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

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In this issue:

* OASIS Standard vote on Solution Deployment Descriptor 1.0 opens
* Identity Metasystem Interoperability (IMI) TC forms
* Unstructured Info Management Architecture 1.0 public review begins
* OpenDocument 1.0 Errata 01 public review begins
* WMO, ITU, and OASIS to host CAP public warning workshop in Geneva
* Registration opens for DITA and XLIFF webinars
* U.S. National Weather Service becomes newest OASIS Sponsor member
* OASIS Telecom holds special Steering Committee election
* Microsoft sponsors upcoming OASIS Security Forum near London
* OASIS seeks volunteers to translate newsletter
* Important dates

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OASIS Standard vote on Solution Deployment Descriptor 1.0 opens

Balloting for SDD 1.0 is underway now and will remain open until 31 Aug. SDD defines a standardized way to express software installation characteristics required for lifecycle management in a multi-platform environment. The specification was developed by representatives of OASIS Foundational Sponsors, IBM and Sun Microsystems, and by CA, Fujitsu, SAP, SAS Institute, and others. All organizational members of OASIS are encouraged to vote on SDD; 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/200808/msg00006.html

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Identity Metasystem Interoperability (IMI) TC forms

All interested parties are invited to participate in the new OASIS IMI Technical Committee. This group will work to increase the quality and number of interoperable implementations of Information Cards and associated identity system components to enable the Identity Metasystem. The IMI TC will operate under the Royalty Free on RAND Mode of the OASIS IPR Policy and will affiliate with the IDtrust Member Section. TC proposers include representatives of OASIS Foundational Sponsor, IBM, as well as CA, Microsoft, Nortel, the US Department of Defense, VeriSign, and others. Abbie Barbir of Nortel is the convener; a TC chair or two co-chairs will be elected at the first meeting, which will be held 29 Sept, near London, in conjunction with the OASIS Open Standards Forum.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200808/msg00004.html

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Unstructured Info Management Architecture public review begins

Developed by the OASIS Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) TC, UIMA 1.0 defines a standard for semantic search and content analytics. This public review ends 8 Oct.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200808/msg00003.html

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OpenDocument 1.0 Errata 01 public review begins

Developed by the OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications TC, OpenDocument is an XML-based file format for documents containing text, spreadsheets, charts, and graphical elements. This public review of errata ends 22 Aug.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200808/msg00001.html

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WMO, ITU, and OASIS to host CAP public warning workshop in Geneva

All interested parties are invited to participate in a high-level implementation workshop on the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) OASIS Standard. Organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), ITU, and OASIS, the workshop
will take place in Geneva on 9-10 Dec.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200808/msg00002.html

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Registration opens for DITA and XLIFF webinars

Attendees will learn how to reduce the costs and risks of translating XML content using the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) and the XML Localisation Interchange File Format (XLIFF) standards. The webinars, which will be held 18 and 23 Sept, are free and open to the public; however, registration is required.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200808/msg00000.html

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U.S. National Weather Service becomes newest OASIS Sponsor member

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) works to conserve and manage coastal and marine resources to meet U.S. economic, social, and environmental needs. Members who would like to invite NOAA to participate in specific committees should contact member-services@oasis-open.org.

http://www.noaa.gov/

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OASIS Telecom holds special Steering Committee election

Michael Giordano of Avaya and Enrico Ronco of Telecom Italia are candidates for a one-year seat on the OASIS Telecom Member Section Steering Committee. The balloting is underway and will remain open until 2 Sept.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/telecom-ms/200808/msg00006.html

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Microsoft sponsors upcoming OASIS Security Forum near London

The annual OASIS Forum on "Security Challenges for the Information Society" will be held 30 Sept through 3 Oct at Ditton Manor near London. In addition to Microsoft, sponsors include Alcatel-Lucent, Axiomatics, CA, IBM, Nortel, Oracle, Primeton, and Sun Microsystems. Register for the Forum by 29 Aug and save 200 USD.

http://events.oasis-open.org/home/forum/2008

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OASIS seeks volunteers to translate newsletter

To maintain and expand our international outreach, the consortium invites volunteers to translate this newsletter into other languages, particularly Italian and Russian. This is a great way to promote regional awareness of open standards and receive recognition for your efforts. Contact communications@oasis-open.org for more details.

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Important dates:

21 Aug
UIML 4.0 public review ends
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200806/msg00013.html

22 Aug
OpenDocument 1.0 Errata 01 public review closes
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200808/msg00001.html

29 Aug
Early-bird discount for OASIS Security Forum ends
http://events.oasis-open.org/home/forum/2008/registration

ebMS Transport Binding for DSS v1.0 public review ends
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200805/msg00013.html

31 Aug
OASIS Standard ballot on Solution Deployment Descriptor 1.0 closes
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200808/msg00006.html

2 Sept
OASIS Telecom special Steering Committee election closes
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/telecom-ms/200808/msg00006.html

14 Sept
WS-Federation 1.2 public review ends
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200807/msg00008.html

16-18 Sept
Web Services Discovery and Devices Profile TC holds first meeting
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200807/msg00012.html

18 and 23 Sept
DITA and XLIFF webinars
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200808/msg00000.html

23 Sept
Symmetric Key Services Markup Language (SKSML) public review ends
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200807/msg00011.html

Web Services Secure Exchange (WS-SX) public review ends
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200807/msg00009.html

29 Sept
Identity Metasystem Interoperability (IMI) TC holds first meeting
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200808/msg00004.html

30 Sept
OASIS Telecom hosts 'Adopting SOA in Telecommunications' Workshop
http://events.oasis-open.org/home/forum/2008/workshop

1-3 Oct
OASIS IDtrust hosts 'Security Challenges for the Info Society' Forum
http://events.oasis-open.org/home/forum/2008

8 Oct
Unstructured Info Management Architecture public review ends
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200808/msg00003.html

9-10 Dec
WMO, ITU, and OASIS host CAP public warning workshop in Geneva
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200808/msg00002.html

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