Welcome to OASIS News, a bi-weekly update of announcements, accomplishments,
and activities for the international open standards consortium.

Committee announcements:
* Public review begins for five SAML specifications
* WS-TX TC approves Errata
* Public review begins for WebCGM 2.0 Errata
* Provisioning Services TC approves SPML 2.0 Errata

Other news:
* OASIS Open Standards Day Beijing attracts record numbers
* Companies support Member Sections through new program
* TAB ballot closes soon
* SOA vendor discount to exhibit at Open Standards 2008 ends soon

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Public review begins for five SAML specifications

The OASIS Security Services TC has approved five specifications as Committee
Drafts and submitted each for public review. The specifications relate to
version 2.0 of the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), which provides an
XML-based framework for creating and exchanging security information between
online partners. The reviews end 9 Feb.

http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200712/msg00004.html

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WS-TX TC approves Errata

Participants in the OASIS Web Services Transaction (WS-TX) TC have approved
Errata for WS-AtomicTransaction 1.1, WS-BusinessActivity 1.1, and
WS-Coordination 1.1. These protocols are designed to coordinate the outcome of
distributed application actions.

http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200712/msg00003.html

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Public review begins for WebCGM 2.0 Errata 02

The OASIS CGM Open WebCGM TC has approved WebCGM version 2.0 Errata 02 as a
Committee Draft and submitted it for public review. WebCGM, a profile of ISO's
Computer Graphics Metafile, is optimized for Web applications in technical
illustration, electronic documentation, geophysical data visualization, and
similar fields.  The review ends 29 Dec.

http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200712/msg00005.html

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Provisioning Services TC approves SPML 2.0 Errata

Participants in the OASIS Provisioning Services TC have approved the Service
Provisioning Markup Language (SPML) version 2.0 Errata. SPML provides an XML
framework for managing the provisioning and allocation of identity information
and system resources within and between organizations.

http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200712/msg00006.html

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OASIS Open Standards Day Beijing attracts record numbers

OASIS executives and members participated in two events last month to promote
the use of open standards in China. The 'Beijing 2007 Open Standards
International Meeting' and the 'OASIS Open Standards Day' explored the promises
and challenges of open standards, open source software and SOA. Over 400
delegates attended the events, which were jointly sponsored by Changfeng
Alliance, Beijing Software Industry Productivity Center and OASIS with support
from the Ministry of Information Industry, the Ministry of Science &
Technology, the Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Committee, the China
Electronic Standardization Institute and the China National Institute of
Standardization. A meeting of the OASIS Board of Directors was graciously
hosted by Changfeng Alliance, Beijing Sursen, and eBridge. Conference
presentations from representatives of OASIS, ITU, W3C, LISA, OGC, the Linux
Foundation, Microsoft, Sun, Adobe, and many others are now available online.

http://www.bsw.gov.cn/v/showNews_sjj_en.jsp?NewsID=110251

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Companies support Member Sections through new program

The consortium has formalized a new program to encourage organizations and
individuals to advance the work of OASIS Member Sections by underwriting
specific activities. Donors may contribute any amount to the OASIS CGM Open,
eGov, Emergency Interoperability, IDtrust, LegalXML, or Open CSA Member
Sections. Donations may be used for specific purposes, such as to defer meeting
expenses, produce educational materials, hire program managers, etc. or to
support general activities of a Member Section. An OASIS member who donates
5,500 USD or more annually (in addition to their OASIS Foundational or
Sponsor-level dues) may have their organization's logo linked from every page
of the Member Section's web site.

http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ms-supporter.php

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TAB ballot closes soon

Two candidates, Frank McCabe and David RR Webber, have accepted nominations to
fill a vacated seat on the OASIS Technical Advisory Board. The TAB provides
guidance on issues related to strategy, process, interoperability, and scope of
OASIS technical work. Each OASIS Foundational, Sponsor, and Contributor member
organization is asked to cast a ballot in the election, which is underway now
and will close 4 Jan.

http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200712/msg00004.html

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SOA vendor discount to exhibit at Open Standards 2008 ends soon

The 'Open Standards 2008: Composability within SOA' Symposium will feature a
tabletop exhibit hall for SOA product and service providers. Companies that
reserve space by 15 January will receive a 1,000 USD discount. The event, which
is sponsored by BEA Systems, EDS, IBM, Primeton, SAP, and Sun Microsystems,
will be held in Santa Clara, California, 28 April through 1 May. Other
sponsorship opportunities are also available.

http://events.oasis-open.org/home/symposium/2008/sponsorship

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Important dates

17 Dec:
Deadline to submit papers for Open Standards 2008 symposium
http://events.oasis-open.org/home/symposium/2008

Public review for WS-ReliableMessaging errata ends
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200712/msg00001.html

18 Dec:
EDXL Hospital AVailability Exchange (HAVE) 1.0 public review ends
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200710/msg00009.html

21 Dec:
ODF 1.1 Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 public review ends
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200710/msg00010.html

Nominations for LegalXML Steering Committee close
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200711/msg00013.html

29 Dec:
Public review for WebCGM 2.0 Errata ends
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200712/msg00005.html

1 Feb:
XRI Resolution 2.0 public review ends
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200712/msg00002.html

9 Feb:
Public reviews for five SAML 2.0 specs end
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200712/msg00004.html

4-6 Mar:
IDtrust Symposium
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200711/msg00003.html

28 Apr - 1 May:
  OASIS hosts 'Open Standards 2008: SOA Composability' symposium
  http://events.oasis-open.org/home/forum/2007/

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Correction: WS-ReliableMessaging errata was approved as a Committee Draft by
the Web Services Reliable Exchange (WS-RX) TC not the Web Services Reliable
Messaging TC, as reported in the 4 Dec issue of OASIS News.
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