further alignment across industries,” said Jean-Marie Eloy, Head of Standards for SWIFT. “We see UBL as a great opportunity to assist us in ensuring that this convergence will actually happen.” “Prescription eyewear is produced and distributed by a highly specialized web of businesses” said Bill Thomas, CEO of VCA. “Each pair of eyeglasses must be custom made to exacting standards to meet the wide range of prescriptions and the many product options. Prescription eyewear is a regulated medical device and is often covered by health insurance plans. All of this results in a vast quantity of very detailed and often vision-specific business transactions. We believe that UBL can help us improve the industry’s efficiency in handling these transactions.” “e.centre, on behalf of EAN.UCC, welcomes the opportunity to work with UBL and hopes that this effort will further the cause of convergent XML data transfer standards based upon the principles of ebXML,” said James Whittle, Consulting Services Executive for e.centre. “As EAN.UCC move to implement ebXML based solutions, it is vital, on behalf of our one million users worldwide, that we promote a spirit of co-operation and openness to facilitate effective and efficient standards development.” Organizations that have already appointed liaisons to UBL include: ACORD, representing the insurance industry; ARTS, representing retail sales; ASC X12 and the UN/EDIFACT Working Group, representing U.S. and international EDI standards; EIDX, representing the electronics industry; NACS, representing convenience stores; RosettaNet, the information technology consortium; and XBRL, the accounting industry standards organization. UBL liaisons provide input to UBL and coordinate the review of standard XML business schemas as they become publicly available. Information about the UBL Liaison Subcommittee and its members can be found on the LSC web page at http://oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/lsc/. “Input from industry data exchange organizations ensures that UBL reflects the needs of the marketplace,” said Jon Bosak of Sun Microsystems, chair of the OASIS UBL Technical Committee and organizer of the working group that created XML. “Our goal of defining a common XML library for basic business documents like purchase orders, invoices, and shipping notices crosses all industries. Contributing to the development of our library of UBL schemas allows industry groups to pool their resources in the design of common business documents and to focus their special expertise on the development of XML schemas for the documents that are specific to their own domain.” About UBL (http://www.swift.com/) SWIFT is the industry-owned cooperative supplying secure messaging services and interface software to 7,000 financial institutions in 197 countries. SWIFT carried over 1.5 billion messages in 2001. The average daily value of payment messages on SWIFT is estimated to be above USD 6 trillion. SWIFT provides messaging services to banks, broker/dealers and investment managers, as well as to market infrastructures in payments, treasury, securities and trade. These services help customers reduce costs, improve automation and manage risk. SWIFT is also leading convergence initiatives in the finance industry, collaborating with over 30 different organisations involved in financial standards. About VCA (http://www.visionsite.org) Vision Council of America is the U.S. prescription eyewear trade association representing 2,000 supplier companies and 80 leading manufacturers. VCA member companies do business in more than 40 countries around the world. The U.S. eyewear industry, with over 30,000 stores across the country, posted sales of $15 billion for 2001. About e.centre (http://www.e-centre.org.uk) e.centre is an independent, not-for-profit association providing guidance and support for its 16,000+ members on supply chain efficiency through the use of the EAN.UCC System for bar coding and business-to-business communications such as EDI (electronic data interchange). e.centre is the UK authority for the EAN.UCC System, which is used in 129 countries worldwide and forms the basis of interoperable solutions such as asset tracking, traceability and collaborative planning. About OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web services, XML conformance, business transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces. OASIS has more than 500 corporate and individual members in 100 countries around the world. For more information: Carol Geyer Director of Communications OASIS carol.geyer@oasis-open.org +1.978.667.5115 x209

Boston, MA, USA; 28 August 2002 — The OASIS standards consortium has organized a new technical committee to advance the Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) specification for Web services. UDDI enables companies and applications to dynamically find and use Web services using preferred applications. The OASIS UDDI Specification Technical Committee is the first committee created within the OASIS UDDI Member Section, a group formed as a result of the recent UDDI.org transition to OASIS. Simon Yates, Director of Web Services Research for the Hurwitz Group commented, “The formation of the OASIS UDDI technical committee ensures that vendors and users alike will benefit from a consistent and unified approach to the development and implementation of UDDI. Under the umbrella of OASIS, UDDI and other foundation web service standards like WS-Security and ebXML are assured of an independent and reliable treatment.” “UDDI provides a foundation for the infrastructure needed to drive the success of Web services,” said Tom Bellwood of IBM, co-chair of the OASIS UDDI Specification Technical Committee. “We are excited to begin work on standardizing the UDDI specification at OASIS, as well as developing and organizing the best practices that relate to its use.” Members of the OASIS UDDI Specification Technical Committee include BEA Systems, Cincom, Computer Associates, E2open, Entrust, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, IONA, Microsoft, MSI Business Solutions, NerveWire, Novell, Oracle, Perficient, SAP, SeeBeyond, Sun Microsystems, TIBCO, Verisign, webMethods, XML Global, and others. “Advancing UDDI within OASIS will help accelerate adoption and benefit the entire industry,” added Luc Clement of Microsoft, also serving as co-chair of the OASIS UDDI Specification Technical Committee. “Interest from OASIS member organizations in moving UDDI forward is high, and we look forward to input from a wide variety of companies.” UDDI joins several Web services standards currently being developed within OASIS. Other specifications include ebXML for electronic business commerce, WS-Security for secure Web services, WSIA for interactive Web applications, WSRP for remote portals, and others. Participation in the OASIS UDDI Specification Technical Committee remains open to all organizations and individuals. OASIS will host an open mail list for public comment, and completed work will be freely available to the public without licensing or other fees. Information on joining OASIS can be found on http://www.oasis-open.org/join. Industry Support for UDDI at OASIS “BEA has been a strong supporter of open standards since our founding, and we are pleased that the work of the UDDI consortium is continuing within OASIS,” said Ed Cobb, VP of Architecture and Standards, BEA Systems, and member of the OASIS Board of Directors. “BEA believes that the benefits of open standards will further the widespread acceptance of Web services.” “UDDI is a critical standard for ensuring the easy accessibility and full interoperability of Web Services inside and outside of the enterprise,” said Toby Weiss, senior vice president of eTrust Development at Computer Associates. “As the provider of a secure and scalable UDDI compliant eTrust Directory to enterprises around the globe, CA is excited to participate in the OASIS UDDI Specification Technical Committee to refine and guide this standard forward.” “We believe security for Web services will provide dramatic benefits for governments and enterprises extending their business processes over the Internet,” said Al DeLorenzi, vice-president, New Product Portfolio, Entrust, Inc. “Fully unlocking the power of the Web to enable new business models will require mechanisms to establish trust within the Web services context. UDDI within OASIS, is an important initiative indefining a solution and we intend to continue to support its efforts.” “Intel sees UDDI as a key piece in enabling Web services, and we are committed to help ensure the evolution of UDDI as a key standard,” said Sandip Mandera, Intel Staff Technical Marketing Engineer. “Bringing UDDI under the OASIS umbrella is a natural fit,” says Andy Sweet, CTO at Perficient. “With the improved security, subscription capability, and Web Services Description Language (WSDL) support in Version 3 of UDDI, it is now critical to focus on the widespread adoption of this core component of Web services. Perficient looks forward to contributing to this important effort.” “OASIS is the right body to promote UDDI because of its continuously growing confidence and strong membership from various industry sectors such as vendors, solution providers, end-users, individuals, and research groups,” said Ram Kumar, Chief Technologist and Architect of MSI Business Solutions. “As the chair of the OASIS CIQ Technical Committee and with my experience working with OASIS for the past three years, I am confident that UDDI will evolve into a true open standard and will become successful because of the sound open technical process of OASIS. By overseeing UDDI, along with other Web services standards, OASIS is now the central body for Web services standards, and this is great news.” “The standardization of UDDI will be one of the most important steps to reaching the Web services world we all envision, where businesses collaborate dynamically over the Internet and enterprise systems seamlessly integrate,” said Winston Bumpus, director of standards for Novell. “Novell has always been outspoken about the need to develop industry protocols within the forum of an open standards body; so we were extremely supportive of the decision to move the UDDI specification to OASIS. Now, as a member of the OASIS UDDI Specification Technical Committee, Novell will add a unique perspective to the development and adoption of UDDI. A UDDI registry is simply a directory of Web services, and no one understands directories better than Novell, having spent more than a decade developing and deploying them.” “Today’s collaborative processes build on reliable and seamless publication and discovery of Web services. UDDI provides necessary building blocks to deploy Web services in a standardized manner,” said Franz-Josef Fritz, VP of Technology Product Management and Architecture, SAP AG. “To facilitate rapid adoption at the business side, SAP will continue to contribute its customers’ requirements and long standing industry experience to further drive and enhance UDDI as an OASIS standard. ” “TIBCO is proud to lend its expertise and experience to the UDDI Specification Technical Committee’s goal of refining and changing specifications for Web services,” said Ramin Sayar, director of products and solutions at TIBCO Software. “Searching, aggregating, and managing Web services will become critical as these services are deployed. UDDI is well positioned to address these vital issues.” About OASIS OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) is a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web services, XML conformance, business transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces. OASIS has more than 500 corporate and individual members in 100 countries around the world. For more information: Carol Geyer Director of Communications OASIS carol.geyer@oasis-open.org +1.978.667.5115 x209

Boston, MA, USA; 22 August 2002 — OASIS, the XML interoperability consortium, today announced the election of four members to its Board of Directors. Edward Cobb of BEA Systems, Colin Evans of Intel, Patrick Gannon of OASIS, and Laura Walker of the Federal Reserve System were selected by the OASIS membership to provide business leadership to advance OASIS as a major standards-setting body for Web services, e-business security and other applications. The consortium also announced the formation of the OASIS Technical Advisory Board, a group of appointed and elected industry experts who provide guidance on issues related to strategy, process, interoperability, and scope of OASIS technical work. “OASIS is providing a growing, flexible, destination for industry technology cooperation,” said Colin Evans, Director of Distributed Systems in Intel Research and Development and Chairman of the OASIS Board of Directors. “I am delighted to see such a strong set of industry experts on both the Board of Directors and the Technical Advisory Board who can continue to extend OASIS leadership.” Cobb, Evans, Gannon, and Walker join current OASIS Board members, Jim Hughes of Hewlett-Packard, Christopher Kurt of Microsoft, Simon Nicholson of Sun Microsystems, and Michael Weiner of IBM. Each director serves two-year terms. On behalf of the OASIS membership, Patrick Gannon, president and CEO of OASIS, expressed thanks to Una Kearns of Documentum and Norbert H. Mikula of Intel for their service on the OASIS Board of Directors as their terms conclude. OASIS Technical Advisory Board The new OASIS Technical Advisory Board was formed to identify opportunities and areas for standardization within OASIS that will be beneficial for the entire community. Members include Derek Coleman of HP, Angel Diaz of IBM, Chet Ensign of Lexis/Nexis, Eduardo Gutentag of Sun Microsystems, Jackson He of Intel, Sanjay Patil of IONA, Krishna Sankar of Cisco, and Heinz Ulrich Roggenkemper of SAP. Christopher Kurt of Microsoft and Karl Best of OASIS will also serve, representing the OASIS Board of Directors and staff, respectively. “OASIS remains committed to its membership-driven Technical Committee process, and our group will act as its steward,” said Eduardo Gutentag of Sun Microsystems, who serves as chair of the OASIS Technical Advisory Board. “We will advise the Board of Directors on the OASIS technical agenda and on interoperability and alignment issues, and encourage the formation of joint committees to address those issues. We will seek convergence and the elimination of barriers to interoperablity, and help coordinate OASIS work with that of other standards-setting bodies.” About OASIS OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide standards for Web services, security, business transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces. OASIS has more than 500 corporate and individual members in 100 countries around the world. For more information see http://www.oasis-open.org. Press contact: Carol Geyer Director of Communications OASIS carol.geyer@oasis-open.org +1 978.667.5115 x209

Boston, MA, USA; 7 August 2002 — The OASIS standards organization and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) will cosponsor the Forum on Security Standards for Web Services on 26 August 2002, as part of the XML Web Services One conference in Boston. The program will provide an overview of the Web services security work currently being accomplished at W3C, OASIS, and other standards groups. “For years, W3C has been at work on the foundation technologies for the Web, and the subset now labeled ‘Web Services,'” explained Daniel J. Weitzner, W3C’s Technology and Society Domain Leader. “Now as people are looking at the upper layers, we want to make sure these pieces work together as smoothly. This Forum provides an excellent opportunity for groups like OASIS and W3C to show users what’s out there, and listen to end user and expert perspectives.” The Forum on Security Standards for Web Services will explore the status and relationship of key specifications including XML Signature (XML-SIG), XML Key Management Specification (XKMS), XML Encryption (Xenc), the developing model for Web Services Architecture and the security segment from W3C, as well as the Security Authorization Markup Language (SAML), WS-Security, and standards for access control, provisioning, biometrics and digital rights from OASIS. “People are very much aware that security standards are critical for Web services, but there are a lot of questions about who is doing what and how the pieces fit together,” commented Karl Best, director of technical operations for OASIS. “W3C and OASIS are coming together to host this forum in order to give the community a better understanding of the relationship between security standards and shed light on connects, disconnects, overlaps, and gaps.” The Forum will feature speakers from providers and users of Web services security standards including Boeing, Lexis/Nexis, Sun Microsystems, Verisign, and the US Federal Government. In addition to representatives from W3C and OASIS, experts from other security efforts including Liberty Alliance will also be participating. Additional details and registration information can be found at http://www.xmlconference.com/boston/key.asp. About W3C The W3C was created to lead the Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability. It is an international industry consortium jointly run by the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science (MIT LCS) in the USA, the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA) in France and Keio University in Japan. Services provided by the Consortium include: a repository of information about the World Wide Web for developers and users, and various prototype and sample applications to demonstrate use of new technology. To date, nearly 500 organizations are Members of the Consortium. For more information see http://www.w3.org/. About OASIS OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web services, XML conformance, business transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces. For more information see http://www.oasis-open.org. Press contacts: Carol Geyer, Director of Communications OASIS voice: +1.978.667.5115 x209 fax: +1 978 667 5114 www.oasis-open.org carol.geyer@oasis-open.org Janet Daly, Head of Communications World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) voice: +1.617.253.5884 fax: +1.617.258.5999 http://www.w3.org/ janet@w3.org

Boston, MA, USA; 5 August 2002 — NACS, an international trade association representing the convenience store and petroleum marketing industry, has become the latest industry group to appoint a representative to the OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) Technical Committee. NACS joins liaisons from a broad group of industry standards organizations in the subcommittee that provides guidance to UBL, the initiative to define standard XML business forms for electronic commerce. NACS (http://www.cstorecentral.com/) is an international trade association representing 2,300 retail and 1,700 supplier company members. NACS member companies do business in nearly 40 countries around the world, with the majority of members based in the United States. The U.S. convenience store industry, with over 124,500 stores across the country, posted $283 billion in total sales for 2001, with $171 billion in motor fuel sales. “The typical convenience store conducts more than a thousand customer interactions a day and must deal with a wide range of suppliers,” said John Hervey, CTO of NACS. “Convenience stores are not only points of sale for many perishable and packaged goods but are also major retail outlets for gasoline and other petroleum products. We’re looking to UBL to provide a uniform set of standards for transactions across the whole range of convenience store suppliers.” Other organizations with liaisons to UBL include: ACORD, representing the insurance industry; ARTS, representing retail sales; ASC X12 and the UN/EDIFACT Working Group, representing U.S. and international EDI standards; EIDX, representing the electronics industry; RosettaNet, the information technology consortium; and XBRL, the accounting industry standards organization. UBL liaisons provide input to UBL and coordinate the review of standard XML business schemas as they become publicly available. See http://oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/lsc/ for details. “Input from industry data exchange organizations ensures that UBL reflects the needs of the marketplace,” said Jon Bosak of Sun Microsystems, chair of the OASIS UBL Technical Committee and organizer of the working group that created XML. “Our goal of defining a common XML library for basic business documents like purchase orders, invoices, and shipping notices crosses all industries. Contributing to the development of our library of UBL schemas allows industry groups to pool their resources in the design of common business documents and to focus their special expertise on the development of XML schemas for the documents that are specific to their own domain.” About UBL (http://oasis-open.org/committees/ubl) The OASIS UBL (Universal Business Language) Technical Committee defines a common XML library for basic business documents like purchase orders, invoices, and shipping notices. UBL provides a standard set of XML building blocks together with a framework that will enable trading partners to unambiguously identify and exchange basic e-commerce documents in specific business contexts. The OASIS UBL effort builds on the Electronic Business XML (ebXML) infrastructure developed by OASIS and the United Nations. The ebXML specifications provide for XML registry services, reliable XML messaging, standardized trading partner agreements, a standard data dictionary, and a business context methodology. However, UBL documents are usable in a wide variety of other ecommerce frameworks as well. UBL unites and harmonizes a number of currently existing XML and EDI business libraries into a set of internationally recognized de jure standards. Designed to solve major interoperability problems for both vendors and users, UBL will speed the entry of small and medium-size businesses into the electronic marketplace. UBL is freely available to everyone without legal encumbrance or licensing fees. About OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org): OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web services, XML conformance, business transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces. For more information: Carol Geyer Director of Communications OASIS www.oasis-open.org carol.geyer@oasis-open.org +1.978.667.5115 x209

Santa Clara, California, USA. July 30, 2002. The Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) project, whose specification provides one of the building blocks for Web services applications and services, and OASIS, an industry standards body, have announced that OASIS will serve as the steward for the UDDI project and activities and will continue development of the UDDI technical work. This transition delivers on the goals laid out in the UDDI project’s original charter. OASIS, a global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards, will manage the future development of the UDDI specification and related activities. Existing business registries will continue to be made available by registry operators. Under OASIS, the UDDI specification will continue to advance as a standard, and interested companies can continue to incorporate the specification into future business and software plans. UDDI also will benefit from additional expertise in shaping, developing and coordinating the fundamentals for open standards based business interoperability. Along with the transition, UDDI.org also announced today the release of the version 3 specification. The new specification will be the basis for future development under OASIS. “Version 3 provides the opportunity to make and mold UDDI registries for different purposes in different contexts, while maintaining a standard interoperable foundation,” said Chris Kurt, General Program Manager, UDDI.org. “Additional features and enhancements such as those in the areas of security and internationalization are now included per requirements of implementers and end users, including the entire UDDI community.” The new version 3 specification offers a strong foundation for a diverse set of Web services architectures and delivers key enhancements, including: * Increased security features: Support for XML-based digital signatures, and XML-based policies are now managed in UDDI operations. * Improved Web Services Description Language (WSDL) support: Changes were made in the UDDI schema so WSDL-based web services can be found and run more easily. * Multi-registry topologies: Provides the ability to take web services registrations from a local registry and promote them to a private or public registry. * New subscription API and core information model advances: Allows UDDI users to receive proactive noticifations on services and changes to the UDDI registry. For more information, see the UDDI Version 3.0 Features List at: http://uddi.org/pubs/uddi_v3_features.htm. “Delivering version 3 of the UDDI specification marks the culmination of two years worth of work by hundreds of companies,” said Chris Kurt. “It’s time for UDDI to take the next step toward standardization, and the transition to OASIS is happening as new features and enhancements appear that better meet the requirements of implementers and end users.” “OASIS has a nine-year track record of developing standards for the Web and facilitating their adoption in the business community. We welcome members of the UDDI community to OASIS and look forward to advancing the specification as one of the key standards in the Web services arena,” said Patrick Gannon, president and CEO of OASIS. About UDDI.Org The UDDI Community is comprised of more than 300 business and technology leaders working together to enable companies and applications to quickly, easily, and dynamically find, and use Web services. As a cornerstone of the emerging Web services architecture, UDDI will benefit businesses of all sizes by creating an open platform-independent specification. As a part of the UDDI project, a UDDI Business Registry has been established to allow businesses to publish and discover Web services. More information about the UDDI project can be obtained at www.uddi.org About OASIS OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) is a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web services, XML conformance, business transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces. For more information: Carol Geyer Director of Communications OASIS Email: carol.geyer@oasis-open.org Voice: +1.978.667.5115 x209

Geneva, Switzerland and Boston, MA, USA; 24 July 2002 — ebXML sponsors, UN/CEFACT and OASIS, announced that Arijit Sengupta of Oracle and Bill Burcham of Sterling Commerce have joined the ebXML Joint Coordination Committee (JCC), the management body responsible for overall supervision of ebXML development, adoption and implementation. While ebXML specifications are advanced by specific OASIS technical committees and UN/CEFACT project teams, both standards organizations remain committed to jointly managing ebXML strategic vision, technical architecture, and education. Members of the ebXML JCC offer a balanced perspective, representing major Web services vendors, standards bodies, and government agencies. The committee is made up of five representatives from each of the sponsoring organizations. OASIS representatives include Arijit Sengupta of Oracle, Bill Burcham of Sterling Commerce, Simon Nicholson of Sun Microsystems, and Karl Best and Patrick Gannon of OASIS. Serving on behalf of UN/CEFACT are Klaus-Dieter Naujok of UN/CEFACT ebTWG and TWMG working groups, James Bryce Clark of McLure-Moynihan, Duane Nickull of XML Global, Ray Walker of the United Kingdom’s Department of Trade and Industry, and Brian Hayes of Collaborative Domain. “The ebXML framework–available today and supported by a growing list of software vendors–provides companies with a standard way to develop and deploy secure, reliable business-centric Web services,” said Simon Nicholson of Sun Microsystems, who currently serves as chair of the ebXML JCC. “We’re pleased to welcome Oracle and Sterling Commerce to the JCC and look forward to their input and continued support of ebXML development and adoption.” The ebXML JCC hosts joint meetings, where OASIS technical committees and UN/CEFACT project teams interface on related issues. The JCC also sponsors educational events, such as the recent ‘Implementing ebXML’ day at XML Europe 2002 in Barcelona. In Support of the ebXML JCC Brian Gibb, Director of Standards & Applied Technology said, “Sterling Commerce has advocated ebXML from its inception. We believe that ebXML is the most viable, comprehensive B2B framework available today. It has progressed past market awareness and vendor product implementation into industry adoption and deployment. It is now imperative that we coordinate the ongoing work of the ebXML project teams to maintain synergy across the overall initiative as customers begin to implement ebXML solutions. The ebXML JCC fulfills this critical mission, so naturally Sterling Comerce is pleased at Bill’s appointment to the committee. As an ebXML vendor, we view this as an important progression of our ongoing contribution. ebXML is vital to our customers because it is the only e-business standard that provides a smooth transition path from the strength of EDI to business-centric Web services and beyond.” “The business community’s growing support for ebXML is reflected in the commitment of notable organizations to ebXML and the ebXML JCC,” said Brian Hayes of Collaborative Domain. “ebXML provides the opportunity to give business a voice in technology and to communicate business objectives in technical collaborations.” “Having Oracle and Sterling Commerce join the JCC as experts is a significant step event for ebXML,” explained Duane Nickull of XML Global Technologies. “For the rapidly growing number of companies that are fast-tracking their ebXML implementations, the JCC is there to support their efforts and ensure technical coordination for all ebXML specifications. We welcome the expertise provided by Oracle and Sterling.” About ebXML ebXML (www.ebXML.org), enables mission-critical Web services and transactional electronic commerce, allowing enterprises of any size and in any geographical location to conduct business over the Internet. Using ebXML, companies now have a set of standard methods to exchange business messages, conduct trading relationships, communicate data in common terms and define and register business processes. ebXML is sponsored by UN/CEFACT (www.uncefact.org), the United Nations body whose mandate covers worldwide policy and technical development in the area of trade facilitation and electronic business, and OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org), a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards. For more information: Carol Geyer Director of Communications OASIS carol.geyer@oasis-open.org +1.978.667.5115 x209

Boston, MA, USA; 23 July 2002 — The OASIS standards consortium has organized a new technical committee to advance the WS-Security specification. WS-Security provides a foundation for secure Web services, laying the groundwork for higher-level facilities such as federation, policy, and trust. Through the open OASIS process, providers and users will come together to extend the functionality of WS-Security, which was originally published by IBM, Microsoft, and Verisign. The WS-Security specification defines a standard set of Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) extensions, or message headers, that can be used to implement integrity and confidentiality in Web services applications. “WS-Security is one of the first Web services standards to support, integrate and unify multiple security models, mechanisms and technologies, allowing a variety of systems to interoperate in a platform- and language-neutral manner,” said Chris Kaler of Microsoft. Kaler and Kelvin Lawrence of IBM serve as co-chairs of the OASIS Web Services Security Technical Committee. “Significant work is happening at OASIS in the areas of security and Web services. We are excited by the overwhelming response from OASIS members ready to collaborate on WS-Security,” added Lawrence. BEA Systems, Blockade Systems, Commerce One, divine, Documentum, Fujitsu, Intel, IBM, IONA, Microsoft, Novell, Oblix, OpenNetwork, Perficient, SAP, SeeBeyond, Sonic Software, Sun Microsystems, TIBCO, VeriSign, webMethods, XML Global, and other OASIS members will collaborate on advancing the WS-Security specification. The first meeting of the technical committee will be held on 4-5 September 2002 and hosted by Sun Microsystems. WS-Security joins several security standards currently being developed within OASIS. Other specifications include SAML for authentication and authorization, XACML for access control, XrML for rights management, SPML for exchanging provisioning information, and XCBF for describing biometrics data. “WS-Security is complementary to our work on SAML,” said Joe Pato of HP, co-chair of the OASIS Security Services Technical Committee. “In fact, our team intends to employ WS-Security to specify the use of SAML for adding security features to SOAP messages.” Participation in the OASIS Web Services Security Technical Committee remains open to all organizations and individuals. OASIS will host an open mail list for public comment on WS-Security, and completed work will be freely available to the public without licensing or other fees. Information on joining OASIS can be found on http://www.oasis-open.org/join. About OASIS OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) is a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web services, XML conformance, business transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces. OASIS has more than 400 corporate and individual members in 100 countries around the world. For more information: Carol Geyer Director of Communications OASIS (www.oasis-open.org) carol.geyer@oasis-open.org +1.978.667.5115 x209 Industry Support for WS-Security at OASIS “An open security standard is critical to being able to deliver on the promise of Web services, and as a long-standing member of OASIS, BEA is a strong supporter of this effort,” said Edward Cobb, VP of Architecture and Standards, BEA Systems. “Secure interoperability of Web services is an important goal for everyone in the industry, and BEA will actively participate and help drive this critical work.” “Fujitsu welcomes the standardization of the Web Services Security within OASIS. As a leading provider of Internet-focused information technology solutions for the global marketplace, Fujitsu will commit to contribute in the new OASIS Web Services Security Technical Committee,” said Seigo Hirosue, General Manager, Project-A XML, Fujitsu Limited. “Fujitsu’s Interstage, the software platform for ‘Collaborative Business Integration,’ will support the future standard to realize secure B2B transactions. “Web services standards are developing in a methodical, coordinated fashion that will ensure you’ll be able to mix-and-match technologies to achieve your integration and business connection goals,” said Bob Sutor, Director of e-business Standards Strategy at IBM. “WS-Security is a critical element of the Web services stack and an important step toward creating the comprehensive set of security standards that will accelerate the adoption of Web services by our customers and users around the world.” “The creation of interoperable security standards is necessary to solve the complex challenges facing customers who are integrating their applications and systems across the extended enterprise. Ensuring the security of these applications and systems is a key issue that must be addressed before the widespread adoption of Web services,” said Nand Mulchandani, co-founder and CTO, Oblix. “We are excited to be a charter member of the OASIS Web Services Security Technical Committee, as we have always been on the forefront of implementing Web services in our enterprise identity management and Web access control solution, Oblix NetPoint. Our experience in implementing this technology at numerous enterprise customer sites will be a tremendous asset in assisting with the development of this important specification.” “The unification of existing security models is a key business and technology driver for widespread adoption of Web services technologies,” said Andy Sweet, chief technology officer, Perficient, and OASIS technical committee member. “By leveraging the existing work completed by WS-Security, the OASIS Web Services Security Technical Committee will be able to deliver security standards that will drive unification and allow real interoperability between diverse enterprise systems. Perficient looks forward to participating in this important effort.” “Global Web security standards are imperative for the future success of widespread business-to-business integration, making WS-Security the premier Web services standard supporting several security models a necessity,” said Alan Davies, vice president of Standards and Product Strategy for SeeBeyond. “SeeBeyond embraces the unique opportunity to work closely with the OASIS standards consortium, supporting the customer adoption of global Web security standards and the delivery of secure solutions to the market and our customers.” “Security has been one of the most critical barriers to Web services adoption to date, and Sonic Software is committed to developing security standards for Web services,” said Greg O’Connor, president of Sonic Software. “We are pleased to offer Sonic’s participation to the Technical Committee.” “We are encouraged to see Microsoft and IBM contributing their specification under royalty free terms to OASIS, which is a recognized industry standards body,” said Bill Smith, Director of Liberty Alliance Technology at Sun Microsystems. “Sun welcomes this submission because it will now be possible for the community to evaluate and build upon this technology out in the open. We hope to see all Web service specifications made available under royalty free terms.” “WS Security is one of the first specifications that addresses the critical need to embed trust and security into the fabric of the Web services infrastructure,” said Dr. Phillip Hallam-Baker, Principal Scientist, VeriSign. “Although protocols such as SOAP, UDDI and WSDL have received broad industry support, the technologies and standards to enable trusted Web services are still being developed. That’s why organizations like OASIS are so important; they are going to play a leading role in laying a trusted foundation for Web services.” “Interoperable security is a key ingredient to making Enterprise Web Services viable. As one of the original authors of XKMS and SAML, webMethods has long been a thought leader in Web Services-related security standards,” said Andy Astor, vice president of Enterprise Web Services for webMethods. “We’re very pleased to be further developing these standards as a participant in the OASIS Web Services Security Technical Committee. We look forward to working closely with our colleagues from the other participating companies.” “Secure Web services are essential for use in real world systems today,” said John McAughtry, president of XML Global. “Our existing OASIS work on ebXML messaging will contribute to this critical area of XML development.” # # #

San Francisco, California, USA; 15 July 2002 — The first public demonstration of the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) was held today at the Catalyst Conference in San Francisco. Twelve vendors, including IBM, Novell, Oblix, Sun Microsystems Inc., Baltimore Technologies, CrossLogix, Entegrity Solutions, ePeople, Overxeer, Netegrity, RSA Security, and Sigaba participated in the event, which demonstrated interoperability of SAML 1.0-conformant security software products. “SAML is an important security interoperability initiative,” said James Kobielus, senior analyst at Burton Group. “Most Web access solution vendors have committed resources to the emerging standard and are in the process of implementing SAML 1.0 in the next releases of their products. The OASIS SAML interoperability demonstration proves the standard’s viability in practice.” SAML allows authentication and authorization information to be exchanged among disparate Web access management and security products. The OASIS specification addresses the need for secure single sign-on among diverse Web access management environments implemented across various organizations, applications, Web sites and portals. Defining standardized exchanges of identity and access management information, SAML leverages such Web services standards as XML and SOAP. “Traditionally, security has been implemented within a single enterprise, but companies are now partnering on the Web to expand the scope and range of their e-business transactions. With SAML, application service providers and end-user companies of all sizes can securely exchange information about users, Web services, and authorization information without requiring partners to change their current security solutions,” said Hal Lockhart of Entegrity, member of the OASIS Security Services Technical Committee. He added, “SAML is the common language that defines how different systems can communicate data about security.” “This interoperability demonstration is a milestone in the development and recognition of SAML 1.0 as an open standard,” said Patrick Gannon, president and CEO of OASIS. “The event is a testimony to how the industry has come together to develop SAML and how quickly vendors are implementing it in their products.” The SAML specification has been completed and approved by the OASIS Security Services Technical Committee and is now under review by the OASIS membership at-large for consideration as an OASIS Standard. SAML is one of several security standards being developed at OASIS. Other specifications include WS-Security for high-level security services, XACML for access control, XCBF for describing biometrics data, SPML for exchanging provisioning information, and XrML for rights management. Industry Leaders Support SAML “Access management vendors are rallying around security standards for interoperability across Web services, helping speed the adoption of dynamic e-business applications,” said Arvind Krishna, vice president of security products, Tivoli Software, IBM. “IBM is committed to delivering open standards-based security management that leverages emerging Web services standards like SAML.” “Helping businesses securely connect employees, customers, partners and suppliers across organizational boundaries is at the heart of Novell’s one Net vision; and SAML offers a very promising means to make that vision a reality,” said Winston Bumpus, director of standards for Novell. “As a passionate supporter of many standards development efforts, we’re very pleased to see the cooperation of so many industry leaders in OASIS’ SAML Interoperability Demonstration. This event is a very important step toward the completion and acceptance of the SAML standard, and its potential to improve and secure online business relationships.” “Oblix has always been a strong advocate of open standards, and we are excited to demonstrate our commitment to SAML,” says Nand Mulchandani, Oblix co-founder and chief technology officer. “SAML is another key piece of our comprehensive Federation Services, which facilitates the federation of identity services across corporate boundaries. Our focus continues to be on providing our customers the ability to easily integrate Oblix solutions into their existing environments.” “This is a major step forward for the industry as SAML helps further the evolution of Web services security by enabling heterogeneous interoperability between vender solutions,” said Andy Eliopoulos, director of product marketing, network identity, Sun Microsystems, Inc. “Sun is committed to developing and supporting open standards that enable enterprises to more easily and cost-effectively deploy end-to-end identity services across value networks.” About OASIS OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) is a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web services, XML conformance, business transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces. OASIS has more than 400 corporate and individual members in 100 countries around the world. For more information: Carol Geyer Director of Communications OASIS carol.geyer@oasis-open.org +1.978.667.5115 x209

Boston, MA, USA; 18 June 2002 — OASIS, the XML interoperability consortium, today announced its members have formed the OASIS Controlled Trade Markup Language (CTML) Technical Committee to develop an international standard for the tracking of controlled materials as they move through trading processes. CTML will allow governments, industry, and non-governmental organizations to unambiguously identify essential business and legal documents that need to be exchanged, including trade applications, cases, licenses, and delivery verification certificates. “Currently, there is no single, unified, and open means to manage the international transfer of sensitive and strategic goods in a structured and meaningful way,” said Todd Harbour, chair of the OASIS CTML Technical Committee. “CTML will enable both government and industry to share data more efficiently so that companies can remain competitive and governments can protect truly sensitive goods.” Governments and suppliers around the world are participating in CTML development at OASIS. John Borras, Assistant Director of Technology Policy for the United Kingdom’s Office of the e-Envoy, commented, “The area of work being addressed by the OASIS CTML Technical Committee is something which the UK government sees as very important, and we are happy to co-sponsor and support its activities. The more we can standardize the vocabulary in this area, the better it will be for the exchange of information between governments and industry.” Steven Saboe, Director of the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund at the US Dept of State, agreed. “Creating the means by which government and industry can communicate to control trade in dangerous materials is a worthwhile goal and strongly supported by the United States government. CTML will serve as a lingua franca, allowing the exchange of vital information in real time–in a way that is cost effective for industry and that, above all, allows governments to assure the safety of their citizens.” CTML will incorporate features of other XML business vocabularies and provide a clearly articulated interface to mutually supporting specifications. The OASIS CTML Technical Committee will align its work with other OASIS libraries and frameworks, such as ebXML, Universal Business Language (UBL), Business Transactions Protocol (BTP), and Customer Information Quality (CIQ). Participation in the OASIS CTML Technical Committee remains open to all organizations and individuals interested in advancing a unified trade control vocabulary. OASIS will host an open mail list for public comment on CTML, and completed work will be freely available to the public without licensing or other fees. Information on joining OASIS can be found on http://www.oasis-open.org/join. About OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web services, XML conformance, business transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces. OASIS has more than 400 corporate and individual members in 100 countries around the world. OASIS and the United Nations jointly sponsor ebXML, a global framework for e-business data exchange. OASIS operates XML.org, a community clearinghouse for XML application schemas, vocabularies and related documents. OASIS hosts The XML Cover Pages, an online reference collection for interoperable markup language standards. For more information: Carol Geyer Director of Communications OASIS www.oasis-open.org carol.geyer@oasis-open.org +1.978.667.5115 x209

Boston, MA, USA; 29 May 2002 — Three OASIS Committee Specifications, Directory Services Markup Language (DSML) v2, ebXML Registry Service (RS) v2, and ebXML Registry Information Model (RIM) v2, have passed final approval by the OASIS membership at-large to gain official status as OASIS Standards. To reach this milestone, each of these new standards have been approved by their respective OASIS technical committees, implemented by a minimum of three organizations, completed a 90-day review, and passed a final vote from the OASIS membership at-large. “The OASIS technical process is a creative environment in which to build elegant specifications that solve real industry problems,” said Colin Evans of Intel Labs, chair of the OASIS Board of Directors. “We congratulate and thank members of the OASIS Directory Service Markup Language Technical Committee and the OASIS ebXML Registry Technical Committee for all their outstanding efforts in advancing these new OASIS Standards.” “We are pleased at the member approval of DSML v2 as an OASIS Standard,” commented Winston Bumpus of Novell, co-chair of the OASIS Directory Services Technical Committee. He explained that DSML provides a means of representing directory information in XML, enabling access to directory information for XML applications, cell phones and PDAs. “DSMLv2 is needed to extend the reach of directories into the emerging world of Web services.” ebXML RS and ebXML RIM allow information to be shared between interested parties through common registries. OASIS ebXML Registry Technical Committee chair, Kathryn R Breininger of Boeing, said, “The passage of the ebXML Registry Information Model and the ebXML Registry Services as OASIS Standards demonstrates the confidence the OASIS community has in our work. We look forward to moving forward with ebXML Registry standards, working with related efforts, and continuing to enable e-business functionality and interoperability.” Members of the OASIS ebXML Registry Technical Committee include Boeing, Intel, IONA, Logistics Management Institute, NIST, Sterling Commerce, Sun Microsystems, Vitria Technology, and others. Members of the OASIS DSML Technical Committee include Access360, Novell, and others. Industry Support for New OASIS Standards “As the security framework of eBusiness continues to evolve, standard directory access grows more and more important for conducting provisioning events within the internal and external enterprise environments. Business Layers believes that Directory Services Markup Language (DSML) will help companies leverage the use of directory information expressed as XML and in turn will help drive the efforts of extending LDAP directories to XML-based applications. The combined benefits of both technologies will create a powerful open infrastructure for greater interoperability in the enterprise,” said Adrian Viego, Chief Technology Officer of Business Layers. “The approval of the DSML and ebXML Registry (RS and RIM) specifications as OASIS Standards is a positive step toward the achievement of truly open and interoperable business-to-business collaboration,” said Eric Newcomer, Chief Technology Officer, IONA. “We’re extremely proud of our contribution and leadership in defining Web Services related support in the ebXML Registry and are dedicated to the evolution of ebXML and the success of OASIS.” “Novell has long been an active supporter of open standards, because of the value of those standards in helping companies realize Novell’s one Net vision – where intranets, extranets and the Internet work together as one,” said Gary Hein, Vice President of Architecture and Strategy for Novell. “In that spirit, we’re very pleased to have been involved in the development of DSML v2, which will help establish the role of directories in the emerging world of Web services.” “LMI strongly supports the efforts of OASIS and the OASIS ebXML Technical Committees. We are pleased with the tremendous opportunities the ebXML Registry specifications provide to achieve true interoperability in international business information exchanges, and we look forward to helping our U.S. Government clients in implementing registries that are fully compatible with these specifications,” said Mark Crawford, Research Fellow, Logistics Management Institute. About OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) OASIS is a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web services, XML conformance, business transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces. OASIS has more than 400 corporate and individual members in 100 countries around the world. OASIS and the United Nations jointly sponsor ebXML, a global framework for e-business data exchange. OASIS operates XML.org, a community clearinghouse for XML application schemas, vocabularies and related documents. OASIS hosts The XML Cover Pages, an online reference collection for interoperable markup language standards. For more information: Carol Geyer Director of Communications OASIS www.oasis-open.org carol.geyer@oasis-open.org +1.978.667.5115 x209