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

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HEADLINES:

* TCs submit WS-BPEL, DSS, WS-Context, WS-Transaction for vote as OASIS
Standards
* DITA 1.1 public review begins
* New case study on T-Mobile's ebXML implementation is published
* OASIS introduces Members Choice Awards
* Burton moderates "Five Years of Web Services & SOA: You Are Here"
* Changfeng translates OASIS News into Chinese
* Board and TAB candidates build support at Symposium
* OASIS welcomes new Sponsors: Xcalia and Primeton

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TCs submit WS-BPEL, DSS, WS-Context, and WS-Transaction for Vote as OASIS
Standards

Four specification sets have been submitted for balloting as OASIS Standards in
March: WS-Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) 2.0; Digital Signature
Services (DSS) 1.0; WS-Context 1.0; and WS-Transaction 1.1. WS-BPEL enables
users to specify business processes that are both composed of, and exposed as,
Web services. DSS describes signing and verifying request/response protocols.
WS-Context defines a generic context model for Web services, providing support
for session management. WS-Transaction defines protocols for coordinating the
outcome of distributed application actions. Members who wish to discuss any of
these specifications may do so through [URL=mailto:member-discuss@lists.oasis]member-discuss@lists.oasis[/URL]-open.org. On
16 March, Calls for Vote on these specifications will be issued to all OASIS
member organizations.

WS-BPEL: [URL=http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200703/msg00002.html]http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200703/msg00002.html[/URL]
DSS: [URL=http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200703/msg00003.html]http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200703/msg00003.html[/URL]
WS-Context: [URL=http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200703/msg00004.html]http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200703/msg00004.html[/URL]
WS-Transaction: [URL=http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200703/msg00005.html]http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200703/msg00005.html[/URL]

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DITA 1.1 public review begins

The OASIS Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) TC has approved DITA
1.1 as a Committee Draft and submitted the package for public review. DITA 1.1
advances a document creation and management specification that builds content
reuse into the authoring process. The review ends 4 May.

[URL=http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200703/msg00007.html]http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200703/msg00007.html[/URL]

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New case study on T-Mobile's ebXML implementation is published

An ebXML-based B2B gateway that processes approximately one thousand B2B
messages per hour is the subject of a new case study from OASIS. Sponsored by
Axway, the case study describes how international communications carrier,
T-Mobile, came to select the ebXML Message Service and the ebXML Collaboration
Protocol Profile and Agreement OASIS Standards for its gateway.

[URL=http://www.oasis-open.org/casestudies/]http://www.oasis-open.org/casestudies/[/URL]

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OASIS introduces Members Choice Awards

Symposium 2007 attendees will have the opportunity to vote in the first annual
OASIS Members Choice Awards. Categories will include "Best OASIS Standard
Approved in 2006-2007", "Most Promising New TC", "Most Valuable Chair", "Most
Enlightening Performance in a TC Lightning Round", "Favorite Staff Person", and
more. Awards will be presented at the Tuesday reception.

[URL=http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium/2007/index.php]http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium/2007/index.php[/URL]

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Burton VP moderates "Five Years of Web Services & SOA: You Are Here"

At next month's OASIS Symposium, Burton Group vice president and research
director, Anne Thomas Manes, will lead a lively discussion on the current and
future state of Web services and SOA. This special closing panel will feature
executives from BEA, EDS, IBM, SAP, and Sun Microsystems.

[URL=http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium/2007/program.php]http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium/2007/program.php[/URL]

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Changfeng translates OASIS News into Chinese

Wang Jing of Changfeng Open Standards Platform Software Alliance is translating
OASIS News into Chinese as a service to the community. OASIS News is now
available in Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, and Russian. The public is
invited to subscribe to the newsletter at
[URL=http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/main.php.]http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/main.php.[/URL] The Chinese archives are posted at
[URL=http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/oasisnewscn/]http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/oasisnewscn/.[/URL]

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Board and TAB candidates build support at Symposium

Nominees for the OASIS Board and TAB 2007 elections who attend the Symposium
will be identified with special badges and recognized during the opening
session and AGM. Candidates are also encouraged to host luncheon BoFs in San
Diego to discuss topics of interest to members and build support for the
elections. Contact [URL=mailto:member-services@oasis-open.org]member-services@oasis-open.org[/URL] for more details.

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OASIS welcomes new Sponsors: Xcalia and Primeton

* Xcalia (www.xcalia.com) provides dynamic integration software that makes it
easier for enterprises to build composite applications in SOAs while reusing
valuable information resources, optimizing IT investments, and reducing
operating costs.

* Primeton Technologies ([URL=http://www.primeton.com/]http://www.primeton.com[/URL]) develops component-oriented
middleware that transforms traditional application software structure and
developing mode.

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Upcoming deadlines

14 Mar:
   Symposium hotel room discount at San Diego Marriott  
   [URL=http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium/2007/venue.php]http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium/2007/venue.php[/URL]

19 Mar:
   Symposium early-bird registration discount (save $100)
   [URL=http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium/2007/registration.php]http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium/2007/registration.php[/URL]

27 Mar:
   eContracts v1.0 public review
   [URL=http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200701/msg00013.html]http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200701/msg00013.html[/URL]

4 May:
   DITA v1.1 public review
   [URL=http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200703/msg00007.html]http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200703/msg00007.html[/URL]

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