OASIS News: 16 Mar 2012

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In this issue:

* Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) pubic review begins
* Field Force Management (FFM) public review begins
* Biometric Identity Assurance Services (BIAS) SOAP Profile 1.0 pubic review begins

* OASIS eGov Member Section holds elections for Steering Committee
* OASIS Open Standards Day Beijing registration ends 25 Mar 
* Important dates

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Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) pubic review begins

AMQP 1.0 is an efficient, reliable, wire level messaging protocol supporting common middleware messaging interaction patterns: messaging, request/response, publish/subscribe, transactions, and store and forward. It allows middleware applications to communicate with each other without having to have the same infrastructure on both ends (i.e. it provides vendor neutral communications). This public review ends 8 Apr.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201203/msg00004.html

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Field Force Management (FFM) pubic review begins

Version 1.0 of the FFM Integration Interface Requirements addresses the data use and integration challenges faced by enterprises that deploy large field staffs to deliver services to customers. FFM describes a standard integration interface for use in relaying field work requests between centralized planning and field communication systems. This public review ends 28 Mar.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201203/msg00005.html

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Biometric Identity Assurance Services (BIAS) SOAP Profile 1.0 pubic review begins

The Profile specifies how to use the XML defined in ANSI INCITS 442-2010 to invoke SOAP-based services that can enable an application to invoke biometric identity assurance operations remotely in an SOA infrastructure.This 60-day public review period is launched in preparation for an OASIS Standard member ballot and ends 6 May.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201203/msg00002.html

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OASIS eGov Member Section holds elections for Steering Committee

Nominations are now open for five seats on the OASIS eGov Member Section Steering Committee. OASIS eGov serves as a focal point for
discussions of governmental and public administration requirements for e-business standardization. Bringing together representatives from global, regional, national and local government agencies, the Member Section provides a platform for those who share a common interest in directing and understanding the impact of open standards on the public sector. All OASIS eGov Member Section participants are invited to nominate qualified candidates and/or consider serving. The deadline to nominate candidates is 2 Apr; the elections will be held 4-18 Apr.

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/201203/msg00000.html

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OASIS Open Standards Day Beijing registration ends 25 Mar 

OASIS Executive Director, Laurent Liscia, will provide the keynote address, and representatives from the China Electronics Standardization Institute (CESI), China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS), IBM, Microsoft, Primeton, and Sursen will all present at the event. Scheduled for 27 Mar in Beijing, the workshop is sponsored by Microsoft and Primeton. There is no charge to attend, but advance registration is required.

http://events.oasis-open.org/home/OSDBeijing/2012

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Important dates:

19-20 Mar

Public Sector Cloud Summit

Reston, Virginia, USA

http://cloud-council.org/March2012/index.htm

20 Mar

EDXL CAP-AU Profile public review ends

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201203/msg00000.html

27 Mar

OASIS hosts Open Standard Day (Beijing)

Sponsored by Microsoft and Primeton

http://events.oasis-open.org/home/OSDBeijing/2012

28 Mar
Field Force Management (FFM) pubic review ends 
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201203/msg00005.html

2 Apr
Nominations close for OASIS eGov MS Steering Committee
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/announce/201203/msg00000.html

8 Apr
Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) pubic review ends 
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201203/msg00004.html

17 Apr

European Identity Conference

Munich, Germany

http://www.id-conf.com/

28 Apr

WS-Security 1.1.1 public review ends

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201202/msg00009.html

30 Apr - 1 May

Identity Conference 2012 ‘Managing Digital Identity in a Networked World’

Wellington, New Zealand

http://www.identityconference.victoria.ac.nz/

1-2 May

Emergency Alerting Policy Workshop (Montreal)

http://events.oasis-open.org/home/cap/2012 (English)

http://events.oasis-open.org/home/cap/2012/fr (French)

6 May
Biometric Identity Assurance Services (BIAS) SOAP Profile 1.0 pubic review ends
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201203/msg00002.html

9-10 May

OASIS co-sponsors Smart Grids Data Management Forum (London)

** Mention 'OASIS' when registering for 10% discount **

http://www.smi-online.co.uk/events/overview.asp?is=17&ref=3708

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