Â¥Ö÷

OASIS News: 23 Jun Welcome to OASIS News, a bi-weekly update of announcements, accomplishments, and activities for the international open standards consortium. ------------------------------------------------------------------- In this issue: * OASIS Introduces Non-Assertion Mode to IPR Policy * IDtrust announces Identity Management 2009 * OASIS Standard vote opens for IMI 1.0 * OASIS Standard vote opens for three WS-DD specifications * XSPA SAML Profile for Healthcare 1.0 public review begins * DSS Signature Policy Profile 1.0 public review begins * WS-SecurityPolicy Examples public review begins * CIQ Party Relationships (xPRL) 3.0 public review begins * SCA-J and SCA POJO 1.1 public review begins * OASIS sets new Associate dues * Liscia blogs on SmartGrid conference * Developers collaborate at ODF Plugfest in The Hague * Open CSA and OASIS Telecom elect Steering Committee members ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS Introduces Non-Assertion Mode to IPR Policy TCs that form after 4 August 2009 will have the option to work under a new Non-Assertion Covenant mode of the OASIS Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy. Non-assertion covenants ensure that organizations or individuals who participate in writing a standard cannot demand royalty or exercise license rights against users or implementers of such approved standards. The new mode comes in response to member feedback and is in keeping with the global user community's increasing demand for more freely available and open solutions. http://www.oasis-open.org/news/oasis-news-2009-06-15.php ------------------------------------------------------------------- IDtrust announces Identity Management 2009 The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host the OASIS IDtrust Member Section's Identity Management 2009 in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, 28-29 Sept. The theme of the event will be "Transparent Government: Risk, Rewards, and Repercussions." Presentations on Information Cards/OpenID/SAML, social media, authentication, smart cards, citizen privacy, cloud computing, and key management will be featured. The deadline to submit proposals is 10 July. Sponsorship opportunities are available. http://events.oasis-open.org/home/forum/2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS Standard vote opens for IMI 1.0 Balloting for version 1.0 of the Identity Metasystem Interoperability (IMI) specification is underway until 30 June. IMI aims to allow users to manage their digital identities as "Information Cards" and use them to access online services. The specification was developed by representatives of Foundational Sponsors, IBM and Microsoft, and by Sponsors, CA, Novell,  and others. All organizational members of OASIS are encouraged to vote on IMI; those who wish to discuss this ballot may do so through member-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00000.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS Standard vote opens for three WS-DD specifications Balloting for versions 1.1 of the SOAP-over-UDP, Web Services Dynamic Discovery (WS-Discovery), and Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS) specifications is underway until 30 June. The specifications were developed by the Web Services Discovery and Web Services Devices Profile (WS-DD) TC, which includes representatives of Foundational Sponsors, IBM and  Microsoft, and Sponsors, CA, Novell, Progress Software, Red Hat, Ricoh, Software AG, and others. All organizational members of OASIS are encouraged to vote on these specifications; those who wish to discuss the ballots may do so through member-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00008.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- XSPA SAML Profile for Healthcare 1.0 public review begins The Cross-Enterprise Security and Privacy Authorization (XSPA) Profile of the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) for Healthcare describes a framework in which SAML can be used to satisfy requirements pertaining to security within the healthcare community. This public review ends 30 June. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00006.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- DSS Signature Policy Profile 1.0 public review begins The Signature Policy Profile extends the Digital Signature Services (DSS) protocol by specifying a number of operations for managing the generation and verification of electronic signatures. This public review ends 14 August. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00005.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- WS-SecurityPolicy Examples public review begins WS-SecurityPolicy (WSSP) Examples provides information on how to set up WSSP policies for a variety of common token types. Particular attention is focused on security bindings. This public review ends 14 August. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00007.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- CIQ Party Relationships (xPRL) 3.0 public review begins Customer Information Quality xPRL provides a set of XML vocabulary specifications for defining person or organization characteristics and describing relationships between parties. This public review ends 16 August. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00014.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- SCA-J and SCA POJO 1.1 public review begins The Service Component Architecture SCA-J Common Annotations and APIs defines a Java syntax for programming concepts defined in the SCA Assembly Model. The SCA POJO Component Implementation describes how a Java class provides an implementation of an SCA component, including its various attributes such as services, references, and properties. This public review ends 7 August. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00004.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS sets new Associate dues In order to establish a more equitable subsidy level between corporate and personal memberships, dues for new members joining OASIS at the Associate level have been raised. Current Associate members will be able to renew at their previous rate through December 2009. This change affects Associates only; dues for Foundational Sponsors, Sponsors, Contributors, and Individual members remain unchanged. Contact member-services@oasis-open.org for details. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Liscia blogs on SmartGrid and patents Laurent Liscia, OASIS executive director, blogs this week about his experiences at ConnectivityWeek and the related OASIS BlueConnect conference. Laurent offers unique observations on how the utility, controls, and software worlds are coming together to lay the groundwork for the Smart Grid. He explores how our new Energy Interoperation TC and Emergency work fit into this space. In a separate blog, Laurent speaks to the sometimes uncomfortable relationship between patents and standards and the impact that can have on innovation. http://blogs.oasis-open.org/2009/06/connectivityweek-2009-extraordinary http://blogs.oasis-open.org/2009/06/patents-standards-and-innovation ------------------------------------------------------------------- Developers collaborate at ODF Plugfest in The Hague The Dutch government program, Netherlands in Open Connection, and the OpenDoc Society cosponsored the two-day ODF 'plugfest' at the Royal Library in The Hague, 15-16 June 2009, where vendors and open source projects were able to test ODF capabilities with each other in real-world, collaborative scenarios. Bart Hanssens, ODF Interoperability and Conformance TC chair, and Rob Weir, ODF TC co-chair, participated and delivered presentations. The plug-fest was notable for the broad participation from industry and open source communities. http://opendocument.xml.org/news/odf-plugfest-at-the-hague ------------------------------------------------------------------- Open CSA and OASIS Telecom elect Steering Committee members Anil Gurnani, Jeff Mischkinsky of Oracle, and Sanjay Patil of SAP have been elected to two-year terms on the OASIS Open CSA Member Section Steering Committee. Paul Knight, Orit Levin of Microsoft, and Enrico Ronco of Telecom Italia have been elected to two-year terms on the OASIS Telecom Member Section Steering Committee. Congratulations to all. http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200906/msg00002.html http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200906/msg00001.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Important dates: 22 Jun Energy Interoperation TC holds first meeting http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200905/msg00004.html 22-23 Jun OASIS, WMO, ITU hold workshop on CAP Identifiers in Geneva  http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/ISS/Meetings/WIS-CAP_Geneva2009/DocPlan.html 23 Jun OASIS Board and TAB elections close http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200905/msg00004.html Service Component Architecture (SCA) public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200904/msg00011.html 24 Jun ebXML-Messaging Profiles public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200904/msg00013.html OAXAL Reference Model 1.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200904/msg00012.html 25-26 Jun OASIS co-sponsors European e-ID Management Conference in London    www.eema.org/eema2009 28 Jun UBL Guidelines for Customization 1.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200904/msg00014.html 30 Jun DSS Visible Signature Profile 1.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200905/msg00001.html OASIS Standard ballot for three WS-DD specifications closes http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00003.html http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00002.html http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00001.html OASIS Standard ballot for IMI closes http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00000.html XSPA SAML Profile for Healthcare 1.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00006.html 20 Jul Public review of eight XACML specifications ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200905/msg00006.html 27 Jul Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) 1.2 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200905/msg00008.html 7 Aug SCA-J and SCA POJO 1.1 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00004.html 14 Aug DSS Signature Policy Profile 1.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00005.html WS-SecurityPolicy Examples public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00007.html 16 Aug CIQ Party Relationships (xPRL) 3.0 public review ends http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00014.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- OASIS News is published in English, Chinese, French, and Korean. Volunteers to translate the newsletter into other languages are welcome; contact communications@oasis-open.org. Archives: http://www.oasis-open.org/news/oasis_news_archive.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ Alternately, subscribe via email: news-subscribe@lists.oasis-open.org Unsubscribe via email: news-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php/ Join OASIS: http://www.oasis-open.org/join/    Êղؠ  ·ÖÏí   ¶¥(0)

----------------------------------------------
ÖØÊ°Ó¢Óï...