Title Approve submitting KMIP Specification V1.4 CS01 and/or KMIP Profiles V1.4 CS01 as a Candidate OASIS Standards
Description
This ballot asks if you approve submitting Key Management Interoperability Protocol Specification Version 1.4 CS01 and Key Management Interoperability Protocol Profiles Version 1.4 CS01 to the members of OASIS as Candidate OASIS Standards (COS). Please cast one vote for each Committee Specification below. Your choices for each are Yes (approve), No (disapprove) or Abstain. 

Approving these specifications will result in a 60-day public review for each after which, if no comments are received, the COSs will be submitted to a membership-wide call for consent. If comments are received, the TC will be asked to vote by Special Majority Ballot on whether to continue. This is explained in TC Process section 2.8.3 Call for consent for OASIS Standard [4]. 

This ballot requires a Special Majority Vote [5]. The TC roster currently lists 27 voting members. In order to pass, at least 18 (2/3 x 27) members have to vote Yes and no more than 6 (1/4 x 27) members may vote No. 


Key Management Interoperability Protocol Specification Version 1.4 [1] was approved as a Committee Specification on 18 June 2017. The TC has received 3 Statements of Use from Cryptsoft Pty Ltd, P6R Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise [3]. 

Key Management Interoperability Protocol Profiles Version 1.4 [2] was approved as a Committee Specification on 18 June 2017. The TC has received 3 Statements of Use from Cryptsoft Pty Ltd, P6R Inc., and Hewlett Packard Enterprise [3]. 


[1] URI to KMIP Specification v1.4 CS01: http://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/spec/v1.4/cs01/kmip-spec-v1.4-cs01.html
Note: a version correcting broken internal cross-references has been loaded to https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/61243/kmip-spec-v1.4-cs01-r02-markup.docx. This will be used as the source file for the COS. 

[2] URI to KMIP Profiles v1.4 CS01: http://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/profiles/v1.4/cs01/kmip-profiles-v1.4-cs01.html
Note: a version correcting camelCase representation has been loaded to https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/61246/kmip-profiles-v1.4-cs01-r02-markup.docx. This will be used as the source file for the COS. 

[3] Links to Statements of Use

- Cryptsoft Pty Ltd - https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/kmip/download.php/60994/KMIP-SOU-Cryptsoft-18-Jun-2017.pdf 

- P6R Inc. - https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/kmip/download.php/61007/KMIP-SOU-P6R-18-June-2017-R2.pdf 
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise - https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/kmip/download.php/61016/HPE-SOU-19-June-2017.pdf

[4] https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/tc-process-2017-05-26#OScallForConsent

[5] Special Majority Vote: https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/oasis-defined-terms-2017-05-26#dSpecialMajority
Ballot Options
[ ] Key Management Interoperability Protocol Specification Version 1.4 - Yes
[ ] Key Management Interoperability Protocol Specification Version 1.4 - No
[ ] Key Management Interoperability Protocol Specification Version 1.4 - Abstain
[ ] Key Management Interoperability Protocol Profiles Version 1.4 - Yes
[ ] Key Management Interoperability Protocol Profiles Version 1.4 - No
[ ] Key Management Interoperability Protocol Profiles Version 1.4 - Abstain
Ballot has closed.