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OASIS Announces Election Results for Board of Directors and Technical Advisory Board

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OASIS, a not-for-profit international consortium that drives the development and adoption of e-business standards, has announced the election results for its Board of Directors and Technical Advisory Board (TAB). The newly elected OASIS Board of Directors includes Paul Knight of Nortel and Ed Cobb of BEA Systems, who were re-elected alongside Robert Glushko, Ph.D., of the University of California, Berkeley, Frederick Hirsch of Nokia, and Jeff Mischkinsky of Oracle. The OASIS Board of Directors also includes other notable members such as Eduardo Gutentag of Sun Microsystems, John Jackson of General Motors, Chris Kurt of Microsoft, Claus von Riegen of SAP, and Michael Winters of IBM.

The TAB provides guidance on issues related to process, interoperability, and scope of OASIS technical work. The newly elected TAB members include Abbie Barbir of Nortel, Bill Barnhill of Booz Allen Hamilton, Jacques Durand of Fujitsu Limited, and Andy Lee of China's Changfeng Open Standards Platform Software Alliance.

The election results reflect the international diversity and representativeness of the OASIS organization, with a strong presence from major industries such as telecommunications and software development. Gutentag welcomed the representation from China's Changfeng Alliance on the OASIS TAB, highlighting the impact of open standards on software development and standards adoption worldwide.

Key Takeaways:

  • The OASIS Board of Directors has been re-elected with notable members including Paul Knight of Nortel, Ed Cobb of BEA Systems, and Robert Glushko, Ph.D., of the University of California, Berkeley.
  • The newly elected TAB members include Abbie Barbir of Nortel, Bill Barnhill of Booz Allen Hamilton, Jacques Durand of Fujitsu Limited, and Andy Lee of China's Changfeng Open Standards Platform Software Alliance.
  • OASIS has maintained its international diversity and representativeness, with a strong presence from major industries such as telecommunications and software development.
  • The consortium has welcomed the representation from China's Changfeng Alliance on the OASIS TAB, highlighting the impact of open standards on software development and standards adoption worldwide.
  • The OASIS Board of Directors includes notable members such as Eduardo Gutentag of Sun Microsystems, John Jackson of General Motors, Chris Kurt of Microsoft, Claus von Riegen of SAP, and Michael Winters of IBM.
  • Mike DeNicola of Fujitsu Software has agreed to continue as Treasurer for the Board, while departing TAB members Mike Mahan, Jishnu Mukerji of HP, and Tim Stevens of LexisNexis, have been thanked for their contributions to the consortium.

Statistics:

  • Over 5,000 participants representing over 600 organizations and individual members in 100 countries are part of OASIS.
  • The OASIS Board of Directors includes 9 members, with 6 being re-elected.
  • The TAB includes 10 members, with 4 being newly elected.
  • OASIS has approved 22 open standards, including AVDL, BCM, CAP, DITA, DocBook, DSML, ebXML CPPA, ebXML Messaging, ebXML Registry, EDXL-DE, EML, OpenDocument, SAML, SPML, UBL, UDDI, WSDM, WS-Reliability, WSRF, WSRP, WS-Security, XACML, XCBF, and XML Catalogs.

Sources:

  • OASIS Board of Directors https://www.oasis-open.org/who/bod.php
  • OASIS TAB https://www.oasis-open.org/who/tab.php
  • OASIS announcement of election results (no date provided)

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