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OASIS President to Focus on eBusiness Web Services at The Open Group's "Boundaryless Information Flow: The Role of Web Services" Conference

San Francisco, CA - June 12, 2002 - Patrick Gannon, President and CEO of OASIS, will address "The Building Blocks for eBusiness Web Services" at The Open Group's conference on "Boundaryless Information Flow: The Role of Web Services," to be held in Boston July 22-26. Working with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe since July 2000, Gannon chairs a team that advises governments in transitional economies on best practices for electronic business.

"Bondaryless information flow can only be achieved through globally-adopted standards that can execute and exchange information interoperably across any Internet-connected platform," noted Patrick Gannon, president and CEO of OASIS. "ebXML not only provides the transition from EDI to Internet-based eBusiness transactions, it also delivers the framework necessary to deploy secure, reliable business-centric Web services."

About OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org)

OASIS is a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web services, XML conformance, business transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces.

OASIS has more than 400 corporate and individual members in 100 countries around the world. OASIS and the United Nations jointly sponsor ebXML, a global framework for e-business data exchange. OASIS operates XML.org, a community clearinghouse for XML application schemas, vocabularies and related documents. OASIS hosts The XML Cover Pages, an online reference collection for interoperable markup language standards.

About The Open Group

The Open Group, a vendor-neutral and technology-neutral consortium, has a vision of boundaryless information flow achieved through global interoperability in a secure, reliable and timely manner. The Open Group's mission is to drive the creation of boundaryless information flow by working with customers to capture, understand and address current and emerging requirements, establish policies, and share best practices; working with suppliers, consortia and standards bodies to develop consensus and facilitate interoperability, to evolve and integrate specifications and open source technologies; offering a comprehensive set of services to enhance the operational efficiency of consortia; and developing and operating the industry's premier certification service and encouraging procurement of certified products. More information on our organization can be found at www.opengroup.org