OASIS Digital Signature Services TC announcement

Dear sirs

The OASIS Digital Signature Services TC is developing techniques to support
the processing of digital signatures, including defining an interface for
requesting that a web service produce and/or verify a digital signature.

The TC has recently agreed two Committee Draft specifications:
- Digital Signature Service (DSS) Core Protocols, Elements and Bindings,
available at
  http://docs.oasis-open.org/dss/cd/oasis-dss-1[1].0-core-spec-cd.pdf

- XML Timestamping DSS Profile, available at:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/dss/cd/oasis-dss-1[1].0-profiles-timestamping-spe
c-cd.pdf

The DSS schema is available at:
  http://docs.oasis-open.org/dss/cd/oasis-dss-1[1].0-core-schema-cd.xsd.xml

Additional DSS profiles nearing completion for:
 - Asynchronous operation
 - Code signing
 - Entity seal
 - Electronic Post Mark (EPM)
 - German signature law
 - Policy wise operation
 - Web services security
 - XML Advanced Electronic Signature (XAdES) 

Comments may be sent via the OASIS DSS web page:
 http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=dss

Once the first set of profiles have been agreed as Committee Drafts, the TC
will be asking for a more formal public review of the full set of
specifications.

Nick Pope & Juan Carlos Cruellas
  Co-Chairs OASIS Digital Signature Services TC