Wednesday, September 12, 2012

OAGi News for September 2012

Hi and welcome to our September 2012 newsletter. This is our monthly newsletter for the OAGi community. For regular updates of activities and happenings, you can follow us on Facebook here.  You can also find us on LinkedIn here, and Twitter here.  We ask our members and friends to “like” and follow us.

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OAGi issues a Press Release today announcing additions to OAGIS for Mobile and the Cloud

OAGi today released a press release announcing the decision to support Representational State Transfer (REST) processing for our OAGIS Mobile and Cloud based JSON API’s.  These are the most common technologies used for common mobile and cloud platforms. 

This is being done to enable users to leverage their investment in the OAGIS XML-based open standard for Mobile Business and Cloud Solutions.   You can view the press release here.
OAGi also just released a Position Paper on this topic that has more detail.  You can download it on our web site at http://www.oagi.org.

Thank you to all members who on this Working Group, including ADP, Cisco, GXS, Infor, iBASEt, and Oracle.

Welcome Infor to the OAGi Policy Board

We welcome Pat O’Connor of Infor to the OAGi Policy Board.  Pat served on the Policy Board in the past and also contributed to our Working Groups and to our work with UN/CEFACT over the years.  Infor first joined OAGi in 2006 so they are a long term member as well. 

Please join me in welcoming Pat O’Connor and Infor back on our OAGi Policy Board.

New Partnership – OAGi partners with NIST and the Object Management Group (OMG)

OAGi initiated has recently joined a new partnership to build Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) diagrams for our OAGIS Scenarios.  This is an exciting development as BPMN has become very important and a widely adopted graphical way to express Business Processes. 

OAGi has tried several times in the past to get this done but the resources have historically not materialized.  We are working with a very seasoned business process expert and OAGi staff will provide guidance.  We are discussing the best way to eventually package and deliver the end result to our members.

This is a first step to eventually generating  Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) definitions which are machine readable and power process engine execution software products.  This step is not included in this effort, but this is a step towards BPEL sometime in the future.

REMINDER – OAGi Face to Face Meetings re-scheduled for November 29 - 30

We will soon open registration for our upcoming face to face meetings on November 29 and 30, 2012.  The meetings are once again hosted by Oracle at their headquarters in Redwood City, California.  The Plenary meeting will be on Thursday, November 29 and we will have Working Group Meetings on Friday, November 30.  The OAGi Policy Board will also meet on Wednesday, November 28.

We are planning two themes for the upcoming meeting.  The first is our Mobile Business and Cloud Computing initiative and the second theme is the beginning of the launch of OAGIS Release 10, (OAGIS X).  We are planning many exciting speakers and case studies.  We are also planning an awards ceremony for our most current Outstanding Contributor awards.

Look for more announcements and information very soon.

Mobile, Cloud, JSON Initiative continues to make progress

Our Mobile, Cloud, and JSON Working Group continues to meet and make progress.  The most recent work has focused on using OAGIS within a REST framework, the most popular way to code API’s in the cloud and for mobile.

The team has started a Data Management Guide and a Design Guide and will focus on those documents for the foreseeable future.  The Working Group has also put together a list of possible use cases as a way to help themselves and others visualize the possibilities. 

We welcome you to join the Working Group so please write to us at inquiry@oagi.org.

OAGIS Release 10 work continues with plans for first Public Review later this year

OAGIS Release Ten (OAGIS X) Working Groups continue to meet on a regular basis and we encourage your participation.  We can use all the smart people we can get!  The HR-XML mapping exercise has been completed and the only major remaining content work to complete is the Chem eStandards gap closure.

It is important that OAGIS X contains functional equivalence to the Chem eStandards because this was the agreement before the CIDX merger in 2008.

All OAGi members are invited to join any of our Working Groups.  If you are interested please contact us here.

Meeting Calendar for 2012

OAGi has recently moved revised and republished it’s events calendar.  This calendar contains all Working Group, Council Meetings, and face to face meetings. 

We welcome all OAGi members and users to take advantage of this revised calendar.  You can access our calendar here.

Policy Board Meeting – Completed
April 24, 2012
NIST
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Plenary and Working Groups - Completed
April 25 - 26, 2012
NIST
Presentations are available here.

Policy Board Meeting Planned
November 28, 2012
Oracle
Redwood Shores, CA, USA
Plenary and Working Groups Completed
November 29 - 30, 2012
Oracle
Redwood Shores, CA, USA.

European Meeting
We are working determining these dates and will announce them as soon as possible.
TBD
TBD

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