[xml-dev] OASIS TC Call For Participation: Provisioning Services

["Karl F. Best" <karl.best@oasis-open.org>]

A new OASIS technical committee is being formed. The OASIS Provisioning
Services Technical Committee has been proposed by the following members
of OASIS: Gavenraj Sodhi, Access360; Adrian Viego, Business Layers;
Kelly Emo, Jamcracker; Winston Bumpus, Novell; Jeff Hodges, Oblix; Steve
Anderson, OpenNetwork; Frank Siebenlist, Sena Consulting; John Aisien,
Thor Technologies; Carlos Silva, VeriSign; and Darran Rolls, Waveset.

The proposal for a new TC meets the requirements of the OASIS TC Process
(see http://oasis-open.org/committees/process.shtml), and is appended to
this message. The proposal, which includes a statement of purpose, list
of deliverables, and proposed schedule, will constitute the TC's
charter. The TC Process allows these items to be clarified (revised) by
the TC members; such clarifications (revisions), as well as submissions
of technology for consideration by the TC and the beginning of technical
discussions, may occur no sooner than the TC's first meeting.

To become a member of this new TC you must 1) be an employee of an OASIS
member organization or an Individual member of OASIS; 2) notify the TC
chair, Gavenraj Sodhi (gsodhi@access360.com), of your intent to
participate at least 15 days prior to the first meeting; and 3)
participate in the first meeting on 12 November, 2001. You should also
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Karl F. Best
OASIS - Director, Technical Operations
978.667.5115 x206
karl.best@oasis-open.org  http://www.oasis-open.org



Provisioning Services Technical Committee (PSTC) Proposal

Name of the TC:
OASIS Provisioning Services Technical Committee  (PSTC)

Statement of purpose:
The purpose of the OASIS Provisioning Services Technical Committee
(PSTC) is to define an XML-based framework for exchanging user,
resource, and service provisioning information. The Technical Committee
will develop an end-to-end, open, provisioning specification developed
from Provisioning specifications including the following: (The following
specifications are of public knowledge, accessible, and freely
distributed).

- Active Digital Profile (ADPr)
- eXtensible Resource Provisioning Management (XRPM)
- Information Technology Markup Language (ITML)

And any other relevant and timely submissions will be taken into
consideration.

Proposed list of deliverables and projected dates (subject to change):
The PSTC will produce a set of one or more Committee Specifications that
will cover the following:

- Use cases and requirements
- Information model
- Protocol(s)
- Bindings
- Conformance

All of the aforementioned are to be examined with respect to security
considerations.

The goal (subject to revision) is to submit a Committee Specification to
the OASIS  membership for its approval by September 2002.

Language in which the TC will conduct business:
English (speakers of other languages are encouraged to participate)

Date, time and place of the first meeting:
  Thursday, Nov. 12, 2001; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference

Proposed meeting schedule for the first year :
  Thursday, Nov. 12, 2001; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday & Friday, Nov. 15-16, 2001; TBD.  Face-to-Face #1
  Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, Dec. 06, 2001; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, Dec. 20, 2001; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, Jan. 03, 2002; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, Jan. 10, 2002; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday & Friday, Jan. 24-25, 2002; TBD.  Face-to-Face #2
  Thursday, Jan. 31, 2002; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, Feb. 07, 2002; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, Feb. 21, 2002; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, Feb. 28, 2002; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, Mar. 07, 2002; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, Mar. 14, 2002; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, Mar. 21, 2002; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday & Friday, Mar. 28-29, 2002; TBD.  Face-to-Face #3
  Thursday, Apr. 04, 2002; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, Apr. 11, 2002; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, Apr. 18, 2002; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, Apr. 25, 2002; UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, May 02, 2002;  UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, May 09, 2002;  UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, May 16, 2002;  UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday, May 23, 2002;  UTC 1700 (10am PST).  Teleconference
  Thursday & Friday, Mar. 30-31, 2002; TBD.  Face-to-Face #4


Names and email addresses of proposing members (minimum three) :
- Gavenraj Sodhi, Access360 <gsodhi@access360.com>
- Adrian Viego, Business Layers <adrian.viego@businesslayers.com>
- Kelly Emo, Jamcracker <kemo@jamcracker.com>
- Winston Bumpus, Novell <WBUMPUS@novell.com>
- Jeff Hodges, Oblix <jhodges@oblix.com>
- Steve Anderson, OpenNetwork <sanderson@opennetwork.com>
- Frank Siebenlist, Sena Consulting <fset@pobox.com>
- John Aisien, Thor Technologies <john.aisien@thortech.com>
- Carlos Silva, VeriSign <casilva@verisign.com>
- Darran Rolls, Waveset <Darran.Rolls@waveset.com>

Name of chair: Gavenraj Sodhi

Name of meeting sponsors (for both phone and face-to-face meetings): The
chair.