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:

* Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) TC forms
* OpenDocument Format (ODF) Interoperability and Conformance TC forms
* OASIS Standard vote on two emergency management specs opens soon
* Public review begins for UBL Guidelines for Customization 1.0
* OASIS Security Forum and Telecom Workshop presentations are online
* Microsoft becomes newest OASIS Foundational Sponsor member
* OASIS Emergency Interoperability (EI) MS seeks candidates
* DITA XLIFF recorded webinars are available for download

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Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) TC forms

All interested parties are invited to participate in the new OASIS CMIS Technical Committee. This group will work to advance a specification that uses Web services and Web 2.0 interfaces to enable the sharing of information across content management repositories from different vendors. The CMIS TC will operate under the Royalty Free on RAND mode of the OASIS IPR Policy. TC proposers include representatives of OASIS Foundational Sponsors, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle, as well as EMC, OpenText, SAP, and others. Al Brown of IBM is the convener; a TC chair or two co-chairs will be elected at the first meeting, which will be held by teleconference on 10 Nov.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200810/msg00003.html

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ODF Interoperability and Conformance TC forms

All interested parties are invited to participate in the new OASIS OpenDocument Format (ODF) Interoperability and Conformance Technical Committee. This group will work to produce materials and host events that help implementors create applications which conform to the ODF OASIS Standard and which are able to interoperate. The ODF Interoperability and Conformance TC will operate under the Royalty Free on Limited Terms mode of the OASIS IPR Policy. TC proposers include representatives of OASIS Foundational Sponsors, IBM and Sun Microsystems, as well as Ars Aperta, Google, Novell, South Africa Department of Science and Technology, US Department of Defense, and others. Robert Weir of IBM is the convener; a TC chair or two co-chairs will be elected at the first meeting, which will be held by teleconference on 22 Oct.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200810/msg00003.html

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OASIS Standard vote on two emergency management specs opens soon

Balloting for the Emergency Data Exchange Language Resource Messaging (EDXL-RM) 1.0 and for the Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Hospital AVailability Exchange (HAVE) 1.0 will be held 16-31 Oct. 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. HAVE describes a standard message for data sharing among emergency information systems using EDXL. The specifications were developed by representatives of AtHoc, EDS, ESI Acquisition, Sandia National Laboratories, Warning Systems, and others. All organizational members of OASIS are encouraged to vote on EDXL-RM and HAVE; those who wish to discuss these ballots may do so through member-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200810/msg00001.html

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Public review begins for UBL Guidelines for Customization 1.0

Universal Business Language (UBL) Guidelines for Customization Version 1.0 provides practical information for creating UBL-conformant and UBL-compatible document schemas. This public review ends 29 Nov.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200809/msg00010.html

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OASIS Security Forum and Telecom Workshop presentations are online

Presentations from last week's OASIS Security Forum and SOA Telecom Workshop in London are now posted online. The Forum focused on 'Security Challenges for the Information Society' and was presented by the OASIS IDtrust Member Section. The 'SOA for Telecom' Workshop was presented by the OASIS Telecom Member Section. Thanks to all the speakers, sponsors, and attendees of this very successful event.

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

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Microsoft becomes newest OASIS Foundational Sponsor member

A long-time member of OASIS, Microsoft is a worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. As an OASIS Foundational Sponsor, Microsoft's support is critical in advancing the development and adoption of open standards and enabling the consortium to fulfill its mission. Microsoft joins other OASIS Foundational Sponsors, IBM, Oracle, Primeton, and Sun Microsystems.

http://www.oasis-open.org/about/foundational_sponsors.php

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OASIS Emergency Interoperability (EI) MS seeks candidates

Two seats on the OASIS EI Member Section Steering Committee are up for election. All EI participants are invited to nominate qualified candidates, and new participants are welcome. The EI MS accelerates the development, adoption, application, and implementation of emergency interoperability and communications standards and related work. Nominations will be accepted through 10 Oct and the election will be held 14-28 Oct.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200809/msg00002.html

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DITA XLIFF recorded webinars are available for download

The "DITA to XLIFF and Back" webinars were presented by members of the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) and XML Localisation Interchange File Format (XLIFF) TCs.

http://www.oasis-open.org/events/webinars/

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OASIS co-sponsors DITA/TechComm Conference

On 3-6 Nov, users of the DITA OASIS Standard will gather in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA to discuss the technical innovations that are needed as structured documentation makes major inroads. The event has been described as an "anti-conference", focused on real users, real experts, and real answers. OASIS members receive a discount off registration.

http://www.brightpathsolutions.com/nobull

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Important dates:

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

10 Oct
Nominations close for Emergency Interoperability MS Steering Cmte
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200809/msg00002.html

22 Oct
ODF Interoperability and Conformance TC holds first meeting
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200810/msg00003.html

28 Oct
Ballot closes for Emergency Interoperability MS Steering Cmte
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/200809/msg00002.html

31 Oct
OASIS Standard ballot closes for EDXL-RM and HAVE emergency specs
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200810/msg00001.html

10 Nov
CMIS TC holds first meeting (teleconference)
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200810/msg00003.html

29 Nov
UBL Guidelines for Customization 1.0 public review ends
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200809/msg00010.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