OASIS Technical Work Status XML 2002 Conference Baltimore

OASIS Technical Work Status XML 2002 Conference Baltimore, December 2002 Karl Best OASIS Vice President Copyright OASIS, 2002

Overview • OASIS is a member-led consortium dedicated to building systems interoperability specifications – Member-elected Board of Directors and Technical Advisory Board – Member-driven standards process • We focus on industry applications of structured information standards such as XML • Members of OASIS are providers, users and specialists of standards-based technologies and include organizations, individuals and industry groups. • International, not-for-profit, open, independent Copyright OASIS, 2002

OASIS Growth • December 2001 – ~200 organizational members, ~200 individual members – 21 TCs – one approved OASIS Standard • December 2002 – 300+ organizational members, ~275 individual members – 48 TCs, 3 member sections – 7 approved OASIS Standards – ~20 Committee Specs completed; some to be submitted to OASIS members for Copyright OASIS, 2002 approval

2002 Highlights • Approval of OASIS Standards – – – eb. XML RIM (April 2002) eb. XML RS (April 2002) DSML (April 2002) eb. XML Messaging (July 2002) SAML (Nov 2002) eb. XML CPPA (Nov 2002) • Creation of Technical Advisory Board (TAB) • Conferences – Sponsored eb. XML Day at XML Europe 2002 – Co-sponsored (with W 3 C) the Forum on 2002 Copyright OASIS,

OASIS technical agenda • The OASIS technical agenda is set by our members; bottom-up approach • Technical committees formed by the proposal of our members • Each TC sets its own schedule and deliverables Copyright OASIS, 2002

OASIS relationships • Attempt to cooperate and liaise with other standards organizations wherever possible – Prevent duplication, promote interoperability – Gain additional sanction/authority for OASIS work • Working relationships with – W 3 C, OMG, IDEAlliance, OAG, HL 7, Commerce. Net, LISA, etc. Copyright OASIS, 2002

OASIS relationships (cont. ) • Formal relationships with – ISO/IEC/ITU/UNECE Memorandum of Understanding (Mo. U) for EBusiness – ISO TC 154, e-business standards (Category A Liaison) – ISO/IEC JTC SC 34, markup languages (Category A Liaison) – ISO/IEC JTC SC 6, security (Category A Liaison) – ITU-T A. 4 and A. 5 Recognition Copyright OASIS, 2002

OASIS Infrastructure • Time to Market: bring your work to OASIS and avoid wasting time and effort setting up – – – Committee process Infrastructure (web site, mail lists) IPR policy and copyright protection Program management Marketing/Promotion Anti-trust • Use your technical expertise on technical work, not on setting up administrative overhead Copyright OASIS, 2002

Vendors have submitted specs to OASIS TCs • Most TCs have started with existing, contributed work • Contributions such as – – – – WSXL from IBM XOCP from BEA Systems x. CBL from Commerce One ITML from Jamcracker CRML, others from MSI Xr. ML from Content. Guard WS-S from IBM, Microsoft, Verisign etc. • Contributions may be on RAND or RF basis Copyright OASIS, 2002

Dot-orgs have moved to OASIS • • • ADpr Initiative Auth. XML. org ITML. org Legal. XML. org PKI Forum S 2 ML. org Topic. Maps. org UDDI. org WSUI. org XRPM Working Group Copyright OASIS, 2002

Progression of OASIS technical work 1. Any three or more OASIS members propose creation of a technical committee (TC) 2. Existing technical work submitted to TC; or TC starts work at the beginning. 3. TC conducts and completes technical work; open and publicly viewable work 4. TC votes to approve work as an OASIS Committee Specification 5. TC conducts public review, and three or more OASIS members implement the specification 6. TC votes to submit the Committee Specification to OASIS membership for consideration 7. OASIS membership reviews, approves the Committee Specification as an OASIS Standard Copyright OASIS, 2002

Current Technical Committees • • • • Access Control (XACML) Auto Repair Business Transaction Protocol (BTP) Common Biometric Format (XCBF) Conformance Content Assembly Mechanism (CAM) Controlled Trade Customer Information Quality (CIQ) Digital Signature Services (DSS) Directory Services (DSML) Doc. Book eb. XML Collaborative Partners (CPPA) eb. XML Implementation, Interoperability (IIC) • • • • E-Government Election and Voter Services Entity Resolution Extensible Resource Identifier (XRI) Human Markup Legal. XML Court Filing Legal. XML e. Contracts Legal. XML e. Notarization Legal. XML Integrated Justice Legal. XML Lawful Intercept Legal. XML Legislative Information Legal. XML Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Legal. XML Transcripts Localization Interchange (XLIFF) (more. . . ) Copyright OASIS, 2002

Current Technical Committees (cont. ) • Management Protocol • Translation Web Services • Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) • UDDI Specifications • Universal Business Language • • User Interface (UIML) Web Services for Interactive Applications (WSIA) Web Services Remote Portal (WSRP) Web Services Security (WSS) XSLT Conformance • Open Office XML Format • Provisioning Services (SPML) • RELAX NG • Rights Language (RLTC) • Security Services (SAML) • Tax XML • Topic Maps Published Subjects for Geography and Language • Topic Maps Vocabulary for XML Standards • • • Copyright OASIS, 2002

Technical Committee Details • Summary of each TC available at http: //oasis-open. org/committees • TC mail list archives available at http: //lists. oasis-open. org/archives Copyright OASIS, 2002

Conceptual Model For OASIS Transaction Instance Transaction Patterns Generalized Content Generalized Processes Content Definition Language Process Description Language Repository Presentation Description Service Description Language Management Registry / Directory Quality of Services Specialized Processes S e c u r i t y Conformance and Interoperability Specialized Content Vertical Industry Area XML and Web Services Area Messaging XML Syntax Transport Network Copyright OASIS, 2002

Conceptual Model For OASIS Transaction Instance Transaction Patterns Generalized Content Generalized Processes Content Definition Language Process Description Language Repository Presentation Description Service Description Language Management Registry / Directory Quality of Services Specialized Processes S e c u r i t y Conformance and Interoperability Specialized Content Vertical Industry Area XML and Web Services Area Messaging XML Syntax Transport Network Copyright OASIS, 2002

OASIS TCs: Conformance and Interoperability • Conformance • eb. XML Implementation, Interoperability, Conformance (IIC) • XSLT Conformance • XML Conformance (completed) Copyright OASIS, 2002

Conceptual Model For OASIS Transaction Instance Transaction Patterns Generalized Content Generalized Processes Content Definition Language Process Description Language Repository Presentation Description Service Description Language Management Registry / Directory Quality of Services Specialized Processes S e c u r i t y Conformance and Interoperability Specialized Content Vertical Industry Area XML and Web Services Area Messaging XML Syntax Transport Network Copyright OASIS, 2002

OASIS TCs: Vertical • Automotive Repair Information • Controlled Trade • Docbook • e-Government • Election and Voter Services • Human Markup • Tax XML Copyright OASIS, 2002

OASIS TCs: Vertical (cont. ) • Legal. XML – Court Filing – e. Contracts – e. Notarization – Integrated Justice – Lawful Intercept – Legislative Information – Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) – Transcripts Copyright OASIS, 2002

OASIS TCs: Vertical (cont. ) • Generalized Content Definition – Customer Information Quality (CIQ) – Open Office XML • Generalized Processes – eb. XML CPPA – XLIFF – Provisioning Services (SPML) – Translation Web Services – Content Assembly Mechanism (CAM) Copyright OASIS, 2002

Conceptual Model For OASIS Transaction Instance Transaction Patterns Generalized Content Generalized Processes Content Definition Language Process Description Language Repository Presentation Description Service Description Language Management Registry / Directory Quality of Services Specialized Processes S e c u r i t y Conformance and Interoperability Specialized Content Vertical Industry Area XML and Web Services Area Messaging XML Syntax Transport Network Copyright OASIS, 2002

OASIS TCs: XML and Web Services • Registries, Repositories, and Directories – DSML – eb. XML Registry – UDDI Specs • Messaging – eb. XML Messaging • Content Definition Language – UBL Copyright OASIS, 2002

OASIS TCs: XML and Web Services (cont. ) • XML Syntax – Entity Resolution – RELAX NG – Topic Maps Published Subjects – Topic Maps PS Geography /Languages – Topic Maps PS XML Standards Vocabulary Copyright OASIS, 2002

OASIS TCs: XML and Web Services (cont. ) • Security – Access Control (XACML) – Common Biometric Format (XCBF) – Digital Signature Services (DSS) – Extensible Resource Identifier (XRI) – Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) – Rights Language (RLTC) – Security Services (SAML) – Web Services Security (WSS) Copyright OASIS, 2002

OASIS TCs: XML and Web Services (cont. ) • Process Description Language – BTP • Presentation Description – UIML – WSIA – WSRP • Management – Management Protocol Copyright OASIS, 2002

Joint Committees and Member Sections Copyright OASIS, 2002

Joint Committees • Purpose: forum for coordination between various OASIS TCs – eb. XML JC – Security Standards JC Copyright OASIS, 2002

eb. XML Joint Committee • Purpose: coordination between the eb. XML OASIS TCs – Registry – CPPA – Messaging – IIC • Chair: Dale Moberg, Cyclone Commerce Copyright OASIS, 2002

Security Standards Joint Committee • Purpose: coordination between the various security-related OASIS TCs – – – – Access Control (XACML) Common Biometric Format (XCBF) Digital Signature Services (DSS) Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Provisioning Services (SPML) Rights Language (RLTC) Security Services (SAML) Web Services Security (WSS) • Chair: Phil Griffin, Griffin Consulting Copyright OASIS, 2002

OASIS Member Sections • A group of technical committees or OASIS members, with its own identity and governance, devoted to a specific technical topic – Legal. XML – PKI – UDDI Copyright OASIS, 2002

Legal. XML member section • Started: 1998, joined OASIS 2002 • Charter: development of XML standards for the legal profession • Chair: Don Bergeron, Lexis. Nexis • Current status: eight technical committees Copyright OASIS, 2002

PKI member section • Started: 1999, joined OASIS 2002 • Charter: development of PKI applications and promotion of PKI technology • Chair: Terry Leahy, Wells Fargo • Current status: member section formed November 2002; one technical committee • www. pkiforum. org Copyright OASIS, 2002

UDDI member section • Started: 2000, joined OASIS 2002 • Charter: development and implementation of UDDI registry specification • Chair: George Zagelow, IBM • Current status: member section formed July 2002, one technical committee • www. uddi. org Copyright OASIS, 2002

Technical Advisory Board (TAB) • Purpose: – Advise the OASIS Board of Directors on technical topics that OASIS could pursue – Develop descriptive technical architectures in order to promote coordination between OASIS TCs • Formed June 2002 • Chair: Eduardo Gutentag, Sun Microsystems Copyright OASIS, 2002

OASIS this week • Member Reception – Wednesday 7: 00 -8: 30 p. m. Room 301 • TC meetings (rooms #306, 315) – – Monday: XCBF Tuesday: CIQ Wednesday: WSS Thursday: Election, WSS, Topic Maps, Tax XML – Friday: e-Gov, Topic Maps, Legal. XML Legislative • Multiple conference sessions • OASIS Booth #131 Copyright OASIS, 2002

Upcoming OASIS Events • Forum on Web Services – 4 March 2003, at Web Services One conference, Santa Clara • Annual General Members Meeting – 4 March 2003, Santa Clara • eb. XML Day – 5 -6 May, at XML Europe 2003, London Copyright OASIS, 2002

For more information. . . • www. oasis-open. org • xml. coverpages. org • www. xml. org Copyright OASIS, 2002