OASIS News
1 May 2006
Welcome to OASIS News, a weekly update of announcements,
accomplishments, and activities for the international
standards
consortium.
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EDXL-DE Becomes Newest OASIS Standard
Consortium members voted to ratify the Emergency Data
Exchange Language
Distribution Element (EDXL-DE), v1.0 as an OASIS Standard.
EDXL-DE
provides an integrated framework that enables information
exchange to
advance incident preparedness and response to emergency
situations.
Congratulations to members of the OASIS Emergency Management
TC, and
thanks to all who participated in the review and balloting
process.
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/20
0605/msg00000.html
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OASIS Announces User Assistance Discussion List
A new mail list has been created to discuss the possibility
of creating
an OASIS TC, chartered to develop a cross-platform standard
for
application-integrated software user assistance
documentation. This
temporary discussion list will be used to determine whether
there is
sufficient interest to form a TC on this topic. OASIS
Membership is not
required for participation in this list, and all interested
parties are
encouraged to subscribe.
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/20
0604/msg00013.html
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OASIS ebXML JC Publishes 'The Framework for eBusiness'
White Paper
The OASIS ebXML Joint Committee has published a new white
paper, 'The
Framework for eBusiness.' This paper provides an overview
of the ebXML
specifications and their relevance, including information on
adoption
and implementation. The document provides a useful
background for those
considering implementing ebXML technology and/or hybrid
approaches.
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/dow
nload.php/17817/ebxmljc-WhitePap
er-wd-r02-en.pdf
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Danish Government Reaffirms SAML Recommendation
In support of its view that the use of open standards in
e-Government
will encourage innovation, the Danish IT Architecture
committee
reaffirmed its recommendation of the Security Assertion
Markup Language
(SAML) OASIS Standard. SAML defines and maintains a
standard, XML-based
framework for creating and exchanging security information
between
online partners. Denmark standardized on SAML exactly a year
ago. Other
national governments to support SAML include Norway,
Finland, Austria,
and France, as well as some agencies of the US government.
http://eu
ropa.eu.int/idabc/en/document/5538
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Reserve Guest Rooms for Symposium at Hyatt
OASIS Symposium attendees who have not already done so are
asked to book
their hotel reservations at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco as
soon as
possible. While there are many hotels in the area, staying
at the Hyatt
not only provides extra convenience, it also supports the
work of OASIS.
The cost of plenary and TC meeting rooms is significantly
reduced based
on the amount of guest rooms reserved by our group. OASIS
relies on that
discount to keep registration fees affordable for all
members. Please be
sure to mention the OASIS group rate when making
reservations.
http
://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2006/
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Events
The following events are co-sponsored by OASIS:
9-12 May
OASIS Symposium
San Francisco, CA, USA
http
://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2006/
16-18 May
BuilConn
Palm Springs, CA, USA
http://ww
w.builconn.com/2006/na/default.asp
16-18 May
GridWise Expo
Palm Springs, CA, USA
http:
//www.gridwiseexpo.com/2006/na/default.asp
16-18 May
M2M Expo and Conference
Palm Springs, CA, USA
http://www
.m2mexpo.com/2006/na/default.asp
9-14 June
3rd European Semantic Web Conference
Budva, Montenegro
http://www.eswc2006.org/
CABA Intelligent Buildings Leadership Forum
25-27 June
Dallas, TX, USA
http://www.caba.org
/leadersforum/
23-28 July
XML Summer School
University of Oxford, UK
http://www.xmlsummers
chool.com/
24-28 July
GeoWeb 2006
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.geoweb.org/
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