(ANN) Call to Vote: Ballot for OASIS Standard - ebXML RegRep Version 4.0

OASIS Members:

The OASIS ebXML Registry TC members [1] have approved submitting the  
following Committee Specification to the OASIS membership for approval as an  
OASIS Standard:

OASIS ebXML RegRep Version 4.0

Committee Specification 01

28 July 2011

This is a call to the primary or alternate representatives of OASIS  
Organizational Members to vote. This Committee Specification was approved by  
the Technical Committee and was submitted for the required 60-day public  
review [2]. All requirements of the OASIS TC Process [3] having been met, the  
Committee Specification is now submitted to the voting representatives of  
OASIS organizational members. 

The ballot opens 11 January 2012 at 00:00 AM EDT and closes 25 January  
2012 at 11:45 PM EDT. You can access the ballot to cast your vote at:

OASIS member URL:

https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/voting/ballot.php?id=2171

Public URL:

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ballot.php?id=2171 

The minimum number of affirmative votes required to approve this ballot is  
44 (15% of 290).

Specification Details:

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

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/cs01/regrep-core-overview-v4.0-cs01.odt

HTML:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cs01/regrep-core-overview-v4.0-cs01.html

PDF:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cs01/regrep-core-overview-v4.0-cs01.pdf

* Part 1: Registry Information Model (ebRIM)

Editable Source: (Authoritative)

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cs01/regrep-core-rim-v4.0-cs01.odt

HTML:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cs01/regrep-core-rim-v4.0-cs01.html

PDF:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cs01/regrep-core-rim-v4.0-cs01.pdf

* Part 2: Services and Protocols (ebRS)

Editable Source: (Authoritative)

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cs01/regrep-core-rs-v4.0-cs01.odt

HTML:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cs01/regrep-core-rs-v4.0-cs01.html

PDF:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cs01/regrep-core-rs-v4.0-cs01.pdf

* Part 3: XML Schema

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cs01/xsd/

* Part 4: WSDL

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cs01/wsdl/1.1/

* Part 5: XML Definitions

http://docs.oasis-open.org/regrep/regrep-core/v4.0/cs01/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/cs01/regrep-core-v4.0-cs01.zip

Voting Details

Each OASIS organizational member has one vote. OASIS members should ensure  
that their organization's voting representative votes according to the  
organization's wishes. If you do not know the name of your organization's  
voting representative is, go to the My Account page at

http://www.oasis-open.org/members/user_tools

then click the link for your Company (at the top of the page) and review  
the list of users for the name designated as "Primary".

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/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

Primary: +1 973-378-3472

Mobile: +1 201-341-1393

=== References ===

[1] OASIS ebXML Registry Technical Committee

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

[2] 60-day public review announcement

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/regrep/201110/msg00005.html

[3] OASIS TC Process

http://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/tc-process-2009-07-30#OASISstandard

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

Primary: +1 973-378-3472

Mobile: +1 201-341-1393