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Cover Pages Newsletter
October 08, 2002
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Featured News Stories Selected Articles and Papers Selected from the Press Events Cover Pages Sponsors
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Recently featured news stories from the Cover Pages news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/news.html OR http://xml.coverpages.org/covernewsTOP.html
Entrust Announces New Secure Transaction Platform and Proposed Security Standards.
Entrust has outlined a comprehensive vision and product delivery roadmap for web services security, to be offered through the Entrust Secure Transaction Platform. Entrust also announced that it has submitted a set of related security standards proposals for Web services to OASIS. These standards proposals specify open, XML protocols for digital signature and timestamping services operating in a Web services context. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-08-d.html
Exchangable Faceted Metadata Language (XFML) Version 1.0.
A communique from Peter Van Dijck announces the version 1.0 release of the 'XFML Core - eXchangeable Faceted Metadata Language' specification. XFML Core is an open XML format for publishing and sharing hierarchical faceted metadata and indexing efforts. XFML is a model to express topics, organised in hierarchies or trees within mutually exclusive containers called facets. XFML lets you build connections between different XFML maps. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-08-c.html
HR-XML Consortium Announces Employee Stock Plan Interface Standard.
An 'Employee Stock Plans Interface 1.0' specification produced by the HR-XML Consortium Employee Share Plans Workgroup has been approved as an HR-XML Recommendation. The specification defines standard, vendor- neutral data definitions for the transfer of stock plan data. The Version 1.0 release includes ten XML schemas as well as a primary prose document. The initial release supports the administration of stock option programs. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-08-b.html
NTT Communications Launches Asia's First UDDI Registry.
NTT Communications Corporation has announced the launch of Asia's first UDDI Business Registry based on the Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) V2 specifications. NTT Com joined the UDDI Operators Council in December 2001, and now participates with IBM, Microsoft, and SAP in providing an open public registry with a standard access method for companies to register services and to search for business partners' services. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-08-a.html
W3C Specifications for XML Encryption Released as Proposed Recommendations.
The W3C XML Encryption Working Group has released Proposed Recommendation specifications for 'XML Encryption Syntax and Processing' and 'Decryption Transform for XML Signature'. The XML Encryption Activity was chartered to specify XML encryption syntax and processing for encrypting XML in whole or part (e.g., single XML elements); encryption is needed by applications to exchange sensitive information, such as payment and purchase orders. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-07-a.html
New Website for Layered Markup and Annotation Language (LMNL).
Jeni Tennison has announced an online collection of resources for the Layered Markup and Annotation Language (LMNL), first introduced Extreme Markup 2002. The LMNL layered data model is based on the Core Range Algebra investigated by Gavin Nichol. LMNL addresses problems of multiple document hierarchies and annotating existing tree structures with type information. A LMNL document consists of one or more layers which contain ranges. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-02-a.html
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Selections of abstracted and annotated articles/clippings at: http://xml.coverpages.org/articles.html http://xml.coverpages.org/clippings.html
"SAP Reports Successful Use of UDDI Version 2.0 in UBR." http://xml.coverpages.org/clippings200210.html#clip2002-10-07-a
"Major New Release of XML Schema Validator (XSV)." http://xml.coverpages.org/clippings200210.html#clip2002-10-04-a
"eXcelon Stylus Studio 4.0: A Now-Mature XSLT Editor." Reviewed by Kurt Cagle. In New Architect Volume 7, Issue 11 (November 2002), page 46. http://www.newarchitectmag.com/documents/s=2457/na1102m/index.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Cagle
"Can Public Web Services Work?" By Amit Asaravala. In New Architect, Volume 7, Issue 11 (November 2002), pages 34-38. http://www.newarchitectmag.com/documents/s=2453/na1102d/index.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Asaravala
"Management: XML Goes to Washington." By Gary H. Anthes. In Computer World (October 07, 2002). http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/story/0,10801,74845,00.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Royal
"Microsoft Gives Sneak Peek at Jupiter, Greenwich Technologies." By Cathleen Moore. In InfoWorld (October 08, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/08/021008hnjupiter.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Jupiter
"Second-Generation RosettaNet." By Richard Karpinski. In InternetWeek, (October 08, 2002). http://www.internetweek.com/webDev/INW20021008S0003 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Arrow
"IBM Paves The Way For Open Standards." By [SME IT Staff]. In SME IT Guide October 2002 Issue. http://smeit.com.sg/psme.nsf/unidlookup/6C4073EB7978F0DE48256C4B00163751?OpenDocument http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Singapore
"Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Validation Specification Version 1.0." W3C [Last Call] Working Draft 08-October-2002. Edited by Ben Chang (Oracle), Joe Kesselman (IBM), and Rezaur Rahman (Intel Corporation). http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-DOM-Level-3-Val-20021008/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#DOM3Valid
"Swingtide Founders Jack Serfass and David Wroe: XML's Ticking Bomb." By Jack Serfass and David Wroe. In CNet News.com (October 07, 2002). http://news.com.com/2010-1071-961117.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Bomb
"OAGIS 8: Practical Integration Meets XML Schema." By Mark Feblowitz (Frictionless Commerce). Originally published in XML Journal Volume 3, Issue 9 (September 2002), pages 22-28. http://www.frictionless.com/news/articles/xml_journal.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Feblowitz
"ITxpo: Gartner Grades The Web Services Standards." By Tom Sullivan. In InfoWorld (October 08, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/08/021008hnwsgrade.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Sullivan
"Shootout At The Transaction Corral: BTP Versus WS-T." By Roger Sessions (Austin, Texas). In ObjectWatch Newsletter Number 41 (October 3, 2002). http://www.objectwatch.com/issue_41.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Sessions
"Perspective: The Patent Threat to the Web." By Bruce Perens. In CNet News.com (October 07, 2002). http://news.com.com/2010-1071-961018.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Perens
"Qwest Touts VoiceXML." By Ann Bednarz. In Network World (October 07, 2002). http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/1007carrqwest.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Qwest
"Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification Version 1.0." W3C Candidate Recommendation 07-October-2002. Edited by Johnny Stenback (Netscape), Philippe Le Hégaret (W3C), and Arnaud Le Hors (W3C and IBM). http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/CR-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20021007 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#DOM2-HTML
"Enabling Trusted Web Services. Embed Trust and Security Into the New Infrastructure." By Phillip Hallam-Baker. In Web Services Journal, Volume 2, Issue 10 (October 2002), page 5. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=353 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Hallam-Baker
"Web Services Infrastructure. Building Transactional Web Services with OASIS BTP." By Jim Webber (Arjuna Laboratory, Hewlett-Packard). In Web Services Journal, Volume 2, Issue 10 (October 2002), pages 50-54. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Webber
"Designing Web Services with XML Signatures." By Mark Young. In Web Services Journal, Volume 2, Issue 10 (October 2002), pages 10-12. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Young
"Business Process with BPEL4WS: Learning BPEL4WS, Part 3. Activities and the in-memory model." By Matthew Duftler and Rania Khalaf (IBM). From IBM developerWorks, Web services. October 2002. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-bpelcol3.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#BPEL4WS-3
"Web Services Security Spec Threatened." By Darryl K. Taft. In eWEEK (October 07, 2002). http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,590669,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#WSS-WSDL
"W3C Proposes XML Encryption Methods." By Paul Festa. In ZDNet News (October 07, 2002). http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-960895.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#FestaEnc
"The Talaris Services Business Language: A Case Study on Developing XML Vocabularies Using the Universal Business Language." By Calvin Smith, Patrick Garvey, and Robert Glushko (School of Information Management & Systems, University of California, Berkeley). 27- September-2002. Revision 4. 16 pages. Published as a case study with the UBL TC Reports from the meeting in Burlington, MA, USA, 1-4 October 2002. http://xml.coverpages.org/ServicesBusinessLanguageV4.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#SBL
"Voice Biometrics and Application Security. Identification, Verification, and Classification." By Moshe Yudkowsky (WWW). In Dr Dobb's Journal [DDJ] (November 2002) #342, pages 16-22. Feature Article. http://www.ddj.com/documents/ddj0211a/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Yudkowsky
"Web Services Security." By Andy Yang. In EAI Journal Volume 4, Number 9 (September 2002), pages 33-37. http://www.eaijournal.com/PDF/Yang.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Yang
"Remember the Metadata." By David Linthicum. In EAI Journal Volume 4, Number 9 (September 2002), pages 8-10. http://www.eaijournal.com/PDF/MetadataLinthicum.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Linthicum
"Feature: Who, What, Where? The challenges of automating identity management and provisioning run the gamut from architecture to standards." By David L. Margulius. In InfoWorld (October 04, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/fe/xml/02/10/07/021007feidentitytci.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Margulius
"Standards Patent Strife Spreads." By Paul Festa. In CNET News.com (October 03, 2002). http://news.com.com/2100-1023-960711.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#FestaPatents
"Considerations for Intellectual Property Rights in IETF Standards." By Maximilian Riegel. IETF IPR Working Group, Internet-Draft. Reference: 'draft-riegel-ipr-practices-01.txt'. July 22, 2002, expires January 20, 2003. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-riegel-ipr-practices-01.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Riegel
"The XML Culture Clash. [Book Review]." [Reviewed] by Michael J. Lutz (Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY). In IEEE Computer Volume 35, Number 10 (October 2002), page 72. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Daum-Merten
"AOLTW Enforces Patents With Liberty Single Sign-On." By Matt Berger. In InfoWorld (October 04, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/04/021004hnliberty.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#AOLTW-Patents
"Working with a Metaschema." By Will Provost. From XML.com (October 02, 2002). http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/10/02/metaschema.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Provost
"Duplicate and Empty Elements." By Bob DuCharme. From XML.com (October 02, 2002). http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/10/02/tr.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#DuCharme
"TAG's Iron Fist." By Edd Dumbill. From XML.com (October 02, 2002). http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/10/02/taglines.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Dumbill
"TAG Rejects HLink." By Kendall Grant Clark. From XML.com (October 02, 2002). http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/10/02/deviant.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#HLink
"How NTT Safely Adopted an XML Framework." By Shelley Doll. In Builder.com (October 02, 2002). http://builder.com.com/article.jhtml?id=u00420021007dol01.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#NTT
"Free WS-I Interoperability Tests Due in 2002." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (October 03, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/03/021003hncheng.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#WS-I
"XML Accessibility Guidelines." W3C Working Draft 3-October-2002. Edited by Daniel Dardailler (W3C), Sean B. Palmer, and Charles McCathieNevile (W3C). http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-xag-20021003 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#XAG
"Reports Made Easy With JasperReports." By Erik Swenson (Open Source Software Solutions). In JavaWorld (September 2002). http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-09-2002/jw-0920-opensourceprofile.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#JasperReports
"Developing Web Services, Part 3: SOAP Interoperability." By Bilal Siddiqui (CEO, WAP Monster). From IBM developerWorks, Web services. September 2002. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-intwsdl3.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Siddiqui
"WebWare Deals with Interwoven, Shows Fruits of WebDAV Support." By Patricia Evans. In The Seybold Report Volume 2, Number 12 (September 30, 2002). ISSN: 1533-9211. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#WebWare
"XML Powers Document Builders." By Peter Coffee. In eWEEK (September 30, 2002). http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,575742,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Coffee
"Roots of the REST/SOAP Debate." By Paul Prescod (ConstantRevolution Consulting). Paper presented at 2002 Extreme Markup Languages Conference 2002 in Montreal. http://www.idealliance.org/papers/extreme02/html/2002/Prescod01/EML2002Prescod01.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Prescod
"Model-Driven Development of Dynamic Web Applications." By Hideki Tai, Takashi Nerome, Mari Abe, and Masahiro Hori (IBM, Tokyo Research Laboratory). Paper presented at 2002 Extreme Markup Languages Conference 2002 in Montreal. http://www.idealliance.org/papers/extreme02/html/2002/Hori01/EML2002Hori01.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#WAD
"Topic Maps for Managing Classification Guidance." By Vinh Le (U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Security, Information Classification and Control Policy-SO-12) and James David Mason (Y-12 National Security Complex). Paper presented at 2002 Extreme Markup Languages Conference 2002 in Montreal. http://www.idealliance.org/papers/extreme02/html/2002/Mason01/EML2002Mason01.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Mason
"Core Range Algebra: Toward a Formal Model of Markup." By Gavin Thomas Nicol (Red Bridge Interactive). Paper presented at 2002 Extreme Markup Languages Conference 2002 in Montreal. http://www.idealliance.org/papers/extreme02/html/2002/Nicol01/EML2002Nicol01.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Nicol
"Just-In-Time-Trees (JITTs): Next Step in the Evolution of Markup?" By Patrick Durusau (Society of Biblical Literature) and Matthew Brook O'Donnell (OpenText.org). Paper presented at 2002 Extreme Markup Languages Conference 2002 in Montreal. http://www.sbl-site2.org/Extreme2002/JITTs.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#JITTs
"RSA Helps To Secure Web Services." By Richard Karpinski. In InternetWeek (October 01, 2002). http://www.internetwk.com/story/INW20021001S0003 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#SecureXML-C
"At the Wireless Edge." By Glenn Fleishman. In InfoWorld (September 27, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/fe/xml/02/09/30/020930fewirelesstci.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#WLAN
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Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html
"Entrust Leads Security Standards Development for Web Services. Leading EAI Vendors, including webMethods and TIBCO, Support Security Standards to Accelerate Web Services Deployment." http://xml.coverpages.org/EntrustSecStandards.html
"Entrust Unveils Comprehensive Vision And Product Delivery Roadmap For Web Services Security. Entrust Secure Transaction Platform Provides Open, Interoperable, and Flexible Security Solutions for Web Services Applications -- BEA, IBM Support." http://xml.coverpages.org/EntrustSecureTP.html
"RSA Security Introduces RSA ClearTrust 5.0, One of the Industry's Most Comprehensive Web Access Management Solutions. RSA ClearTrust 5.0 software introduces new features designed to improve usability, interoperability and security for Trusted Identity and Access Management." http://xml.coverpages.org/RSA-ClearTrust50-Ann.html
"Microsoft Details Vision for the Connected Business and Unveils 'Jupiter'. The 'Jupiter' Vision Aims to Unify and Extend Current E- Business Server Technologies And Include Standardized Business Process Management Capabilities, Deeper Support For XML Web Services, and Richer Developer and Information Worker Experiences." http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2002/Oct02/10-08JupiterPR.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/press2002Q4.html#Jupiter
"ECP.NL and HR-XML Consortium Leverage Each Other's Strengths with Strategic Partnership." http://www.hr-xml.org/pr/pr_20021009_ECP.cfm http://xml.coverpages.org/press2002Q4.html#ECPNL
"Edify's Convergence Server Unifies Web and Telephony Architectures. C-Server Enables Multiple IP-based Delivery Channels from a Single Application, Including Voice XML and All Other Standard Mark Up Languages." http://www.edify.com/pr/Press_releases/2002rel/cserver.html http://xml.coverpages.org/press2002Q4.html#Edify
"Corel Ventura 10 Now Available. Extending the Power of XML Content to Professional Business Publishing." http://xml.coverpages.org/CorelVentura10-Ann.html
"Qwest Communications Launches Service To Help Customers Design Voice- Enabled Customer Service Applications." http://www.qwest.com/about/media/pressroom/1,1720,1119_archive,00.html http://xml.coverpages.org/press2002Q4.html#Qwest
"Microsoft and Intervoice Create Sales, Marketing and Technology Alliance Aimed at Making Speech Technology Mainstream Strategic Alliance to Support Technology Development and Promotion Of the SALT- Based Microsoft .NET Speech Platform, Bringing Open and Economical Web-Based Speech Solutions to Leading Call Center and Enterprise Customers." http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2002/Oct02/10-07IVPR.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/press2002Q4.html#saltNET
"Baltimore Introduces New Security Toolkit for Web Services Environments. Toolkit Addresses Security Requirements of XML Documents and Messages in Web Services Environments." http://xml.coverpages.org/BaltimoreKeyToolsXMLv51.html
"RSA Security Helps Customers Develop and Implement an Effective Security Strategy for Web Services Newly released RSA BSAFE SecurXML software enables developers to build XML-based digital signing applications within a Web services environment." http://xml.coverpages.org/RSA-BSAFE-SecurXML.html
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Autumn 2002 Joint CompTIA/EIDX and RosettaNet Conference. Joint Conference with RosettaNet User Groups. November 11 - 14, 2002. "Connecting Business Intelligence with Supply Chain Process Integration." Research Triangle, Durham, North Carolina, USA. http://www.eidx.org/conference/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#eidx2002
WS-I Fall Meeting. Web Services Interoperability Organization. November 5 - 7, 2002 Miami, FL, USA. http://www.ws-i.org/events.aspx http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#wsi200211
Enterprise Data Forum. November 4 - 7, 2002. Pittsburgh, PA, USA. http://www.wilshireconferences.com/EDF2002/index.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#EDF2002
XML and Web Services Connections. October 30 - November 2, 2002. Hyatt Grand Cypress Resort, Orlando, Florida, USA. http://events.pentontech.com/XML/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#xmlWSOrlando
International Federated Conferences (DOA, ODBASE, CoopIS). "On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems and Ubiquitous Computing" 2002. October 28 - November 1, 2002. University of California, Irvine, USA. http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/fedconf/ http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/fedconf/doa/2002 http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/fedconf/odbase/2002 http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/fedconf/coopis/2002 http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#fedconf
Evolve Conference 2002. October 8 - 11, 2002. Four Points Sheraton, Sydney, Australia. http://evolve.dstc.edu.au/conferenceprogram.htm http://evolve.dstc.edu.au/w3c.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#Evolve2002
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