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IBM wants to encourage broad adoption of the Covered Specifications listed below. Therefore, IBM irrevocably covenants to you that it will not assert any Necessary Claims1 against you for your making, using, importing, selling, or offering for sale Covered Implementations2. However, this covenant will become void, and IBM reserves the right to assert its Necessary Claims against you, if you (or anyone acting in concert with you) assert any Necessary Claims against any Covered Implementations of IBM or of any third party. This covenant is available to everyone directly from IBM, and does not flow from you to your suppliers, business partners, distributors, customers or others. So, if your supplier, business partner, distributor, customer or other party independently takes an action that voids the covenant as to itself, IBM reserves the right to assert its Necessary Claims against that party, even though this covenant will remain in effect for you.

By making this irrevocable patent covenant with regard to the Specifications listed below, IBM does not represent that it holds any or all Necessary Claims regarding the Open Specifications you choose to implement.

List of Covered Specifications - December 12, 2011

Assertions and Protocol for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V1.1 (PDF, 322)

Assertions and Protocols for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V2.0 (PDF, 616KB)

Authoring Techniques for XHTML & HTML Internationalization: Characters and Encodings 1.0

Authoring Techniques for XHTML & HTML Internationalization: Handling Bidirectional Text 1.0

Authoring Tools Guidelines 1.0

Authoring Tools Guidelines 2.0

Bindings and Profiles for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V1.1 (PDF, 223KB)

Bindings for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V2.0 (PDF, 432KB)

BPMN 2.0

Business Process Execution Language for Web Services Version 1.1 (507KB)

Canonical XML 1.1

Character Model for the World Wide Web 1.0: Fundamentals

CMIS

Composite Capability/Preference Profiles (CC/PP): Structure and Vocabularies 1.0

Compound Document by Reference Framework 1.0

Conformance Program Specification for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V1.1 (PDF, 132KB)

Conformance Requirements for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V2.0 (PDF, 171KB)

Content Selection for Device Independence (DISelect) 1.0

Core and hierarchical role based access control (RBAC) profile of XACML v2.0 (PDF, 241KB)

Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Architectural Specification v1.0 (PDF, 951KB)

Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Language Specification v1.0 (PDF, 3.3KB)

Delivery Context: Interfaces (DCI) Accessing Static and Dynamic Properties (19 October 2006)

DITA Architectural Specification v1.1

DITA Language Specification v1.1

DITA v1.1 Specification Overview

DRDA

ebXML Collaborative Partner Profile Agreement (CPPA) v2.0

Exclusive XML Canonicalization Version 1.0

eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) 1.0

eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) 1.1 (PDF, 729KB)

eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) Version 2.0 (PDF, 603KB)

Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fourth Edition)

Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Third Edition)

Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1

Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (Second Edition)

Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) Version 1.1

Glossary for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V1.1 (PDF, 113KB)

Glossary for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V2.0 (PDF, 190KB)

Hierarchical resource profile of XACML v2.0 (PDF, 202KB)

Ink Markup Language (InkML) (23 October 2006)

Installable Unit Deployment Descriptor Specification Version 1.0

Installable Unit Package Format Specification Version 1.0

InterCharacter Model for the World Wide Web 1.0: Normalization

Language Tags and Locale Identifiers for the World Wide Web (12 June 2006)

Metadata for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V2.0 (PDF, 315KB)

MQTT

MTOM Serialization Policy Assertion (WS-MTOMPolicy) Version 1.0

Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces (11 December 2006)

Multiple resource profile of XACML v2.0 (PDF, 184KB)

Namespaces in XML 1.0 (Second Edition) (16 August 2006)

Namespaces in XML 1.1 (Second Edition)

OASIS Solution Deployment Descriptor v1.0

Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.0 (PDF, 64KB)

Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.1

Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA) (PDF, 2.2KB)

OSIMM

OWL Web Ontology Language Guide (10 February 2004)

OWL Web Ontology Language Overview (10 February 2004)

OWL Web Ontology Language Reference (10 February 2004)

OWL Web Ontology Language Semantics and Abstract Syntax (10 February 2004)

Profiles for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V2.0 (PDF, 542KB)

Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) Version 1.0

RDF Primer (10 February 2004)

RDF Semantics (10 February 2004)

RDF Vocabulary Description Language 1.0: RDF Schema Concepts and Abstract Syntax (10 February 2004)

RDF/XML Syntax Specification (Revised) (10 February 2004)

Reliable Asynchronous Messaging Profile 1.0 (125KB)

Resource Description Framework (RDF): Concepts and Abstract Syntax (10 February 2004)

RIF Basic Logic Dialect

RIF Core Dialect

RIF Datatypes and Built-ins 1.0

RIF Framework for Logic Dialect

RIF Production Rule Dialect

RIF RDF and OWL Compatibility

Roadmap for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA Roadmap) (20 Dec 2006)

Roles for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA Roles) (20 Dec 2006)

SAML 2.0 profile of XACML v2.0 (PDF, 272KB)

SCA Assembly Model V1.00

SCA BPEL Client and Implementation V1.00

SCA C Client and Implementation V1.00

SCA COBOL Client and Implementation V1.00

SCA C++ Client and Implementation V1.00

SCA EJB Session Bean Binding V1.00

SCA Java Common Annotations and APIs V1.00

SCA Java Component Implementation V1.00

SCA JCA Binding V1.00

SCA JMS Binding V1.00

SCA Policy Framework V1.00

SCA Spring Component Implementation V1.00

SCA Web Services Binding V1.00

SCA Transaction Policy V1.00

SCA-Assembly Extensions for Event Processing and Pub/Sub V1.0

SDO for C Specification V2.1

SDO for COBOL Specification V2.1

SDO for C++ Specification V2.1

SDO for Java Specification V2.1 FINAL

Security and Privacy Considerations for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V1.1 (PDF, 173KB)

Security and Privacy Considerations for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V2.0

Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML 1.0) (PDF, 1.07KB)

Semantic Annotations for WSDL and XML Schema

Semantic Annotations for WSDL and XML Schema (26 January 2007)

Semantic Interpretation for Speech Recognition (SISR) Version 1.0

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.1

SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM) (25 January 2005)

SOAP Messages with Attachments (11 December 2000)

SOAP 1.1 Binding for MTOM 1.0

SOAP Version 1.2 Part 0: Primer

SOAP Version 1.2 Part 1: Messaging Framework

SOAP Version 1.2 Part 2: Adjuncts

SOAP Version 1.2 Specification Assertions and Test Collection

SOAP: Resource Representation SOAP Header Block

SPARQL Protocol for RDF

SPARQL Protocol for RDF (6 April 2006)

SPARQL Query Results XML Format

SPARQL Query Language for RDF

SPARQL Query Language for RDF (4 October 2006)

SPARQL Query Results XML Format (6 April 2006)

Speech Recognition Grammar Specification Version 1.0

Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.0

Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.1

SOA Governance Framework

SOA Ontology

SOA RA (PDF, 276KB)

S-RAMP Atom Binding (PDF, 384KB)

S-RAMP Foundation (PDF,536KB)

State Chart XML (SCXML): State Machine Notation for Control Abstraction (21 February 2007)

States and Properties Module for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA States and Properties) (20 Dec 2006)

SVG Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1

UDDI 3.0.2

UDDI Schema Centric Canonicalization

UDDI Version 2.01 Operator's Specification

UDDI Version 2.03 Data Structure Reference

UDDI Version 2.03 Replication Specification

UDDI Version 2.04 API Specification

User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0

Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) 2.1

Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0

Web Service Manageability - Concepts 1.0

Web Service Manageability - Representation 1.0

Web Service Manageability - Specification 1.0 (705KB)

Web Services Addressing 1.0 - Core

Web Services Addressing 1.0 - SOAP Binding

Web Services Base Notification 1.3 (WS-BaseNotification) (PDF, 388KB)

Web Services Brokered Notification 1.3 (WS-BrokeredNotification) (PDF, 234KB)

Web Services Business Process Execution Language Version 2.0

Web Services Enumeration (WS-Enumeration)

Web Services Event Descriptions (WS-EventDescriptions)

Web Services Eventing

Web Services Fragment (WS-Fragment)

Web Services Internationalization (WS-I18N) (14 September 2005)

Web Services Metadata Exchange (WS-MetadataExchange)

Web Services Reliable Messaging (WS-ReliableMessaging) 1.0

Web Services Reliable Messaging (WS-ReliableMessaging) 1.1

Web Services ReliableMessaging Policy 1.0

Web Services ReliableMessaging Policy Assertion (WS-RM Policy) 1.1

Web Services Resource 1.2 (WS-Resource)

Web Services Resource Lifetime 1.2 (WS-ResourceLifetime) (PDF, 190KB)

Web Services Resource Metadata 1.0 (WS-ResourceMetadataDescriptor) (PDF, 261KB)

Web Services Resource Properties 1.2 (WS-ResourceProperties) (PDF, 242KB)

Web Services Resource Transfer (WS-RT) v1.0 (6KB)

Web Services Security Kerberos Token Profile 1.1 (PDF, 65KB)

Web Services Security Rights Expression Language (REL) Token Profile 1.0 (PDF, 243KB)

Web Services Security Rights Expression Language (REL) Token Profile 1.1 (PDF, 239KB)

Web Services Security SOAP Message Security 1.1 (WS-Security 2004) (PDF, 266KB)

Web Services Security SOAP Messages with Attachments (SwA) Profile 1.1 (PDF, 369KB)

Web Services Security UsernameToken Profile 1.0 (PDF, 84KB)

Web Services Security UsernameToken Profile 1.1 (PDF, 80KB)

Web Services Security X.509 Certificate Token Profile (PDF, 129KB)

Web Services Security X.509 Certificate Token Profile 1.1 (PDF, 85KB)

Web Services Security: SAML Token Profile 1.0 (PDF, 10KB)

Web Services Security: SAML Token Profile 1.1 (PDF, 292KB)

Web Services Security: SOAP Message Security 1.0 (WS-Security 2004) (PDF, 231KB)

Web Services Service Group 1.2 (WS-ServiceGroup) (PDF, 169KB)

Web Services SOAP Assertions (WS-SOAPAssertions)

Web Services Transfer (WS-Transfer)

Web Services Topics 1.3 (WS-Topics) (PDF, 218KB)

WICD Core 1.0

WICD Full 1.0 Profile

WICD Mobile 1.0 Profile

WS Base Faults 1.2 (WS-BaseFaults) (PDF, 90KB)

WS Federation Language (WS-Federation) v1.2 (PDF, 1.7MB)

WS-Addressing (10 August 2004)

WS-AtomicTransaction v1.1 (PDF, 243KB)

WS-BPEL Extension for People (980KB)

WS-Business Activity v1.1 (PDF, 314KB)

WS-Coordination v1.1 (PDF, 444KB)

WS-Make Connection

WS-Policy - Attachment

WS-Policy - Framework

WS-Polling

WSDL 1.1

WSDL 1.1 Binding Extension for SOAP 1.2

WSDL Version 2.0 Part 0: Primer

WSDL Version 2.0 Part 1: Core Language

WSDL Version 2.0 Part 2: Adjuncts

WSDL Version 2.0 SOAP 1.1 Binding

WSDL Version 2.0: RDF Mapping

WSDM - Common Base Events 1.0.1 (DOC, 616KB)

WSDM: Management of Web Services (WSDM-MOWS) 1.0 (PDF, 441KB)

WSDM: Management of Web Services (WSDM-MOWS) 1.1

WSDM: Management Using Web Services (MUWS 1.0) Part 1 (PDF, 218KB)

WSDM: Management Using Web Services (MUWS 1.0) Part 2 (PDF, 277KB)

WSDM: Management Using Web Services (MUWS 1.1) Part 1

WSDM: Management Using Web Services (MUWS 1.1) Part 2

WS-Eventing (15 March 2006)

WS-Federation

WS-Federation Active Requestor Profile 1.0

WS-Federation Passive Requestor Profile 1.0

WS-Federation v1.1

WS-Human Tasks (802KB)

WS-I Attachments Profile 1.0

WS-I Basic Profile 1.0

WS-I Basic Profile 1.1

WS-I Basic Profile 1.2

WS-I Basic Security Profile 1.0

WS-I Simple SOAP Binding Profile 1.0

WS-MetadataExchange 1.1

WS-Policy 1.01 - Attachment (deprecated)

WS-Policy 1.01 - Framework (70KB)

WS-Policy 1.1 - Attachment (deprecated)

WS-Policy 1.1 - Framework

WS-Policy 1.2 - Attachment

WS-Policy 1.2 - Framework

WS-Policy 1.5 - Attachment

WS-Policy 1.5 - Framework

WSRP (Remote Portlets)

WSRP v1 (Remote Portlets) (PDF, 330KB)

WSRP v2 (Remote Portlets)

WS-SecureConversation 1.1 (ZIP, 616KB)

WS-SecureConversation 1.3

WS-SecurityPolicy 1.1

WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2

WS-Trust 1.1 (ZIP, 616KB)

WS-Trust 1.3

XDBX - eXtensible Dynamic Binary XML

XForms 1.0 Third edition

XForms 1.0 Second edition

XML Base (27 June 2001)

XML Base (Second Edition)

XML Digital Signature profile of XACML v2.0 (PDF, 5KB)

XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version 1.0

XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version 1.0 (Second Edition)

XML Information Set (Second Edition) (4 February 2004)

XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1

XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0

XML Schema 1.1 Part 1: Structures

XML Schema 1.1 Part 2: Datatypes

XML Schema Part 0: Primer Second Edition (28 October 2004)

XML Schema Part 1: Structures Second Edition (28 October 2004)

XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes Second Edition (28 October 2004)

XML Syntax for XQuery 1.0 (XQueryX)

XML 1.0

xml:id Version 1.0

XML-binary Optimized Packaging (XOP) (25 January 2005)

XPath 1.0

XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model (XDM)

XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Formal Semantics

XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Full-Text

XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators

XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language

XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 1.0

XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 2.0

XSLT 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 Serialization

Definitions:

"Necessary Claims" are those patent claims that can not be avoided by any commercially reasonable, compliant implementation of the Required Portions of a Covered Specification. "Required Portions" are those portions of a specification that must be implemented to comply with such specification. If the specification prescribes discretionary extensions, Required Portions include those portions of the discretionary extensions that must be implemented to comply with such discretionary extensions.

"Covered Implementations" are those specific portions of a product (hardware, software, services or combinations thereof) that implement and comply with a Covered Specification and are included in a fully compliant implementation of that Covered Specification. Reference to IBM (or you) includes entities controlled by, controlling, and under common control with IBM (or you), based on majority control.