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[February 11, 2008] New OASIS Standard: XML Localization Interchange File Format (XLIFF) v1.2 OASIS has announced the approval of the XML Localization Interchange File Format (XLIFF) specification v1.2 as an OASIS Standard. It was produced by the OASIS XML Localisation Interchange File Format (XLIFF) TC. The purpose of the XLIFF vocabulary is to store localizable data and carry it from one step of the localization process to the other, while allowing interoperability between tools. XLIFF is tool-neutral and supports the entire localization process. [Full Context]
[January 31, 2008] OGC Approves Sensor Web Observations and Measurements Encoding Standard The Open Geospatial Consortium announced the approval of the Observations and Measurements Encoding V1.0 specification as a final OpenGIS Implementation Standard. The standard defines an abstract model and an XML schema encoding for observations and measurements as part of a framework required for use by other OGC Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) standards and for support of OGC compliant systems dealing in technical measurements in science and engineering. [Full Context]
[January 22, 2008] Public Draft for HTML 5: A Vocabulary and Associated APIs for HTML and XHTML W3C announced a First Public Working Draft of "HTML 5: A Vocabulary and Associated APIs for HTML and XHTML" as a major revision of the World Wide Web's core language. HTML 5 is intended to replace HTML4, XHTML 1.x, and DOM2 HTML. New features are introduced for Web application authors; new elements are introduced based on prevailing authoring practices; processing models and clear conformance criteria are defined for user agents to improve interoperability. [Full Context]
[January 16, 2008] W3C Publishes SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language Semantic Web Standard SPARQL (recursive acronym for "SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language") has been released as a standard by W3C. The three-part specification was produced by the RDF Data Access Working Group as part of the W3C Semantic Web Activity. SPARQL defines a standardized query language for RDF enabling 'joining' of decentralized collections of RDF data. SPARQL queries hide the details of data management to lower costs and increase robustness of Web data integration. [Full Context]
[January 14, 2008] OASIS Members Propose Charter for WS-BPEL Extension for People (BPEL4People) TC OASIS member companies have submitted a charter proposal for a WS-BPEL Extension for People (BPEL4People) Technical Committee. Companies sponsoring the proposal include Active Endpoints, Adobe, BEA, IBM, Oracle, SAP, Software AG, and Sun Microsystems. Building upon the June 2007 two-part industry BPEL4People specification, this TC would define extensions to WS-BPEL 2.0 to enable human interactions, along with a model enabling the definition of human tasks. [Full Context]
[December 13, 2007] W3C Forms Emergency Information Interoperability Framework Incubator Group W3C announced the formation of the Emergency Information Interoperability Framework Incubator Group, chartered through 01-December-2008 to review and analyze the current state-of-the-art in vocabularies used in emergency management functions and to investigate the path forward via an emergency management systems information interoperability framework. Initiating Members include National ICT Australia, Google, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, and IBM. [Full Context]
[November 30, 2007] OASIS Members Propose New TC for Testing and Monitoring Internet Exchanges OASIS issued a charter for a new Testing and Monitoring Internet Exchanges TC. The proposed TaMIE TC will define an event-centric test case scripting markup and execution model for systems that use Internet-based messages or events in collaborations between partners, or between components, where collaboration is achieved via choreographed exchanges of discrete units of data. Deliverables include requirements, specification, examples, and an implementation. [Full Context]
[November 20, 2007] W3C Web Services Policy 1.5 Primer and Guidelines for Policy Assertion Authors W3C has published WS-Policy "Primer" and "Guidelines for Policy Assertion Authors" documents supporting the recently approved Web Services Policy 1.5 Recommendations (Framework, Attachment). WS-Policy defines a general policy framework for expressing Web service capabilities and requirements, including a policy data model, processing model (for combining/comparing Web service capabilities), and XML Information Set representation for the policy data model. [Full Context]
[November 02, 2007] SNIA Demonstrates Extensible Access Method (XAM) Interoperability SNIA announced successful interoperability demonstrations of the Extensible Access Method (XAM) specification. XAM addresses management of reference information, viz., fixed content, as distinct from transactional content. XAM defines an XML-based XSet Canonical Format to support interoperability. XAM features globally unique names for objects, metadata as a first class object, pluggable storage architecture, and a standard XAM storage provider interface. [Full Context]
[October 30, 2007] XForms 1.0 Third Edition Published as a W3C Recommendation W3C has published "XForms 1.0 (Third Edition)" as a W3C Recommendation based upon positive feedback from W3C Members, software developers, and other interested parties. XForms is an XML application representing the next generation of forms for the Web. It splits traditional XHTML forms into three parts: XForms model, instance data, and user interface. The separation of presentation from content enhances reuse, strong typing, accessibility, and usability. [Full Context]
[October 26, 2007] Muradora GUI for Fedora Repository Uses SAML and XACML for Federated Identity The DRAMA team at Macquarie University has released Muradora V1.0, described as a turnkey GUI for the Fedora Repository supporting federated identity and flexible access control. Key Muradora modules include Shibboleth (SAML) authentication for federated identity/single-sign-on, a Fedora authorization framework based on XACML, an extended XACML engine using DB XML for policy enforcement, and web service interfaces for XACML requests and responses. [Full Context]
[September 13, 2007] W3C GRDDL Recommendation Bridges HTML/Microformats and the Semantic Web W3C has published "Gleaning Resource Descriptions from Dialects of Languages (GRDDL)" and "GRDDL Test Cases" as final Recommendations. GRDDL represents an important link between the Semantic Web and microformats communities. With GRDDL, transformation software can automatically extract information from structured Web pages to make it part of the Semantic Web. Transformations are based upon included markup or indirect reference through profile documents. [Full Context]
[September 11, 2007] Open Virtual Machine Format Specification (OVF) Submitted to DMTF Dell, HP, IBM, Microsoft, VMware, and XenSource have submitted the Open Virtual Machine Format Specification (OVF) to DMTF industry standardization. OVF describes an open, secure, portable, efficient and extensible format for packaging and distribution of collections of virtual machines. OVF uses existing packaging tools to combine one or more virtual machines together with a standards-based XML wrapper to correctly install and run virtual machines. [Full Context]
[August 28, 2007] W3C Publishes Semantic Annotations for WSDL and XML Schema Recommendation W3C has published the "Semantic Annotations for WSDL and XML Schema" specification as a Recommendation, together with a Usage Guide, Implementation Report, and Test Suite. SAWSDL defines how semantic annotation is accomplished using references within WSDL and XML Schema components to semantic models (ontologies). Association of semantic annotations with a Web service can be used for classifying, discovering, matching, composing, and invoking Web services. [Full Context]
[August 27, 2007] VoiceXML Forum Publishes Session Log Annotation Markup Language (SLAML) Spec The VoiceXML Forum has published a new specification describing a methodology for collecting, storing, and retrieving runtime data for speech-based services to make data-analysis and service-tuning tools platform-independent. VoiceXML, part of the W3C Speech Interface Framework, supports audio dialogs that feature synthesized speech, digitized audio, recognition of spoken/DTMF key input, recording spoken input, telephony, and mixed initiative conversations. [Full Context]
[August 10, 2007] OGC Releases Transducer Markup Language (TML) Implementation Specification OGC announced the publication of the "OpenGIS Transducer Markup Language (TML) Implementation Specification" as a Standard. TML defines the conceptual model and XML Schema for describing transducers and supporting real-time streaming of data to and from sensor systems. OGC Sensor Web Enablement standards support Web-connected devices such as flood gauges, air pollution monitors, bridge stress gauges, mobile heart monitors, Webcams, and imaging devices. [Full Context]
[August 08, 2007] W3C Member Submission: Web Services Policy Attachment for Endpoint Reference W3C has acknowledged receipt of a Member Submission from Axway, BEA, JBoss, Nokia, Oracle, and Progress Software. The "Web Services Policy Attachment for Endpoint Reference (WS-PAEPR)" specification defines a mechanism to attach policies using the W3C "Web Services Policy 1.5 - Framework" specification to an endpoint reference, as defined by WS-Addressing 1.0. It also discusses the semantics of Policies and Policy References within the EPR Metadata element. [Full Context]
[July 06, 2007] Six Technical Committees Proposed for the OASIS Open CSA Member Section OASIS published six Proposed Charter documents for new TCs to be created within the Open Composite Services Architecture (Open CSA) Member Section: SCA-Assembly, SCA-Policy, SCA-Bindings, SCA-J, SCA-BPEL, SCA-C. Service Component Architecture (SCA) models business solutions as compositions of groups of service components, wired together in a configuration that satisfies the business goals. OSOA Collaboration specifications will serve as a basis for TC work. [Full Context]
[July 03, 2007] Major Revision of Massachusetts Enterprise Technical Reference Model (ETRM) Massachusetts ITD announced a new major release of the Enterprise Technical Reference Model. ETRM Version 4.0 identifies four specification changes in the "Summary of Technology Specifications" table. Newly added specifications include "WS-I Basic Security Profile v1.0" and "Ecma 376: Office Open XML Formats (Open XML)". Specification updates are listed for OpenDocument v1.1 and XPath v2.0. A new Management Domain document covers Web Services and Systems. [Full Context]
[June 25, 2007] BPEL4People Specifications Integrate Human Interactions Into Business Process Six technology vendors (Active Endpoints, Adobe, BEA Systems, IBM, Oracle, SAP AG) have announced the publication of "BPEL4People" specifications which define an approach for integrating human interactions such as concrete tasks and workflow using Web Services Business Process Execution Language 2.0. The 'WS-BPEL Extension for People (BPEL4People)' and 'Web Services Human Task (WS-HumanTask)' specifications will be contributed to OASIS for standardization. [Full Context]
[May 21, 2007] OGC Public Review for GeoXACML and OpenGIS Image Geopositioning Service (IGS) The Open Geospatial Consortium announced a call for public comment on two draft OpenGIS Implementation Specifications: GeoXACML and OpenGIS Image Geopositioning Service (IGS). The GeoXACML policy language defines a geo-specific extension to OASIS standard "Extensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) Version 2.0." The IGS Draft is an OGC Web Service (OWS) that performs triangulation; it uses the new Image Geopositioning Metadata GML Application Schema. [Full Context]
[May 15, 2007] WS-ReliableMessaging Version 1.1 Submitted for Ballot as an OASIS Standard "WS-ReliableMessaging V1.1" has been submitted for ballot as an OASIS Standard. Four years in development, WS-RM now has three parts. Core "WS-ReliableMessaging V1.1" defines a protocol for reliable message exchange even in the presence of network/system failures. "WS-ReliableMessaging Policy 1.1" defines a supporting XML policy language. "WS-MakeConnection" defines a protocol for 2-way communication when only a transport specific back-channel is available. [Full Context]
[April 27, 2007] First W3C Working Draft for Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 3.0 W3C has announced the publication of a First Public Working Draft the Mathematical Markup Language (MathML 3.0). The Working Group was re-chartered to enhance MathML to better support internationalization of mathematics, accessibility, semantic encoding of mathematics, Unicode alignment, and precise control of rendering for print publishing. MathML is an XML application for encoding both mathematical notation and semantic structure of mathematical content. [Full Context]
[April 20, 2007] Core Components Technical Specification (CCTS) Version 3: Second Public Review The UN/CEFACT Techniques and Methodologies Group (TMG) has announced the release of the "UN/CEFACT Core Components Technical Specification (UN/CEFACT CCTS)" Version 3 for a Second Public Review. CCTS describes and specifies a semantic-based approach to information interoperability within and between e-business applications and databases. It focuses on a dynamic, flexible, and interoperable way of standardizing e-business library semantics for data exchange. [Full Context]
[April 06, 2007] WS-I Basic Security Profile Version 1.0 Published as Final Material The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) announced the release of "Basic Security Profile V1.0" as Final Material. The Profile consists of a set of non-proprietary Web services specifications, along with clarifications to and amplifications of those specifications which promote interoperability. Publication of BSP 1.0 has been praised by Web Services security experts as a key technology enabler to enhance interoperability and improve security. [Full Context]
[April 05, 2007] W3C Publishes Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) Version 1.0 as Recommendation W3C has released "Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) Version 1.0" as a Recommendation, supporting internationalized XML content. ITS identifies concepts such as directionality important for I18N and L10N; it also defines implementations of these concepts as sets of elements and attributes to enable internationalization of existing XML documents without modifying them. Implementations are given for three schema languages: XML DTD, XML Schema, and RELAX NG. [Full Context]
[April 04, 2007] UN/CEFACT Releases XML Schema for Cross Industry Electronic Invoice (CII) The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) announced the release of an International e-Invoice designed for use by the Steel, Automotive, or Electronic industries, as well as in the retail sector or Customs and other Government Authorities. The Cross Industry Invoice (CII) is an important accounting document having potential legal implications for sender and receiver. It supports EU VAT declaration and reclamation, and statistics declaration. [Full Context]
[March 26, 2007] Member Submission of Service Modeling Language (SML) Specification to W3C W3C has acknowledged receipt of a Member Submission for the Service Modeling Language (SML) specification. SML, with its SML Interchange Format (SML-IF), enables modeling of complex IT services and systems, including structure, constraints, policies, and best practices. Rules and constraints are expressed using W3C XML Schema, Schematron grammars, and XPath 1.0. SML's authors include BEA, CA, Cisco, EMC, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems. [Full Context]
[March 23, 2007] DMTF Desktop and Mobile Architecture for System Hardware (DASH) Initiative The Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) announced a new DASH Initiative (Desktop and Mobile Architecture for System Hardware) designed to produce a suite of specifications leveraging Web Services for Management (WS-Management). One of several DMTF Management Initiatives, DASH provides a comprehensive framework for syntax and semantics necessary to manage desktop and mobile client systems, independent of machine state, operating platform, or vendor. [Full Context]
[March 21, 2007] Open SOA Collaboration Vendors Advance SCA and SDO Specs for Standardization The OSOA Collaboration represented by eighteen leading technology vendors announced that key Service Component Architecture (SCA) and Service Data Objects (SDO) Final Specifications have completed incubation and will be submitted to OASIS and the Java Community Process (JCP) for standardization. SCA provides an executable model for composition of individual service components into a service network. SDO supports format-independent handling of business data. [Full Context]
[March 20, 2007] Proposed Charter: OASIS Web Services Federation (WSFED) Technical Committee OASIS acknowledged receipt of a draft TC charter proposal to create a Web Services Federation (WSFED) Technical Committee. The TC would accept as input the "WS-Federation" specification (Version 1.1) published by BEA Systems, BMC Software, CA, IBM, Layer 7 Technologies, Microsoft, Novell, and VeriSign. The revised "WS-Federation" v1.2 would extend basic federation capabilities enabled by WS-Security, WS-SecureConversation, WS-Trust, and WS-SecurityPolicy. [Full Context]
[September 12, 2006] Microsoft's Open Specification Promise Eases Web Services Patent Concerns Microsoft has announced a broad irrevocable declaration promising not to assert Microsoft patent claims against anyone developing or distributing implementations for key Web Services specifications. The "Microsoft Open Specification Promise" applies individually to each of thirty-five (35) Covered Specifications, including many being developed at OASIS, W3C, WS-I, and elsewhere. The OSP addresses several concerns voiced by open-source software developers. [Full Context]
[June 15, 2006] Sun Microsystems Publishes Non-Assertion Covenant for SAML Implementations Sun Microsystems has issued a 'SAML Non-Assertion Covenant' in connection with OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) specifications being created by the OASIS Security Services (SAML) TC. Sun's unilateral, voluntary waiver of its right to enforce possibly relevant patent claims alleviates the burden upon implementers to negotiate license terms, eliminates paperwork, and creates a favorable environment for the develoment of open source software. [Full Context]
[March 17, 2006] WS-Transfer, WS-Eventing, and WS-Enumeration Specifications Submitted to W3C Concurrent with the release of a White Paper "Toward Converging Web Service Standards for Resources, Events, and Management" by HP, IBM, Intel, and Microsoft, W3C has acknowledged receipt of three related WS-* specifications as Member Submissions. The roadmap outlines planned development and support for WS-Transfer Addendum, WS-ResourceTransfer, WS-EventNotification, a new common Web services management specification, and updating of WS-MetadataExchange. [Full Context]
[December 28, 2005] U.S. Federal Enterprise Architecture Data Reference Model (DRM) Version 2.0 The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Data Reference Model (DRM) Final Version 2.0. The FEA DRM framework is designed to enable information sharing and reuse across the federal government via standard description and discovery of common data, and the promotion of uniform data management practices. An updated draft DRM XML Schema and sample XML instance document have been posted for inspection. [Full Context]

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