==================================================================== Cover Pages Newsletter August 13, 2002 Website: http://xml.coverpages.org Hosted by: OASIS Sponsored by: ISOGEN International LLC ==================================================================== CONTENTS Featured News Stories Selected Articles and Papers Selected from the Press Events Cover Pages Sponsors -------------------------------------------------------------------- Featured News Stories -------------------------------------------------------------------- Recently featured news stories from the Cover Pages news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/news.html OR http://xml.coverpages.org/covernewsTOP.html US OMB Publishes Business Reference Model for Its Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) The US OMB has published a Business Reference Model as part of the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA). The accompanying XML schema describes and defines the type of content including the entities, attributes, elements, and notation of the Federal Enterprise Architecture. An XML document supplies detailed descriptions for the federal business areas, lines of business, and sub-functions of the Federal Enterprise Architecture. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-08-13-c.html OASIS Technical Committee Proposed for XML e-Government Standards An initial proposal has been received by OASIS for a Technical Committee on 'XML-Based Standards for e-Government'. The proposers include John Borras (UK Office of e-Envoy), Jouko Salonen (Republica, Finland), and Marion Royal (U.S. GSA). A principal goal of the TC would be to coordinate and present a single voice for governments in the adoption and use of XML based standards by citizens and businesses. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-08-13-b.html Pilot Nasdaq-Hosted Web Service Features XBRL Financial Data Nasdaq, Microsoft and PricewaterhouseCoopers have launched a new pilot program to provide investors with remote access to financial data from five years of financial reports for twenty-one (21) Nasdaq-listed companies. Designed by PwC and stored on Nasdaq hardware, the online data will showcase XBRL's ability to allow for easy comparisons of the financials of companies within a particular industry, like semiconductors. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-08-13-a.html Proposed Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Rights Expression Language Based Upon ODRL A draft 'Rights Expression Language Version 1.0' from the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) defines the syntax and semantics of XML-encoded DRM content based on the Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) specification. Part of an OMA Download specification suite, the document describes the rights governing the usage of DRM content built on a foundation model, agreement model, context model, permission model, constraint model, and security model. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-08-12-d.html W3C Acknowledges Receipt of Web Service Choreography Interface (WSCI) Submission W3C has acknowledged receipt of the 'Web Service Choreography Interface (WSCI) 1.0' specification from several W3C member companies. Initially released in June 2002 and now published as a W3C 'Note', the royalty-free WSCI specification provides an XML-based interface definition language that describes the flow of messages exchanged by a Web service participating in choreographed interactions with other services. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-08-12-c.html IBM alphaWorks Releases BPWS4J Engine and Editor IBM alphaWorks has announced a BPEL4WS implementation with engine and editor. BPEL4WS (Business Process Execution Language for Web Services) is one of three specifications recently released by Microsoft, IBM, and BEA. The BPWS4J Java Run Time includes an Eclipse editor plugin, a platform upon which business processes written using BPEL4WS can be executed, a set of examples, and validation tool for BPEL4WS documents. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-08-12-b.html Web Services Specifications for Business Transactions and Process Automation Microsoft, IBM, and BEA have announced the publication of three specifications which collectively describe how to reliably define, create, and connect multiple business processes in a Web services environment. Merging XLANG and WSFL, BPEL4WS (Business Process Execution Language for Web Services) provides an XML-based flow language to define how business processes interact. WS-C and WS-T support multiple cross-platform Web services interactions. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-08-12-a.html XFrames Application for Composing Documents to Replace HTML Frames An initial public working draft specification for XFrames has been released by the W3C HTML Working Group. 'XFrames' is an XML application which addresses the usability, search, and security problems associated with HTML frames. The content of a frameset is now made visible by its URI. A 'frames' element forms the container for the composed document, and a collection of frames in an XFrames document constitutes a frameset. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-08-08-a.html Topic Maps for the Web Addison-Wesley has released 'XML Topic Maps: Creating and Using Topic Maps for the Web', described as a complete introduction and application guide to the world of topic maps. Edited by Jack Park and Sam Hunting, the book introduces the topic maps paradigm, global federated knowledge interchange, topic map standards and specifications, the basics of XTM markup, topic maps and RDF, ontological engineering, topic map visualization, and more. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-08-07-a.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- Selected Articles and Papers -------------------------------------------------------------------- Selections of abstracted and annotated articles/clippings at: http://xml.coverpages.org/articles.html http://xml.coverpages.org/clippings.html "Travel Giant Sails Into Web Services Age." By John Fontana. In Network World (August 12, 2002). http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/0812aaa.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#Galileo-WS "Nasdaq, PwC, Microsoft Team on XBRL." By Peter Galli. In eWEEK (August 06, 2002). http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,439317,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#GalliXBRL Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL). Version: 1.1. Date: 2002-08-08. 70 pages. Edited by Renato Iannella. Version URL: http://odrl.net/1.1/ODRL-11.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#ODRL11 OMA Rights Expression Language Version 1.0. From Open Mobile Alliance. Proposed Version 28-June-2002. Reference: OMA-Download-DRMREL-v1_0-20020628-p. 29 pages. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#OMA-DRMREL "Moving into XML Functionality: The Combined Digital Dictionaries of Buddhism and East Asian Literary Terms." By Charles Muller (Toyo Gakuen University, Chiba, Japan) and Michael Beddow (Leeds University, UK). In Journal of Digital Information: Publishing papers on the management, presentation and uses of information in digital environments, Volume 3, Issue 2 (August 2002). http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v03/i02/Muller/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#Muller "Many Outputs - Many Inputs: XML for Publishers and E-book Designers." By Terje Hillesund (Stavanger University Collage, Stavanger, Norway). In Journal of Digital Information: Publishing papers on the management, presentation and uses of information in digital environments, Volume 3, Issue 1 (August 2002). http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v03/i01/Hillesund/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#Hillesund "Tunnel Setup Protocol (TSP): A Control Protocol to Setup IPv6 or IPv4 Tunnels." By Marc Blanchet (Viagenie). WWW. . IETF Network Working Group, Internet-Draft. Reference: 'draft-vg-ngtrans-tsp-01'. July 1, 2002; expires December 30, 2002. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-vg-ngtrans-tsp-01.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#BlanchetIETF "IBM, Microsoft Ride Herd On B2B Web Services." By Eric Knorr. In ZDNet Tech Update (August 13, 2002). http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2877184,00.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#B2B-WS "BPEL4WS Analysis." By Jean-Jacques Dubray (Chief Architect, Eigner Precision Lifecycle Management). Posted to 'ebtwg-bps@lists.ebtwg.org' mailing list with "Subject: BPEL4WS Analysis." Draft August 13, 2002 or later. http://www.ebpml.org/bpel4ws.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#Dubray-BeePEL "Tech Giants Drive New Web Services." By Wylie Wong. In ZDNet News (August 08, 2002). http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-949049.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#WongWS "Recommendations for XML Schema for Qualified Dublin Core." Proposal to the Dublin Core Architecture Working Group. From the Ad-hoc Committee: Timothy Cole (UIUC), Thomas Habing (UIUC), Diane Hillmann (Cornell), Jane Hunter (DSTC), Pete Johnston (UKOLN), Carl Lagoze (Cornell), and Andy Powell (UKOLN). 2002-07-14. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcmi/xmlschema/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#DC-SchemaQ "Web Services Introduction." Sample chapter [1] from Web Services Implementation Guide, Volume 1: Getting Started, by Brian E. Travis and Mae Ozkan. Volume published June, 2002 by Architag Press (Denver, CO, USA), ISBN:0-9649602-3-0. http://www.architag.com/press/wsig/WSIGV1Sample.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#ArchitagWS "Tip: Make choices at Runtime with XSLT Parameters. Use Parameters and Conditionals in Your Style Sheets." By Nicholas Chase (President, Chase and Chase, Inc). From IBM developerWorks, XML Zone. August 2002. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-tipxsltrun/index.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#ChaseParams "UML for W3C XML Schema Design." By Will Provost. From XML.com. August 07, 2002. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/08/07/wxs_uml.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#ProvostUML "Finding the First, Last, Biggest, Smallest." By Bob DuCharme. From XML.com. August 07, 2002. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/08/07/ducharme.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#DuCharmeQuery "XHTML 2.0: The Latest Trick." By Kendall Grant Clark. From XML.com. August 07, 2002. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/08/07/deviant.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#ClarkXHTML20 "XHTML 2.0". W3C Working Draft 5-August-2002. Edited by Shane McCarron (Applied Testing and Technology), Jonny Axelsson (Opera Software), Beth Epperson (Netscape/AOL), Ann Navarro (WebGeek, Inc.), and Steven Pemberton (CWI; HTML Working Group Chair). http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-xhtml2-20020805/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#W3C-HTML20 "Getting Started With XML Security." By Frederick Hirsch. July 31, 2002. With 32 references. http://home.earthlink.net/~fjhirsch/xml/xmlsec/starting-xml-security.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#HirschSecurity "Seeking a Common E-Commerce Tongue." By Alorie Gilbert. In CNET News.com (August 05, 2002). http://news.com.com/2100-1017-948481.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#Gilbert-UCC "Stealth Patents Put Innovation at Risk." By Jim Rapoza. In eWEEK (August 05, 2002). http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,437239,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#RapozaStealthPatents XPath, XLink, XPointer, and XML: A Practical Guide to Web Hyperlinking and Transclusion. By Erik Wilde (Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory [TIK], Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Z|rich) and David Lowe (Faculty of Engineering at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia). Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley Professional, [July 23] 2002. ISBN: 0-201-70344-0. 304 pages. Book Announcement. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#Wilde-Lowe-Transclusion "Compressed Accessibility Map: Efficient Access Control for XML." By Ting Yu, Divesh Srivastava, Laks V.S. Lakshmanan, and H. V. Jagadish. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Very Large Databases (VLDB). August 20-23, 2002 Hong Kong, China. 12 pages. http://www.research.att.com/~divesh/papers/yslj2002-xmlcam.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#CAM-AccessControl "Optimizing the Secure Evaluation Of Twig Queries." By SungRan Cho, Sihem Amer-Yahia, Laks V.S. Lakshmanan, and Divesh Srivastava. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Very Large Databases (VLDB). August 20-23, 2002 Hong Kong, China. 12 pages. http://www.research.att.com/~divesh/papers/cals2002-secureopt.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#ChoTwigQueries "Managing Change." By Adam Bosworth (Vice President, Engineering, BEA Systems Inc). In XML & Web Services Magazine, Volume 3, Number 5 (August/September 2002). http://www.fawcette.com/xmlmag/2002_08/magazine/departments/endtag/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200208.html#BosworthManagingChange -------------------------------------------------------------------- Selected from the Press -------------------------------------------------------------------- Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html "Seven Vendors Achieve CPFR Data Interoperability in UCC-sponsored Test. First Interoperability Test of CPFR Standards to Drive Adoption in Business Community." http://xml.coverpages.org/CPFR-DataInteroperability200208.html "Seybold San Francisco 2002 Conveys How XML is Driving the Publishing Industry. XML is Changing the Way Organizations Publish and Do Business On the Internet." http://xml.coverpages.org/SeyboldSanFrancisco2002-XML.html "Microsoft, IBM and BEA Deliver Specifications for Business Transactions and Process Automation Within and Between Companies. WS- Coordination, WS-Transaction and BPEL4WS Describe How to Reliably Define, Create and Connect Multiple Business Processes in a Web Services Environment." http://xml.coverpages.org/WS-BusinessProcesses20020809.html "RosettaNet Merges With the Uniform Code Council. Unified Organizations Will Promote Global Leadership of B2B Standards." http://xml.coverpages.org/RosettaNet-UCC-Merger.html "IPNet Successfully Completes CPFR Testing. Interoperability Ensures Visibility Between Trading Partners." http://xml.coverpages.org/IPNetCPFRTesting20020807.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- Events -------------------------------------------------------------------- Open Integration. Ninth Annual Conference for Open Standards and Systems Integration Incorporating XML Asia Pacific. November 11 - 14, 2002. Star City, Sydney. Australia. http://www.open-conferences.com/OpenIntegration/Index.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#openIntegration2002 Seybold Seminars San Francisco 2002. September 9 - 13, 2002. Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, USA. http://www.seyboldseminars.com//sf2002/index.php?file=welcome http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#seyboldSF2002 OASIS/W3C Forum on Security Standards for Web Services. August 26, 2002. With the XML Web Service One Conference, Boston, MA, USA. http://xml.coverpages.org/W3C-OASIS-SecurityStandardsForum2002.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#SecurityStandardsForum http://www.xmlconference.com/boston/key.asp -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cover Pages Sponsors -------------------------------------------------------------------- Publication costs for the Cover Pages website and for this newsletter are underwritten by OASIS Members committed to providing this OASIS resource freely to the public: ISOGEN International LLC URL: http://www.isogen.com