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

* Patrick Gannon resigns as OASIS President and CEO
* Consortium solicits feedback on proposed ebXML Core TC charter
* Consortium solicits feedback on proposed ORMS TC charter
* BPEL XML.org launches
* Second public review begins for EDXL-RM
* Web Services Reliable Exchange (WS-RX) TC approves Errata
* OASIS eGov seeks abstracts for Electronic Identity Workshop
* TAB announces tutorials for Open Standards 2008
* U.S. Congressional report recognizes CAP OASIS Standard
* Federal Computer Week awards ODF Accessibility SC co-chair
* Important dates

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Patrick Gannon resigns as OASIS President and CEO

After leading the consortium for more than six years, Patrick Gannon announced
his resignation at the beginning of February. Prior to joining the OASIS staff
in 2001, Gannon served as chairman of the OASIS Board of Directors. His
contributions and commitment to the consortium are gratefully recognized by the
members, staff, and fellow Board directors. In accordance with the consortium's
bylaws, the current chairman of the OASIS Board, Eduardo Gutentag of Sun
Microsystems, will serve as interim president. A Board search committee has
been formed to identify candidates; interested parties are asked to contact
jobs@oasis-open.org.

Announcement:
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200802/msg00003.html

Message from Patrick Gannon:
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200802/msg00006.html

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Consortium solicits feedback on proposed ebXML Core TC charter

Members are asked to review and comment on a draft charter to establish the
OASIS ebXML Core (ebCore) TC. The group plans to serve as the maintenance body
for ebXML specifications completed or transitioned to the TC. The ebCore TC may
also produce new conformance profiles and adjunct documents complementing
existing specifications. It will explore synergies with UN/CEFACT, WS-*
specifications and SOA best practices. TC proposers include representatives of
OASIS Sponsor members, Axway Software, Boeing, and Fujitsu, and Contributor
members, British Telecommunications and Sonnenglanz Consulting. The comment
period for the charter closes 25 Feb 2008.

http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200802/msg00004.html

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Consortium solicits feedback on proposed ORMS TC charter

Members are asked to review and comment on a draft charter to establish the
OASIS Open Reputation Management
Systems (ORMS) TC. The group plans to develop a system that provides the
ability to use common data formats for representing reputation data and
standard definitions of reputation scores. The TC's output will enable the
deployment of distributed reputation systems that can be either centralized or
decentralized with the ability for aggregators and intermediaries to be part of
the business model. TC proposers include representatives of OASIS Foundational
Sponsor, IBM, and Sponsor members, Booz Allen Hamilton, Cordance, Google, NRI,
VeriSign, and others. The comment period for the charter closes 22 Feb 2008.

http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200802/msg00004.html

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BPEL XML.org launches

OASIS has introduced a new XML.org online community web site dedicated to
supporting the Web Services Business Process Execution Language (WS-BPEL) and
related specifications including BPEL4People. BPEL provides a method for
formally describing business processes and business interaction protocols using
Web services. BPEL XML.org enables users, developers, and vendors from around
the world to share information and learn from one another. Sponsored by BEA
Systems and IBM, the site incorporates a wiki knowledgebase, news features,
event calendar, product directory, forums, and blogs. BPEL is the newest
addition to the XML.org family of OASIS web sites; others include DITA, ebXML,
IDtrust, OpenDocument, and UDDI.

http://bpel.xml.org

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Second public review begins for EDXL-RM

The OASIS Emergency Management TC has submitted its Emergency Data Exchange
Language Resource Messaging (EDXL-RM) 1.0 Committee Draft for a second public
review. EDXL-RM describes a suite of standard messages for data sharing among
emergency and other information systems that deal in requesting and providing
emergency equipment, supplies, people and teams. The review ends 15 April 2008.

http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200802/msg00005.html

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Web Services Reliable Exchange (WS-RX) TC approves Errata

Participants in the OASIS Web Services Reliable Exchange (WS-RX) TC have
approved Errata for Web Services Reliable Messaging 1.1, Web Services
ReliableMessaging Policy 1.1, and Web Services MakeConnection 1.0. These
protocols are designed to ensure reliable message exchange using Web services.

http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200802/msg00002.html

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OASIS eGov seeks abstracts for Electronic Identity Workshop

The OASIS eGovernment Member Section will host a workshop on "Electronic
Identity and Citizen-Centric Administration" on 1 May in conjunction with the
Open Standards 2008 symposium in Santa Clara, California. The eGov workshop
will focus on authentication, security, composability for Web services,
interoperability frameworks, and implementation guidelines for open standards.
Proposals for panels, presentations or discussion papers related to these
themes should be submitted to the OASIS eGov Steering Committee by 3 March.

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

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TAB announces tutorials for Open Standards 2008

The OASIS Technical Advisory Board has announced an exciting line-up of
tutorials for the Open Standards 2008: "Composability within SOA" symposium.
These half-day tutorials will be held in the morning and afternoon on Monday,
28 April, at the Santa Clara Marriott. Attendees of the symposium may attend
the tutorials at no additional cost. Those able to attend only the tutorials
may do so for a separate fee. Register before 17 March and save 100 USD.

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

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U.S. Congressional report recognizes CAP OASIS Standard

A new U.S. Congressional Research Service report, "Emergency Alert System (EAS)
and All-Hazard Warnings" recognizes widespread acceptance for the Common
Alerting Protocol (CAP) OASIS Standard. The report describes ongoing measures
to improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) network
and the new Digital EAS. Details on the history of EAS and CAP as the basis for
the future of alert and warning in the U.S. are included.

http://oasis-emergency.org/node/29

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Federal Computer Week awards ODF Accessibility SC co-chair

Peter Korn, the co-chair of the OASIS OpenDocument Format Accessibility
Subcommittee, has been chosen by Federal Computer Week as one of their 100
"Agents of Change" for his contributions to accessibility standards in the U.S.
Federal Rehabilitation Act.

http://www.fcw.com/events/fed100/2007/winners_list.html

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Important dates

22 Feb:
Deadline to provide feedback on proposed ORMS TC charter
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200802/msg00004.html

25 Feb:
Deadline to provide feedback on proposed ebCore TC charter
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200802/msg00004.html

3 Mar:
Call for Papers for OASIS eGov Workshop closes
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200802/msg00005.html
  
4-6 Mar:
IDtrust co-sponsors Symposium
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200711/msg00003.html

5 Mar:
BPEL4People TC holds first meeting (teleconference)
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200802/msg00001.html

17 Mar:
Early registration discount for Open Standards 2008 symposium ends
http://events.oasis-open.org/home/symposium/2008/registration

18 Mar:
Public review for Solution Deployment Descriptor (SDD) closes
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200801/msg00005.html

Public review for Production Planning and Scheduling (PPS) closes
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200801/msg00004.html

15 Apr:
Public review for Emergency Data Resource Messaging (EDXL-RM) ends
http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200802/msg00005.html

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

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