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XML (e-business) StandardsState of the Union

Norbert H. MikulaNorbert H. MikulaChief Technology StrategistChief Technology StrategistDataChannelDataChannel

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State of the UnionState of the Union

About OASISAbout OASIS

E-business @ OASISE-business @ OASIS

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State of the union ?

It is a mess !


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We need a map !

B2B Conceptual Model

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Backend Integration

Service Oriented Architectures

Network Transport

Business Conceptual

Model(Definitions, format,

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Technical Conceptual

Model(Standards, protocols

and tools)

Universal Business Processes

Specialized Business Processes

Business Process Instance

Universal Business Content

Specialized Business Content

Business Content Instance

Messaging

Service Description Language

Repository

Directory / Registry

Business Content Format Definition Process Description Language

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About OASIS

OASIS is a member consortium dedicated to OASIS is a member consortium dedicated to building systems interoperability specificationsbuilding systems interoperability specifications

We focus on industry applications of structured We focus on industry applications of structured information standards, such as XML, SGML, and information standards, such as XML, SGML, and CGM. CGM.

Members of OASIS are providers, users and Members of OASIS are providers, users and specialists of standards-based technologies and specialists of standards-based technologies and include organizations, individuals and industry include organizations, individuals and industry groups. groups. ~200 organizational members, ~200 individual members

International, Not-for-profit, Open, IndependentInternational, Not-for-profit, Open, Independent Successful through industry-wide collaborationSuccessful through industry-wide collaboration

OASIS standards process

Standards are created under an open, Standards are created under an open, democratic, vendor-neutral processdemocratic, vendor-neutral process Any interested parties may participate, comment No one organization can dictate the standard Ensures that standards meet everyone’s needs, not just

largest players’

Open to all interested partiesOpen to all interested parties All discussion open to public commentAll discussion open to public comment One organization/One voteOne organization/One vote Resulting work is guaranteed to be Resulting work is guaranteed to be

representative of the industry as a whole, not representative of the industry as a whole, not just any one vendor’s viewjust any one vendor’s view

What OASIS Offers Industry

Time to Market: don’t waste your time and Time to Market: don’t waste your time and effort setting upeffort setting up Committee process Infrastructure (web site, mail lists) IPR policy Copyright protection Program Management Marketing/Promotion Anti-trust

Use your technical expertise on technical Use your technical expertise on technical work, not on setting up administrative work, not on setting up administrative overheadoverhead

What OASIS Offers Members

Opportunity to pursue technical work in a Opportunity to pursue technical work in a neutral environmentneutral environment Buy-in and support from other developing and

implementing organizations

Opportunity to set the technical agenda of Opportunity to set the technical agenda of a recognized industry standards a recognized industry standards organizationorganization OASIS member-driven technical process

OASIS Process

Existing technical work submitted to OASIS TC; Existing technical work submitted to OASIS TC; or TC starts work at the beginningor TC starts work at the beginning

TC completes technical workTC completes technical work TC votes to approve work as an TC votes to approve work as an OASIS OASIS

Committee SpecificationCommittee Specification TC votes to submit the TC votes to submit the Committee SpecificationCommittee Specification

to OASIS membership for considerationto OASIS membership for consideration OASIS membership reviews, approves the OASIS membership reviews, approves the

Committee SpecificationCommittee Specification as an as an OASIS StandardOASIS Standard

Current Activities

Currently 20 OASIS Technical Committees Currently 20 OASIS Technical Committees and one Member Sectionand one Member Section

Increase of over a dozen new TCs since Increase of over a dozen new TCs since late 2000late 2000

Additional proposals in the works... Additional proposals in the works... Expect to have 6-8 TCs submitting Expect to have 6-8 TCs submitting

Committee Specifications to OASIS Committee Specifications to OASIS membership for review by the end of 2001membership for review by the end of 2001

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Access Control (XACML)

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Access Control (XACML)

Started: May 2001Started: May 2001 Charter: Develop XACML, an XML Charter: Develop XACML, an XML

specification for expressing policies for specification for expressing policies for information access over the Internet.information access over the Internet.

Co-chairs: Co-chairs: Carlisle Adams, Entrust; Hal Carlisle Adams, Entrust; Hal Lockhart, EntegrityLockhart, Entegrity

Access Control - XACML

"Access control, which is often called 'rights "Access control, which is often called 'rights management' or 'entitlement management' or 'entitlement

management,' determines who can look at management,' determines who can look at something, what they can do with it, the something, what they can do with it, the

type of device they can look at it on, etc."type of device they can look at it on, etc."

Simon Y. Blackwell, Psoom, Chair (ret.)

Access Control - XACML

Ex. Use Case : Medical RecordsEx. Use Case : Medical Records Selectively disclose sensitive information

depending on requestor and situation. E.g. patient rights vs. patient protection.

Ex. Use Case : RegistriesEx. Use Case : Registries Selectively grant access of registry content to

specific customers, suppliers and business partners.

Business Objects, CPP, Business Processes contain proprietary information.

Security Services (SAML)

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What is the most annoying thing in What is the most annoying thing in working with ten different e-business working with ten different e-business sites?sites?


Started: March 2001Started: March 2001 Charter: combine AuthXML and S2ML Charter: combine AuthXML and S2ML

(and others) into a single XML (and others) into a single XML specification for the description of specification for the description of authentication and authorization of authentication and authorization of internet communicationsinternet communications

Co-chairs: Jeff Hodges, Oblix; Joe Pato, Co-chairs: Jeff Hodges, Oblix; Joe Pato, HPHP

Security Services

Ex. Use Case : Single Sign-On Ex. Use Case : Single Sign-On A Web user authenticates with a Web site. The

Web user then uses a secured resource at another Web site, without directly authenticating to that Web site.

Ex. User Case : Authorization Service Ex. User Case : Authorization Service A user attempts to access a resource or service.

The security controller for that resource -- a policy enforcement point or PEP -- checks the user's authorization to access the resource with a policy decision point or PDP.

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Directory Services (DSML)

Started: 1999Started: 1999 Charter: develop DSML, an XML-Charter: develop DSML, an XML-

specification for marking up directory specification for marking up directory services informationservices information

Chair: James Tauber, BowstreetChair: James Tauber, Bowstreet Latest Version DSML 2.0 (adds directory Latest Version DSML 2.0 (adds directory

queries and updates)queries and updates)

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Started: March 2001Started: March 2001 Charter: develop the Business Charter: develop the Business

Transaction Protocol (BTP), an XML-Transaction Protocol (BTP), an XML-based protocol for managing complex, based protocol for managing complex, persistent B2B Internet transactionspersistent B2B Internet transactions

Chair: Pal Takacsi-Nagy, BEAChair: Pal Takacsi-Nagy, BEA


ACIDACID

Two phased commitTwo phased commit

Internet scales distributed transactionsInternet scales distributed transactions E.g. : Semantics of roll-back?


Ex. Use Case : A night outEx. Use Case : A night out The individual concerned uses a Personal Digital

Organizer (PDA) to control the activities required for making the necessary arrangements with different service providers (e.g., “Taxi,” “Theatre,” “Restaurant,” and “Hotel”). The different activities are to be enclosed within the borders of a single long-running business transaction to achieve an all-or-nothing result and to accommodate for failures.

Ex. Use Case : Manufacturer-Supplier-Ex. Use Case : Manufacturer-Supplier-ShipperShipper

ebXML Collaborative Partners

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Started: July 2001Started: July 2001 Charter: continued development of ebXML Charter: continued development of ebXML

CPP and CPA specificationsCPP and CPA specifications Chair: Dale Moberg, Cyclone CommerceChair: Dale Moberg, Cyclone Commerce


A CPP defines one business partner's A CPP defines one business partner's technical capabilities to engage in technical capabilities to engage in electronic business collaborations with electronic business collaborations with other partners by exchanging electronic other partners by exchanging electronic messages.messages.

A CPA documents the technical A CPA documents the technical agreement between two (or more) agreement between two (or more) partners to engage in electronic business partners to engage in electronic business collaboration.collaboration.

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ebXML Messaging

Started: July 2001Started: July 2001 Charter: continue development of the Charter: continue development of the

ebXML Messaging specificationebXML Messaging specification Recommend technology for the transport, Recommend technology for the transport,

routing and packaging of business routing and packaging of business transactions using standard Internet transactions using standard Internet technologies.technologies.

Chair: Ian Jones, individual memberChair: Ian Jones, individual member

ebXML Registry

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ebXML Registry

Started: 1999Started: 1999 Charter: continue development of ebXML Charter: continue development of ebXML

Registry & Repository specification, Registry & Repository specification, merge with OASIS Registry & Repository merge with OASIS Registry & Repository specification specification

Chair: Lisa Carnahan, NISTChair: Lisa Carnahan, NIST

ebXML Registry

The ebXML Registry provides a set of The ebXML Registry provides a set of services that enable sharing of services that enable sharing of information between interested parties for information between interested parties for the purpose of enabling business process the purpose of enabling business process integration between such parties based integration between such parties based on the ebXML specifications. The shared on the ebXML specifications. The shared information is maintained as objects in a information is maintained as objects in a repository and managed by the ebXML repository and managed by the ebXML Registry Services.Registry Services.

ebXML Registry (Use Case)

Schema Documents Are SubmittedSchema Documents Are Submitted A third party such as an industry consortium or

standards group submits the necessary schema documents required by the RosettaNet PIP3A4 Purchase Order business protocol with the Registry using the ObjectManager service of the Registry.

Business Process Documents Are Business Process Documents Are SubmittedSubmitted A third party, such as an industry consortium or

standards group, submits the necessary business process documents required by the RosettaNet PIP3A4 Purchase Order business protocol with the Registry using the ObjectManager service of the Registry.

ebXML Registry (Use Case)

Seller’s Collaboration Protocol Profile Is Seller’s Collaboration Protocol Profile Is SubmittedSubmitted The seller publishes its Collaboration Protocol Profile or

CPP to the Registry. The CPP describes the seller, the role it plays, the services it offers and the technical details on how those services may be accessed. The seller classifies their Collaboration Protocol Profile using the Registry’s flexible Classification capabilities.

Buyer Discovers The SellerBuyer Discovers The Seller The buyer browses the Registry using Classification

schemes defined within the Registry using a Registry Browser GUI tool to discover a suitable seller. For example the buyer may look for all parties that are in the Automotive Industry, play a seller role, support the RosettaNet PIP3A4 process and sell Car Stereos. The buyer discovers the seller’s CPP and decides to engage in a partnership with the seller.

Universal Business Library

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Universal Business Language

Started: October 2001Started: October 2001 Charter: develop a standard XML Charter: develop a standard XML

business library based on other pre-business library based on other pre-existing librariesexisting libraries

Chair: Jon Bosak, SunChair: Jon Bosak, Sun Current status: first meeting October 2001Current status: first meeting October 2001


Top down vs. bottom up?Top down vs. bottom up?

UBL: Bottom upUBL: Bottom up


Begin with xCBL 3.0 as the starting point and to Begin with xCBL 3.0 as the starting point and to develop the standard UBL library by mutually develop the standard UBL library by mutually agreed-upon changes to xCBL 3.0 based on agreed-upon changes to xCBL 3.0 based on industry experience with other XML business industry experience with other XML business libraries and with similar technologies such as libraries and with similar technologies such as Electronic Data Interchange. Electronic Data Interchange.

Develop UBL in light of Develop UBL in light of standards/specifications issued by standards/specifications issued by UN/CEFACT, ISO, IEC, ITU, W3C, IETF, OASIS, UN/CEFACT, ISO, IEC, ITU, W3C, IETF, OASIS, and such other standards bodies and and such other standards bodies and organizations as the UBL TC may deem organizations as the UBL TC may deem relevant. relevant.

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RELAX NG

Started: February 2001Started: February 2001 Charter: combine TREX and RELAX Charter: combine TREX and RELAX

proposals into a single light-weight XML proposals into a single light-weight XML schema specification schema specification

Chair: James Clark, individual memberChair: James Clark, individual member Current status: Committee Specification Current status: Committee Specification

approved; will submit to OASIS approved; will submit to OASIS membership soonmembership soon

Entity Resolution

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Entity Resolution

Started: November 2000Started: November 2000 Charter: further development of SGML Charter: further development of SGML

Open Catalog Specification (TR Open Catalog Specification (TR 9401:1997; “SOCat”) for XML compliance9401:1997; “SOCat”) for XML compliance

Chair: Lauren Wood, SoftQuadChair: Lauren Wood, SoftQuad Current status: Committee Specification Current status: Committee Specification

approved; will submit to OASIS approved; will submit to OASIS membership soonmembership soon

TM Published Subjects

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Topic Maps 101

Transcend Syntax !Transcend Syntax !Eliot Kimber, DataChannel/IsogenEliot Kimber, DataChannel/Isogen

Topic Maps 101

XYZ

A concept: XYZA concept: XYZ

Web

Topic Maps 101

First topic map concept : TopicFirst topic map concept : Topic Fundamental unit Meaningful description of an information object

<topic id=“XYZ”><topic id=“XYZ”>

<topname><topname>

<basename>XYZ</basename><basename>XYZ</basename>

</topname> </topname>

</topic></topic>

Topic Maps 101

A topic, in its most generic sense, can be A topic, in its most generic sense, can be any “thing” whatsoever – a person, an any “thing” whatsoever – a person, an

entity, a concept, really anything – entity, a concept, really anything – regardless of whether it exists or has any regardless of whether it exists or has any

other specific characteristics, about which other specific characteristics, about which anything whatsoever may be asserted by anything whatsoever may be asserted by

any means whatsoever.any means whatsoever.

Topic Maps 101

Extend the conceptExtend the concept

<topic id=“XYZ”><topic id=“XYZ”>

<topname><topname>

<basename>XYZ</basename><basename>XYZ</basename>

<dispname>XYZ Company</dispname><dispname>XYZ Company</dispname>

<sortname>XYZCompany</sortname><sortname>XYZCompany</sortname>

</topname> </topname>

</topic></topic>

Topic Maps 101

The topic occurs somewhere The topic occurs somewhere (on the Web)

XYZ

Web

Topic Maps 101

Second topic map concept : OccurrencesSecond topic map concept : Occurrences Path between a topic and an information object (in

this case a HTML page)

<occurs <occurs

href="http://xyz.com/serverdoc.htm">href="http://xyz.com/serverdoc.htm">

</occurs></occurs>

Topic Maps 101

Some information about an occurrenceSome information about an occurrence

Press ReleaseDocumentation

XYZ

Web

Topic Maps 101

Occurrences are typedOccurrences are typed

<occurs <occurs

type=“Documentation”type=“Documentation”

href="http://xyz.com/serverdoc.htm">href="http://xyz.com/serverdoc.htm">

</occurs></occurs>

<occurs <occurs

type=“Press Release”type=“Press Release”

href="http://xyz.com/news/ceo.htm">href="http://xyz.com/news/ceo.htm">

</occurs></occurs>

Topic Maps 101

Topic CharacteristicsTopic Characteristics Atomic Name Occurrence(s)

Must have at least one of themMust have at least one of them

Topic Maps 101

Web

There is more than one topicThere is more than one topicABC

NASDAQ


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And topics have typed relationshipsAnd topics have typed relationships

trading compete

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Topic Maps 101

Third topic map concept : AssociationsThird topic map concept : Associations Relationship between topics Association types are topics

<assoc type=“compete"><assoc type=“compete">

<assocrl>XYZ ABC</assocrl><assocrl>XYZ ABC</assocrl>

</assoc></assoc>

Topic Maps 101

Topics participating in an association Topics participating in an association have roles have roles role types are again … topics

<assoc type=“trading"><assoc type=“trading">

<assocrl type=“market">NASDAQ<assocrl type=“market">NASDAQ

</assocrl></assocrl>

<assocrl type=“stock">XYZ<assocrl type=“stock">XYZ

</assocrl></assocrl>

</assoc></assoc>

Topic Maps 101

Fourth topic map concept : Topic typeFourth topic map concept : Topic type Form a class-instance relationship

Topic types are again a topicTopic types are again a topic

ABC

CompanyMarket

NASDAQ XYZtrading compete

Topic Maps 101

Topic types can participate in Topic types can participate in associationsassociations

Which are again … (you get the picture)Which are again … (you get the picture)

listed

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NASDAQ XYZtrading compete

Topic Maps 101

Fifth topic map concept : ScopeFifth topic map concept : Scope Compare to scope in programming languages

<topic id=“XYZ”><topic id=“XYZ”><topname scope=“English”><topname scope=“English”>

<basename>XYZ Inc.</basename><basename>XYZ Inc.</basename></topname></topname><topname scope=“German”><topname scope=“German”>

<basename>XYZ Ges.m.b.H.</basename><basename>XYZ Ges.m.b.H.</basename></topname> </topname> </topic></topic>

Topic Maps 101

There are more topic maps conceptsThere are more topic maps concepts Themes Facets Public Subjects Etc.

Exercise for the reader … Exercise for the reader …

Topic Maps 101

ISO 13250ISO 13250 Editors : Michel Biezunski, Martin Bryan, Steve

Newcomb Uses HyTime

ISO 10744 Editors : Charles Goldfarb, Steven Newcomb,

Eliot Kimber, Peter Newcomb

Topic Maps for the WebTopic Maps for the Web XTM, IdeAlliance initiative XTM 1.0 (March 2nd, 2001)

Topic Maps 101

Topic Maps Definitions (from ISO 13250)Topic Maps Definitions (from ISO 13250) “… enable multiple, concurrent views of sets of

information objects” “… link topics together in such a way as to enable

navigation between them.” “… filter an information set to create views

adapted to specific users or purposes.” “… facilitate the creation of topic-oriented user

interfaces that provide the effect of merging unstructured information bases with structured ones.”

Topic Maps 101

““Widespread implementation of non-Widespread implementation of non-proprietary semantic navigation proprietary semantic navigation

networks is good for the Web. ISO networks is good for the Web. ISO 13250:2000 topic maps should be 13250:2000 topic maps should be

given full consideration by given full consideration by developers, content providers, developers, content providers,

builders of portals, and supporters builders of portals, and supporters of open standards and an open of open standards and an open

Web.”Web.” Liora Alschuler on XML.com

TM Published Subjects

Started: October 2001Started: October 2001 Charter: develop guidelines, Charter: develop guidelines,

recommendations, and applications to recommendations, and applications to promote adoption of Topic Maps promote adoption of Topic Maps Published Subjects (part of ISO 13250 and Published Subjects (part of ISO 13250 and XML Topic Maps (XTM) 1.0 Specification).XML Topic Maps (XTM) 1.0 Specification).

Chair: Bernard Vatant, MondecaChair: Bernard Vatant, Mondeca Current status: first meeting October 2001Current status: first meeting October 2001

WS Component Model

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WS Component Model

Started: October 2001Started: October 2001 Charter: To create a Web Services Charter: To create a Web Services

standard for interactive application standard for interactive application access. WSCM will provide a coordinated access. WSCM will provide a coordinated set of XML vocabularies and Web services set of XML vocabularies and Web services interfaces that allow companies to deliver interfaces that allow companies to deliver Web applications to end users through a Web applications to end users through a variety of channels--directly to a browser, variety of channels--directly to a browser, indirectly through a portal or embedded indirectly through a portal or embedded into a third party Web application.into a third party Web application.

Chair: Charles Wiecha, IBMChair: Charles Wiecha, IBM

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Customer Information Quality

Started: early 2000Started: early 2000 Charter: develop XML-based Charter: develop XML-based

specifications for customer profile and specifications for customer profile and addressing informationaddressing information

Chair: Ram Kumar, MastersoftChair: Ram Kumar, Mastersoft Current status: two Committee Current status: two Committee

Specifications approved; will submit to Specifications approved; will submit to OASIS membership soon; on-going work OASIS membership soon; on-going work with other specswith other specs

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Provisioning Services

Started: November 2001Started: November 2001 Charter: combine the existing Active Charter: combine the existing Active

Digital Profile (ADPr), extensible Resource Digital Profile (ADPr), extensible Resource Provisioning Management (XRPM), and Provisioning Management (XRPM), and Information Technology Markup Information Technology Markup Language (ITML) specifications into a Language (ITML) specifications into a single specification describing single specification describing provisioning informationprovisioning information

Chair: Gavenraj Sodhi, Access360Chair: Gavenraj Sodhi, Access360 Current status: first meeting in NovemberCurrent status: first meeting in November

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DocBook

Started: 1992; moved to OASIS in 1998Started: 1992; moved to OASIS in 1998 Charter: develop the DocBook Charter: develop the DocBook

DTD/Schema for computer documentationDTD/Schema for computer documentation Chair: Norm Walsh, SunChair: Norm Walsh, Sun Current status: v4.1 accepted as an Current status: v4.1 accepted as an

OASIS Standard in January 2001; working OASIS Standard in January 2001; working towards v5.towards v5.

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XML Conformance

Started: 1999Started: 1999 Charter: develop test suites for testing Charter: develop test suites for testing

XML application conformance against the XML application conformance against the W3C XML RecommendationW3C XML Recommendation

Chair: Mary Brady, NISTChair: Mary Brady, NIST Current status: work completed summer Current status: work completed summer

2001; will be basis for future work in W3C 2001; will be basis for future work in W3C QA ActivityQA Activity

XSLT Conformance

Started: 1999Started: 1999 Charter: develop test suites for testing Charter: develop test suites for testing

XSLT application conformance against XSLT application conformance against the W3C XSLT Recommendationthe W3C XSLT Recommendation

Chair: Ken Holman, Crane SoftWrightsChair: Ken Holman, Crane SoftWrights

ebXML IIC

Started: August 2001Started: August 2001 IICIIC

Implementation, Interoperability, Conformance

Charter: develop guidelines and tools for Charter: develop guidelines and tools for interoperability, implementation, and interoperability, implementation, and conformance of the ebXML specs in order conformance of the ebXML specs in order to promote the adoption of the specs to promote the adoption of the specs

Chair: Philippe DeSmedt, Agentis Int’lChair: Philippe DeSmedt, Agentis Int’l Current status: work in progressCurrent status: work in progress

Conformance

Started: 1999Started: 1999 Charter: develop guidelines and Charter: develop guidelines and

resources for the creation of conformance resources for the creation of conformance test suitestest suites

Chair: Lynne Rosenthal, NISTChair: Lynne Rosenthal, NIST Current status: ongoing work in progress; Current status: ongoing work in progress;

a variety of white papers and test tools a variety of white papers and test tools releasedreleased

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Announcement

OASIS public information meeting OASIS public information meeting on on Web ServicesWeb Services standards (the standards (the WSCM effortWSCM effort and related work at and related work at OASIS) OASIS)

OASIS will host the meeting at OASIS will host the meeting at 6:30 PM on Wednesday, 24 Oct, in 6:30 PM on Wednesday, 24 Oct, in Room 203Room 203 at the Santa Clara at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Convention Center.

Refreshments will be providedRefreshments will be provided and and everyone is welcome to attend.everyone is welcome to attend.

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Thanks !Thanks !