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In this issue:

* WS-Federation 1.2 becomes OASIS Standard
* OASIS Standard vote opens soon for three WS-DD specifications
* OASIS Standard vote opens soon for IMI 1.0
* Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) 1.2 public review begins
* Public review begins for eight XACML specifications
* OASIS IDtrust seeks Steering Committee candidates
* OASIS Blue Connect addresses standards for Smart Grid
* OASIS co-sponsors European e-Identity Management Conference
* Important dates

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WS-Federation 1.2 becomes OASIS Standard

Members have approved version 1.2 of the Web Services Federation specification as an OASIS Standard. WS-Federation extends identity management to enable federations of trust across organizations. Congratulations to the TC co-chairs, Chris Kaler of Microsoft and Michael McIntosh of IBM, and to all TC participants including representatives of Active Endpoints, CA, Nortel, Novell, Red Hat, Skyworth TTG, SOA Software, TIBCO, VeriSign, U.S. Veterans Health Administration, and others for this accomplishment.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200905/msg00007.html

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OASIS Standard vote opens soon 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 will be held 16-30 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/msg00003.html
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00002.html
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200906/msg00001.html

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OASIS Standard vote opens soon for IMI 1.0

Balloting for version 1.0 of the Identity Metasystem Interoperability (IMI) specification will be held 16-30 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

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Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) 1.2 public review begins

CAP is a simple but general format for exchanging all-hazard emergency alerts and public warnings over all kinds of networks. Developed by the Emergency Management TC, CAP allows a consistent warning message to be disseminated simultaneously over many different warning systems, thus increasing warning effectiveness while simplifying the warning task. This public review ends 27 July.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200905/msg00008.html

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Public review begins for eight XACML specifications

The Extensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) TC has submitted XACML 3.0 and seven profiles for a public review which ends 20 July.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200905/msg00006.html

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OASIS IDtrust seeks Steering Committee candidates

Nominations are open for three seats on the OASIS Identity and Trusted Infrastructure (IDtrust) Member Section Steering Committee. IDtrust promotes greater understanding and adoption of standards-based identity and trusted infrastructure technologies, policies, and practices. All Member Section participants are invited to nominate qualified candidates before the 15 June deadline.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200905/msg00003.html

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OASIS Blue Connect addresses standards for Smart Grid

A new conference, OASIS Blue Connect, will premiere 9 and 11 June in Santa Clara, California. The event will investigate how existing standards for eCommerce, security, emergency management, building automation, Web services, and SOA can be applied to the Smart Grid. OASIS members receive a 10% discount (enter code OASIS09 when registering).

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200905/msg00008.html

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OASIS co-sponsors European e-Identity Management Conference

OASIS will host a track at the European e-Identity Management Conference in London on 25-26 June. Mary Ellen Callahan, the new Chief Privacy Officer at the US Department of Homeland Security, and Kim Cameron, author of the 'Seven Laws of Identity', will present, along with OASIS IDtrust members and other speakers. OASIS members receive a 350 Euro discount off standard rate (enter code EID09OAS when registering).