Objective of Meeting

Communication

A significant proportion of the meeting was devoted to a series of joint open sessions with the International Association of Messaging Professionals who were holding a co-located meeting.

This included three open plenary panel sessions addressing issues relating to the convergence of voice messaging and electronic messaging and one stream of open breakout sessions presenting the work of the Messaging Forum.

Project Work

Members of the Messaging Forum met in closed session with the following objectives:

1. Complete the review of specifications associated with the S/MIME Secure Messaging Certification program.
2. Plan the introduction of the S/MIME Secure Messaging Certification program.
3. Review the Federated Free/Busy Business Scenario and plan how to address the requirement.
4. Review the Certificate Policy Assurance Business Scenario and how to address the requirement.
5. Develop a Business Scenario for Federated Instant Messaging

Summary

Communication

The joint sessions with IAMP included three plenary panel sessions addressing issues relating to the convergence of voice messaging and electronic messaging:

• Converged Communication Vision:
  A panel of vendors and users discussed their vision and the implications of the convergence of voice, fax, e-mail and instant messaging communications.
   
• Mobility & Presence
  Panelists discussed the implications of mobile converged communications, covering topics such as roaming, session management, network security, and presence awareness.
   
• Converged Communication Administration and Migration
  This session discussed the issues relating to administration of a converged communications infrastructure, and the considerations for migration from legacy systems.

These three sessions were all virtual sessions, with some of the panel members participating remotely and a significant virtual audience.

Presentations were offered to members of IAMP describing the current work of the Messaging Forum and the status of electronic messaging:

• S/MIME Secure Messaging Architecture
• S/MIME Secure Messaging Certification
• Regulatory Compliance
• Latest Trends in Spam Control

Project Work

• S/MIME Secure Messaging Certification
  • Forum Members assessed the output of the company review process on the documents associated with the certification program, including the S/MIME Secure Messaging Architecture, Certification Policy, Core Syllabus and Product Standards and submitted the completed documents to the Governing Board for approval to publish.
  • Plans were developed for the certification examination and associated training materials.
     
• Federated Free/Busy
  • The Business Scenario was reviewed.
  • Joint discussions were held with officers from the Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium to determine the extent to which the work of that organization would satisfy the objective in the Business Scenario. Further discussions were agreed.
     
• Certificate Policy Assurance
  • The Business Scenario was reviewed and refined
  • An approach to address the objective in the Business Scenario was identified and actions placed to examine the extent to which other organizations would support the proposal.
     
• Federated Instant Messaging
  • This work was deferred to the next meeting.

Outputs

Recordings of Panel Sessions

• Mobility & Presence
• Converged Communication Administration and Migration

These will be available via the Messaging Forum home page within 1 week of the event. Due to technical difficulties, the recording of the first panel session is not available.

Presentation Materials

• S/MIME Secure Messaging Architecture
• S/MIME Secure Messaging Certification
• Making the Case for Compliance
• Combating Spam - Latest Trends
• The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium
• CalConnect Standards

S/MIME Secure Messaging Certification

• Final approved changes to specification set  *
• Company review report for Governing Board  *
• Plan for Certification Examination  *
• Plan for Training Materials  *

Federated Free/Busy

• Version 2 of Business Scenario with details of relevant work in the Calendaring & Scheduling Consortium added *
• Plan for joint initiative with Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium *

Certificate Policy Assurance

• Version 2 of the Business Scenario, including refinements identified during the meeting *
• Proposal for program to establish standardised Certificate Policies and certified third party audit services *

Messaging Forum Forward Planning

• Meeting plan for 2006 *
• Publication plan for The Message in 2006 *

* These deliverables are available to Members of The Messaging Forum only and will be made available via the Forum work area.

Next Steps

IAMP

• Proposal for a follow-up joint session in April 2006 in Washington DC.

Secure Messaging Certification

• Publication of specifications by end November
• Availability of beta version of training materials by end November
• Availability of beta version of certification examination by end November
• Beta training course (Tokyo) w.c. 28th November

Federated Free/Busy

• Apply changes to Business Scenario
• Develop "Use Case" based on Business Scenario
• Teleconference to agree future steps with Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium

Certificate Policy Assurance

• Apply changes to Business Scenario
• Develop proposal for CP standard and assurance program
• Test market with potential delivers of service

The Message

• Edition 2006/1 to be published by 2nd January 2006, featuring the S/MIME Secure Messaging Certification Program.