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Subject:CAISO Notification - OASIS System Version 2.3 Release
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Date:Mon, 28 Jan 2002 19:54:22 -0800 (PST)


IMPORTANT NOTICE

OASIS System
Version 2.3 Release

The OASIS system (http://oasis.caiso.com)
will be unavailable Thursday January 31st, 2002 at approximately 1530 due to
the deployment of the OASIS version 2.3 release.

Note: This release includes a new version of the XML Schema. If you have any
questions regarding the new schema, OASIS support will be on the TSWG
conference call on Wednesday, January 30th, at 1:30pm. Call in Number is
(877) 670-4111 Passcode 246870.


Release notes for this version are detailed below:


OASIS Version 2.3
Release Notes


Release Date: January 31, 2002

These release notes provide a summary of the new features and system
enhancements that have been implemented since the last release.

Note:
* Upon release of OASIS version 2.3, the new schema version
(oasisv002.xsd) must be used in order to validate XML files downloaded from
the site.
* Please clear all browser cache when accessing the OASIS site
for the first time upon release of this version.
* If you are using a proxy server, clear proxy cache and
verify that our site is added to the exception list to not cache or set
cache with a minimum TTL.


New Feature Summary

Forecasts Tab:
Forecasted Line and Equipment Outages

* Added a column in this report that indicates the status of
the outage record. The Status column will indicate weather the outage record
has been inserted or if it has been deleted.
* Modified XML structure and Schema to accommodate the
addition of the Status Field.
See details below.


Changes Effecting Customer
Automated Interface Development

Schema Update:
Included in this release is a new version of the XML Schema. This new schema
is oasisv002.xsd.

The change to the schema is detailed below, including the new element
"STATUS_TYPE".
<xsd:element name="DATA" maxOccurs="unbounded"<
<xsd:complexType<
<xsd:sequence<
<xsd:element name="STATUS_TYPE" type="xsd:string"
nullable="true" minOccurs="0" /<

Attached is the oasisv002.xsd schema.
<<...OLE_Obj...<<


Forecasts Tab:
Forecasted Line and Equipment Outages

The XML structure includes the STATUS_TYPE tag.
"D" indicates a Deleted record
"I" indicates an Inserted record.

<DATA<
<DATA_ITEM<OUTAGE_LIMIT_BG_MW</DATA_ITEM<
<SOURCE<S</SOURCE<
<SINK<N</SINK<
<RESOURCE_NAME<NOB_BG</RESOURCE_NAME<
<BEGIN_DATE<2003-01-23</BEGIN_DATE<
<END_DATE<2003-01-25</END_DATE<
<BEGIN_HE<1</BEGIN_HE<
<END_HE<24</END_HE<
<EQUIPMENT_OUTAGE<Sylmar Valve Group #5 out of service
</EQUIPMENT_OUTAGE<
<NOTES<Misc Maintenance</NOTES<
<VALUE<2222</VALUE<
<STATUS_TYPE<D</STATUS_TYPE<
</DATA<




We welcome suggestions, comments and questions.
Please send all correspondence to:
xmlwg@caiso.com


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