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Invitation to comment on two KMIP specifications

Public review ends October 14th

OASIS and the KMIP TC are pleased to announce that KMIP Version 3.0 and KMIP Profiles Version 3.0 are now available for public review and comment. 

The OASIS KMIP TC works to define a single, comprehensive protocol for communication between encryption systems and a broad range of new and legacy enterprise applications, including email, databases, and storage devices. By removing redundant, incompatible key management processes, KMIP will provide better data security while at the same time reducing expenditures on multiple products.

The documents and all related files are available here:

Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) Version 3.0
Committee Specification Draft 01
23 August 2024

Editable Source: https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-spec/v3.0/csd01/kmip-spec-v3.0-csd01.docx (Authoritative)

HTML: https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-spec/v3.0/csd01/kmip-spec-v3.0-csd01.html

PDF: https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-spec/v3.0/csd01/kmip-spec-v3.0-csd01.pdf

For your convenience, OASIS provides a complete package of the specification document and any related files in a ZIP distribution file. You can download the ZIP file at:  https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-spec/v3.0/csd01/kmip-spec-v3.0-csd01.zip

Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) Profiles Version 3.0
Committee Specification Draft 01
30 November 2024

Editable Source: https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-profiles/v3.0/csd01/kmip-profiles-v3.0-csd01.docx (Authoritative)

HTML: https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-profiles/v3.0/csd01/kmip-profiles-v3.0-csd01.html

PDF: https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-profiles/v3.0/csd01/kmip-profiles-v3.0-csd01.pdf

Test Cases: https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-profiles/v3.0/csd01/test-cases/

For your convenience, OASIS provides a complete package of the specification document and any related files in a ZIP distribution file. You can download the ZIP file at: https://docs.oasis-open.org/kmip/kmip-profiles/v3.0/csd01/kmip-profiles-v3.0-csd01.zip

How to Provide Feedback

OASIS and the KMIP TC value your feedback. We solicit input from developers, users and others, whether OASIS members or not, for the sake of improving the interoperability and quality of its technical work.

The public review starts September 13, 2024 at 00:00 UTC and ends October 14, 2024 at 23:59 UTC.

Comments from TC members should be sent directly to the TC’s mailing list. Comments may be submitted to the project by any other person through the use of the project’s Comment Facility: https://groups.oasis-open.org/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=2b5e5c66-cc41-4aa5-92ee-018f5aa7dfc4

Comments submitted for this work by non-members are publicly archived and can be viewed by using the link above and clicking the “Discussions” tab.

Please note, you must log in or create a free account to see the material. Please contact the TC Administrator (tc-admin@oasis-open.org) if you have any questions regarding how to submit a comment.

All comments submitted to OASIS are subject to the OASIS Feedback License, which ensures that the feedback you provide carries the same obligations at least as the obligations of the TC members. In connection with this public review, we call your attention to the OASIS IPR Policy [1] applicable especially [2] to the work of this technical committee. All members of the TC should be familiar with this document, which may create obligations regarding the disclosure and availability of a member’s patent, copyright, trademark and license rights that read on an approved OASIS specification. 

OASIS invites any persons who know of any such claims to disclose these if they may be essential to the implementation of the above specification, so that notice of them may be posted to the notice page for this TC’s work.

Additional information about the specification and the KMIP TC’s can be found at the TC’s public home page: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/kmip/

Additional references:

[1] https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/ipr/

[2] http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/kmip/ipr.php