[PR] 60-day Candidate OASIS Standard Public Review for ebXML RegRep Version 4.0

Members of the OASIS ebXML Registry TC [1] have recently approved a  
Special Majority ballot to advance OASIS ebXML RegRep Version 4.0 to  
Candidate OASIS Standard (COS) [2]. The COS now enters a 60-day public review  
period in preparation for a member ballot to consider its approval as an  
OASIS Standard. 

OASIS ebXML RegRep Version 4.0

Candidate OASIS Standard 01

15 September 2011

Specification Overview:

The OASIS ebXML RegRep Version 4.0 specification is a multi-part  
specification that may be used to implement interoperable registries and  
repositories. The complete specification is composed of:

* Part 0: Overview Document - provides a global overview and description  
of all the other parts

* Part 1: Registry Information Model (ebRIM) - specifies the types of  
metadata and content that can be stored in an ebXML RegRep

* Part 2: Services and Protocols (ebRS) - specifies the services and  
protocols for ebXML RegRep

* Part 3: XML Schema - specifies the XML Schema for ebXML RegRep

* Part 4: WSDL - specifies the WSDL interface descriptions for ebXML  
RegRep

* Part 5: XML Definitions - specifies the canonical XML data for ebXML RegRep  
as well as example XML documents used in the specification

Public Review Period:

The 60-day public review starts today, 24 October 2011 and ends 23 December  
2011.

The specification was previously submitted for a 30-day public review on  
15 June 2011 [3].

This is an open invitation to comment. OASIS solicits feedback from  
potential users, developers and others, whether OASIS members or not, for the  
sake of improving the interoperability and quality of its technical work.

URIs:

The prose specification document and related files are available here:

* Part 0: Overview Document

Editable Source: (Authoritative)

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cos01/regrep-core-overview-v4.0-cos01.odt

HTML:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cos01/regrep-core-overview-v4.0-cos01.html

PDF:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cos01/regrep-core-overview-v4.0-cos01.pdf

* Part 1: Registry Information Model (ebRIM)

Editable Source: (Authoritative)

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cos01/regrep-core-rim-v4.0-cos01.odt

HTML:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cos01/regrep-core-rim-v4.0-cos01.html

PDF:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cos01/regrep-core-rim-v4.0-cos01.pdf

* Part 2: Services and Protocols (ebRS)

Editable Source: (Authoritative)

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cos01/regrep-core-rs-v4.0-cos01.odt  

HTML:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cos01/regrep-core-rs-v4.0-cos01.html

PDF:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cos01/regrep-core-rs-v4.0-cos01.pdf

* Part 3: XML Schema

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cos01/xsd/

* Part 4: WSDL

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cos01/wsdl/1.1/

* Part 5: XML Definitions

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cos01/xml/

Distribution ZIP files:

For your convenience, OASIS provides a complete package of the prose  
specification and related files in a ZIP distribution file. You can download  
the ZIP file here:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cos01/regrep-core-v4.0-cos01.zip

Additional information about the specification and the OASIS ebXML  
Registry TC may be found at the TC's public home page:

www.oasis-open.org/committees/regrep

Comments may be submitted to the TC by any person through the use of the  
OASIS TC Comment Facility which can be located via the button labeled "Send A  
Comment" at the top of the TC public home, or directly at:

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/comments/index.php?wg_abbrev=regrep

Comments submitted by TC non-members for this work and for other work of  
this TC are publicly archived and can be viewed at:

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/regrep-comment/

All comments submitted to OASIS are subject to the OASIS Feedback License,  
which ensures that the feedback you provide carries the same obligations at  
least as the obligations of the TC members. In connection with this public  
review of OASIS ebXML RegRep Version 4.0, we call your attention to the OASIS  
IPR Policy [4] applicable especially [5] to the work of this technical  
committee. All members of the TC should be familiar with this document, which  
may create obligations regarding the disclosure and availability of a  
member's patent, copyright, trademark and license rights that read on an  
approved OASIS specification. OASIS invites any persons who know of any such  
claims to disclose these if they may be essential to the implementation of  
the above specification, so that notice of them may be posted to the notice  
page for this TC's work.

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[1] OASIS ebXML Registry Technical Committee

     http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/regrep/

[2] COS ballot

     http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ballot.php?id=2105

    CS ballot

http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/regrep/ballot.php?id=2072

[3] 30-day public review:

     http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201106/msg00004.html

[4] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php

[5] RF on Limited Terms Mode IPR Mode

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office/ipr.php

http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php#s10.2.3

Best Regards,

/chet

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Chet Ensign

Director of Standards Development and TC Administration

OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society

http://www.oasis-open.org

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