Members of the OASIS ebXML Messaging Services TC [1] have recently approved a Special Majority Ballot [2] to advance "AS4 Profile of ebMS 3.0 Version 1.0" as a Candidate OASIS Standard (COS). The COS now enters a 60-day public review period in preparation for a member ballot to consider its approval as an OASIS Standard.

AS4 Profile of ebMS 3.0 Version 1.0
Candidate OASIS Standard 01
17 August 2012

Specification Overview:

The OASIS Energy Interoperation (EI) Version 1.0 technical specification defines EI Services and Operations, XML, Service and Operation payloads and Service operation interaction patterns. Energy Interoperation payloads can be exchanged using WSDL-based SOAP messages. For interoperability, any use of networking technologies should be profiled and standardized.

The CEN FishBizz (Integration of standards for Traceability and Sale of Seafood Products) Workshop has released the following draft CWA for public review:

CEN CWA XXXX: FishBizz Business Case — For monitoring of quality and sales of fish products

A paper has been presented at the I-ESA conference on the use of ebXML Core Components and UN/CEFACT Naming and Design Rules for e-Justice. The slides of the presentation show MDW-Lite, a tool to support management of core components, business information entities and generate CEFACT-compliant XML schemas.

From the abstract:

The OASIS non-profit consortium recently announced an expanded charter for its Business Document Exchange (BDX) Technical Committee and issued a Call for Participation to all those involved in this market, both public and private sector: agencies, enterprises, solution providers, consultants and researchers. E-payment actors including financial institutions, associations and payment networks are invited take part in defining an open standards framework to support the largest public e-procurement and e-invoicing initiative in the world.