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<p><b>OASIS Members Form Technical Committee to Advance UDDI for Web Services</b></p>
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<p><i>Boston, MA, USA; 28 August 2002</i> -- The OASIS standards consortium has
organized a new technical committee to advance the Universal
Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) specification for Web
services. UDDI enables companies and applications to dynamically find
and use Web services using preferred applications. The OASIS UDDI
Specification Technical Committee is the first committee created within
the OASIS UDDI Member Section, a group formed as a result of the recent
UDDI.org transition to OASIS.
</p><p>
Simon Yates, Director of Web Services Research for the Hurwitz Group
commented, "The formation of the OASIS UDDI technical committee ensures
that vendors and users alike will benefit from a consistent and unified
approach to the development and implementation of UDDI. Under the
umbrella of OASIS, UDDI and other foundation web service standards like
WS-Security and ebXML are assured of an independent and reliable
treatment."
</p><p>
"UDDI provides a foundation for the infrastructure needed to drive the
success of Web services," said Tom Bellwood of IBM, co-chair of the
OASIS UDDI Specification Technical Committee. "We are excited to begin
work on standardizing the UDDI specification at OASIS, as well as
developing and organizing the best practices that relate to its use."
</p><p>
Members of the OASIS UDDI Specification Technical Committee include BEA
Systems, Cincom, Computer Associates, E2open, Entrust, Fujitsu,
Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, IONA, Microsoft, MSI Business Solutions,
NerveWire, Novell, Oracle, Perficient, SAP, SeeBeyond, Sun Microsystems,
TIBCO, Verisign, webMethods, XML Global, and others.
</p><p>
"Advancing UDDI within OASIS will help accelerate adoption and benefit
the entire industry," added Luc Clement of Microsoft, also serving as
co-chair of the OASIS UDDI Specification Technical Committee. "Interest
from OASIS member organizations in moving UDDI forward is high, and we
look forward to input from a wide variety of companies."
</p><p>
UDDI joins several Web services standards currently being developed
within OASIS. Other specifications include ebXML for electronic business
commerce, WS-Security for secure Web services, WSIA for interactive Web
applications, WSRP for remote portals, and others.
</p><p>
Participation in the OASIS UDDI Specification Technical Committee
remains open to all organizations and individuals. OASIS will host an
open mail list for public comment, and completed work will be freely
available to the public without licensing or other fees. Information on
joining OASIS can be found on http://www.oasis-open.org/join.
</p><p>
Industry Support for UDDI at OASIS
</p><p>
"BEA has been a strong supporter of open standards since our founding,
and we are pleased that the work of the UDDI consortium is continuing
within OASIS," said Ed Cobb, VP of Architecture and Standards, BEA
Systems, and member of the OASIS Board of Directors. "BEA believes that
the benefits of open standards will further the widespread acceptance of
Web services."
</p><p>
"UDDI is a critical standard for ensuring the easy accessibility and
full interoperability of Web Services inside and outside of the
enterprise," said Toby Weiss, senior vice president of eTrust
Development at Computer Associates. "As the provider of a secure and
scalable UDDI compliant eTrust Directory to enterprises around the
globe, CA is excited to participate in the OASIS UDDI Specification
Technical Committee to refine and guide this standard forward."
</p><p>
"We believe security for Web services will provide dramatic benefits for
governments and enterprises extending their business processes over the
Internet," said Al DeLorenzi, vice-president, New Product Portfolio,
Entrust, Inc. "Fully unlocking the power of the Web to enable new
business models will require mechanisms to establish trust within the
Web services context. UDDI within OASIS, is an important initiative
indefining a solution and we intend to continue to support its efforts."
</p><p>
"Intel sees UDDI as a key piece in enabling Web services, and we are
committed to help ensure the evolution of UDDI as a key standard," said
Sandip Mandera, Intel Staff Technical Marketing Engineer.
</p><p>
"Bringing UDDI under the OASIS umbrella is a natural fit," says Andy
Sweet, CTO at Perficient. "With the improved security, subscription
capability, and Web Services Description Language (WSDL) support in
Version 3 of UDDI, it is now critical to focus on the widespread
adoption of this core component of Web services. Perficient looks
forward to contributing to this important effort."
</p><p>
"OASIS is the right body to promote UDDI because of its continuously
growing confidence and strong membership from various
industry sectors such as vendors, solution providers, end-users,
individuals, and research groups," said Ram Kumar, Chief Technologist
and Architect of MSI Business Solutions. "As the chair of the OASIS CIQ
Technical Committee and with my experience working with OASIS for the
past three years, I am confident that UDDI will evolve into a true open
standard and will become successful because of the sound open technical
process of OASIS. By overseeing UDDI, along with other Web services
standards, OASIS is now the central body for Web services standards, and
this is great news."</p>
<p>"The standardization of UDDI will be one of the most important steps to
reaching the Web services world we all envision, where businesses
collaborate dynamically over the Internet and enterprise systems
seamlessly integrate," said Winston Bumpus, director of standards for
Novell. "Novell has always been outspoken about the need to develop
industry protocols within the forum of an open standards body; so we
were extremely supportive of the decision to move the UDDI specification
to OASIS. Now, as a member of the OASIS UDDI Specification Technical
Committee, Novell will add a unique perspective to the development and
adoption of UDDI. A UDDI registry is simply a directory of Web services,
and no one understands directories better than Novell, having spent more
than a decade developing and deploying them."</p>
<p>"Today's collaborative processes build on reliable and seamless
publication and discovery of Web services. UDDI provides necessary
building blocks to deploy Web services in a standardized manner," said
Franz-Josef Fritz, VP of Technology Product Management and Architecture,
SAP AG. "To facilitate rapid adoption at the business side, SAP will
continue to contribute its customers' requirements and long standing
industry experience to further drive and enhance UDDI as an OASIS
standard. "<p>
<p>"TIBCO is proud to lend its expertise and experience to the UDDI
Specification Technical Committee's goal of refining and changing
specifications for Web services," said Ramin Sayar, director of products
and solutions at TIBCO Software. "Searching, aggregating, and managing
Web services will become critical as these services are deployed. UDDI
is well
positioned to address these vital issues."</p>
<p>About OASIS</p>
<p>OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) is a not-for-profit, global consortium
that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business
standards. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a
lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry
consensus and unite disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide
standards for security, Web services, XML conformance, business
transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability
within and between marketplaces. OASIS has more than 500 corporate and
individual members in 100 countries around the world.</p>
<p>For more information:<br>
Carol Geyer<br>
Director of Communications<br>
<a href="/">OASIS</a><br>
<a href="mailto:carol.geyer@oasis-open.org">carol.geyer@oasis-open.org</a><br>
+1.978.667.5115 x209</p>
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