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[xacml] FW: [XACML-Schema] Change of time and agenda

  • 1.  [xacml] FW: [XACML-Schema] Change of time and agenda

    Posted 04-01-2002 15:37
    Title: FW: [XACML-Schema] Change of time and agenda ---------- From:   ernesto damiani[SMTP:edamiani@crema.unimi.it] Sent:   Saturday, March 30, 2002 4:26 AM To:     Carlisle Adams Subject:        Fw: [XACML-Schema] Change of time and agenda Hi carlisle, I seem to have some problems in submitting to the list, could you kindly post this message for me? thank you very much and rgds ernesto ----- Original Message ----- From: "ernesto damiani" <damiani@dti.unimi.it> To: "Michiharu Kudoh" <KUDO@jp.ibm.com>; <xacml@lists.oasis-open.org> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 10:10 AM Subject: [XACML-Schema] Change of time and agenda With daylight saving time, the time slot 4.00-6.00 EST will become 11.00pm - 1.00 AM in Italy, not the best of times for  discussing fine points on XML schema syntax :-). Also, I recall that one of the main reasons for choosing this time slot for the Model subcommittee was making participation convenient for Michiharu. So I strongly support his request for a change. I propose that we use the next concall this Monday (which I assume is confirmed in the usual time slot, regardless of being holiday in Europe)  to shortly manage the transition between Model and Schema subcommittees. Namely I propose to: 1. organize the work of the Schema subcommittee. 2.  vote on the proposed change of time and decide the final time slot for the Schema subcommittee. The rationale for item 1 is that we should choose if in this new phase we want to follow the same organizational guidelines of the Model subcommittee or find new ones. My personal opinion is that a Schema subcommittee will require less general discussions and more off-line work, that could be done by small task forces composed of two or three people communicating via e-mail.  Each task force would probably focus on a specific part of the Schema. The Schema model subcommittee could then be the forum where; a. task forces are formed according to the members interests and availability b. the results of the work of such task forces are presented and discussed c. their proposed amendments to the Schema are incorporated in the Working Draft. The result of the Schema subcommittee work should be a Final Working Draft to be approved by the whole XACML group. What do you think? Rgds Ernesto Prof. Ernesto Damiani Dipartimento di Tecnologie dell'Informazione Università di Milano - Polo di Crema Via Bramante 65 26013 Crema, Italia tel 0373-898240 fax 0373-898253 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michiharu Kudoh" <KUDO@jp.ibm.com> To: <xacml@lists.oasis-open.org> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 4:50 AM Subject: Re: [xacml] Major milestone achieved, and next step... Hi, Carlisle I would like to join the Schema subcommittee, too. but I have a little concern about the time frame for conference call of the Schema subcommittee. Since Daylight Saving Time starts from April 7 in U.S., and from March 31 in Europe ( http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.html ). So the current time frame 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST is 5:00 am -7:00 am in Japan time. Since it is very hard for me to attend the call in that early morning, I would be very happy if the time frame was changed to the one used for the usual TC conference call, 10:00-12:00 AM (US Eastern time). Best Michiharu Kudo IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory, Internet Technology Tel. +81 (46) 215-4642   Fax +81 (46) 273-7428                     Carlisle Adams                     <carlisle.adams@en       To: "'xacml@lists.oasis-open.org'" <xacml@lists.oasis-open.org>                     trust.com>               cc:                                              Subject:     [xacml] Major milestone achieved, and next step...                     2002/03/29 03:31                     Please respond to                     Carlisle Adams Hello all, Sometime after the inception of the XACML TC, the Policy Model (PM) subcommittee was formed. Its task was to "define a framework for the specification and evaluation of access control rules" in such a way that the framework is "flexible and expressive enough to support different access control policies that may need to be applied (and have been proposed or are used in different real-world scenarios)". After 6 months of hard work, and especially following a very productive face-to-face meeting earlier this month, I am pleased to announce that this subcommittee has completed the goal stated above. Discussion with various members of the subcommittee, including the chair (Pierangela Samarati, U. Milan), confirms that there is now consensus on all substantive aspects of the model. Model issues may occasionally arise and need resolution as the TC continues its journey toward the final XACML 1.0 specification, but at this time the PM work is considered to be complete. This is a major milestone since some of the differences in understanding and terminology among the subcommittee members seemed, at times, to be almost insurmountable. Congratulations to all involved, and many thanks to Pierangela for her efforts in guiding this work to a successful conclusion! The next step is to turn the agreed-upon model into syntax: an XML schema that is implementable and interoperable. Significant achievements have been made in this direction already (see the XACML v0.11 specification), but many details remain to be worked out. A Schema subcommittee, effective immediately, will "take the baton" from the PM subcommittee and complete the detailed syntax work. Ernesto Damiani (U. Milan) has graciously offered to chair this new subcommittee, lending his XML expertise to this task. Unless conditions change, the Schema subcommittee will use the time slot previously allocated to the PM subcommittee for its meetings (that is, weekly teleconferences on Mondays, from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST). All TC members with an interest in XML schema discussions are encouraged to become active participants in this subcommittee. Thanks again to the Policy Model subcommittee for its achievements, and we look forward to similar great things from the Schema subcommittee! Carlisle. ---------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription manager: < http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl >