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In this issue:

* Reminder: OASIS Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Members
* Members propose Energy Interoperation TC
* OASIS Standard vote opens for WS-Federation 1.2
* BeCrypt and Venafi become newest OASIS Sponsors
* OASIS Telecom seeks Steering Committee nominations
* OASIS News welcomes new French translator
* Important dates

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Reminder: OASIS Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Members

The AGM provides a members-only opportunity to review and respond to a report from the OASIS Board of Directors and executive management on the consortium's accomplishments, financial position, and vision for the future. This year's AGM will be presented as a webinar on Thursday, 30 April, at 16:00 UTC/GMT and on Friday, 1 May, at 01:00 UTC/GMT. The webinar will be available for member download following the event.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200904/msg00001.html

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Members propose Energy Interoperation TC

All interested parties are asked to review and comment on a draft charter to establish the OASIS Energy Interoperation Technical Committee. Energy Interoperation will work to define the interaction of Smart Grids with their end nodes: Smart Buildings and Facilities; Enterprises; Industry; Homes; and Vehicles. Energy Interoperation TC proposers include representatives of Cisco, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and others; Mary Ann Piette of Lawrence Berkeley National Labs serves as convener. The member comment period for this draft charter closes 27 April.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200904/msg00002.html

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OASIS Standard vote opens for WS-Federation 1.2

Balloting for the Web Services Federation Language version 1.2 will be held 16-30 April. WS-Federation defines mechanisms to allow different security realms to federate, such that authorized access to resources managed in one realm can be provided to security principals whose identities and attributes are managed in other realms. This includes mechanisms for brokering of identity, attribute, authentication and authorization assertions between realms, and privacy of federated claims. The specification was developed by representatives of IBM, Microsoft, Active Endpoints, BMC, CA, HP, Nortel, Novell, Red Hat, Skyworth TTG Holdings, SOA Software, TIBCO, VeriSign, U.S. Veterans Health Administration, and others. All organizational members of OASIS are encouraged to vote on WS-Federation; those who wish to discuss the ballot may do so through member-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200904/msg00004.html

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BeCrypt and Venafi become newest OASIS Sponsors

BeCrypt Limited provides high-level encryption products to the personal computer and PDA marketplace. http://www.becrypt.com/

Venafi offers systems that manage encryption and authentication technologies deployed on client devices, front- and back-end servers, and several types of middleware systems. http://www.venafi.com/

Members who would like to invite representatives of BeCrypt or Venafi to participate in specific committees should contact member-services@oasis-open.org.

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OASIS Telecom seeks Steering Committee nominations

Nominations for three seats on the Telecommunications Services Member Section Steering Committee will be accepted through 22 April. OASIS Telecom is an open, active community committed to bringing the full advantages of SOA to the telecommunications industry. All respective Member Section participants are invited to nominate qualified candidates and/or serve. Elections will be held 23 April through 8 May.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200904/msg00000.html

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OASIS News welcomes new French translator

Lucia Gradinariu of LGG Solutions, LLC translates this newsletter as a voluntary service to the French-speaking community. Everyone is invited to subscribe to the French translation or view archives online. Volunteers to translate OASIS News into other languages are welcome; contact communications@oasis-open.org.  

http://www.oasis-open.org/news/oasis_news_archive.php

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Important dates:

22 April
OASIS Telecom Steering Committee nominations close
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200904/msg00000.html

24 Apr
KMIP TC holds first meeting at RSA Conference in San Francisco
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200903/msg00002.html

Nominations close for 'OASIS Distinguished Contributors'
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200903/msg00007.html

27 Apr
Identity Metasystem Interoperability (IMI) 1.0 public review ends
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200902/msg00008.html

Member review closes for proposed Energy Interoperation TC charter
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200904/msg00002.html

30 Apr
OASIS Standard ballot for WS-Federation 1.2 closes
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200904/msg00000.html

30 Apr/1 May
OASIS Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Members webinar
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200904/msg00001.html

1 May
Emergency Management Adoption Committee holds first meeting
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200904/msg00001.html

2 May
CAP IPAWS Profile 1.0 public review ends
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200903/msg00001.html

5, 8 May
OASIS hosts workshops at European Identity Conference in Munich
http://www.id-conf.com/sessions/503
http://www.id-conf.com/sessions/564

8 May
OASIS Telecom Steering Committee elections close
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200904/msg00000.html

14 May
Nominations close for OASIS Board of Directors and TAB
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200903/msg00004.html

23 May
eNotarization Markup Language (ENML) 1.0 public review ends
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200903/msg00004.html

25 May
Public review ends for six SAML 2.0 profiles
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200903/msg00006.html

25-26 Jun
OASIS co-sponsors European e-ID Management Conference in London   
http://www.revolutionevents.plus.com/eema/contributions.htm

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