[provision] PSTC status update

Firstly, I’d like to wish everyone on the list a belated
happy thanks giving.  I hope that
like me, you all ate too much turkey and apple pie and enjoyed what ever
extended break you managed to pull off.  

 

On the initial November 12th conference call, we
kicked things off and left ourselves the task of addressing the general *scope* issue, intending to move the charter
discussion forward prior to the next scheduled conference call (November 26th
-tomorrow).  As you may have
noticed, the PSTC list has been very quiet over the holiday period.  Personally, I’ve been unable to
fit the laptop on the lap (like a say too much turkey and apple pie ;-).   Now that things are back to normal,
we need to re-ignite these discussion threads and get the wheels turning.  With this goal in mind, I will send out a
couple of qualifying questions and suggestions in a separate mail. 

 

We certainly will not be able to move towards ratifying
the charter on tomorrow’s con-call.  There are however, a couple of items of
official business we can usefully accomplish.  My guess is we only need a very short
meeting tomorrow to achieve the following:

 

1) Attendance on the November 12th con-call was
not reflective of registered participation in the TC.  Those that did attend will recall a discussion
on participation and member involvement relative to attaining and maintaining quorum.
 Those of you that did not attend
the initial call, but do intend to actively (and constantly) participate in the
PSTC, should attend the call tomorrow to forward your status towards full
participation.

 

2) During the holiday down-time, a couple of interesting
things have been suggested on the list. Cliff
 Schmidt from Microsoft has kindly offered
to take on the role of coordinating editor - thanks Cliff.  This role will be vital as this process
moves forward and we start to formulate the specification.  Also, Ken
 Yagen from Crosslogix
has volunteered to be our liaison to the Access Control TC and help drive links
and understanding with our colleges defining XACML.   We can make use of this meeting to
A) formalize these appointments.  B) discuss what other working standards committees we need
to liaise with (SAML others??)

 

I will draft a (short) proposed agenda in a follow-up message
to the list.  If anyone has any other
business, please forward it to me ASAP. 

 

Darran Rolls 

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