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October 22, 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
Enhanced Adobe Document Servers Support XML-Based Workflow and Digital Signature Facilities.
Adobe Systems has announced a new server product line. Adobe Document Server automates the production of complex Adobe PDF documents by assembling XML data with professionally formatted templates, incorporating rich visual content. Adobe Document Server for Reader Extensions enables Acrobat Reader 5.1 users to comment form fields under security rules and to digitally sign legal documents for validation by Public Key Infrastructure systems. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-22-a.html
EAN.UCC Global Data Dictionary (GDD) Supports Standards Development Framework.
The EAN.UCC Global Data Dictionary (GDD) was recently announced by EAN International and the Uniform Code Council (UCC) as a new tool providing a common framework for global standards development. The GDD is a relational database of names, terms, and definitions that support the standards of the EAN.UCC System. The GDD also supports cross- reference to external standards organization entities, including ebXML, X12, and EANCOM. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-21-a.html
Web Services Interoperability Organization Publishes Basic Profile Version 1.0.
The Web Services Interoperability Organization has released a working group draft for 'Basic Profile Version 1.0'. Produced by the Basic Profile Working Group, the document defines the WS-I Basic Profile, consisting of a set of non-proprietary Web services specifications, along with clarifications to those specifications which promote interoperability. The Basic Profile components include Messaging, Description, Discovery, and Security. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-18-c.html
ComCARE Alliance Publishes XML-Based Emergency Incident Data Set Recommendation.
An announcement from the ComCARE Alliance reports on the completion of a recommended data set for electronic emergency incident data. The project website references the XML Schema and supporting documentation. The data set is designed to enable the electronic flow of emergency information from telematics service providers to multiple public safety agencies, hospitals, transportation agencies, and EMTs dispatched to the incident scene. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-18-b.html
International Press Telecommunications Council Approves NewsML Version 1.1 Specification.
The NewsML Version 1.1 specification has been approved by the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC). NewsML is an XML encoding for news which is intended to be used for the creation, transfer, and delivery of news. The V1.1 XML DTD and XML Schema are available on the project website. IPTC has also published an updated V1.1 'NewsML Functional Specification' and 'IPTC NewsML NewsAgency Implementation Guidelines' document. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-18-a.html
IBM alphaWorks Releases WSDL Explorer Web Application.
IBM alphaWorks has released an online and standalone Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Explorer tool to assist in analyzing candidate web services. The WSDL Explorer displays WSDL files, generates views of operations, allows invocation of operations, and allows viewing of sample message flow. It enables users to compare/contrast Web services without needing to importing them into a heavy development tool. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-17-a.html
OASIS Members Propose Digital Signature Services Technical Committee.
OASIS members have proposed a new Digital Signature Services Technical Committee to develop techniques to support the processing of digital signatures. According to the proposal, the DSS technical committee will define an interface for requesting that a web service produce and/or verify a digital signature on a given piece of data and techniques for proving that a signature was created within its private key validity period. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-16-b.html
W3C Publishes Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 as a Candidate Recommendation.
W3C has released 'Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1' as a Candidate Recommendation. The specification addresses Unicode, control character, and line ending issues. XML 1.1 names are designed so that everything that is not forbidden (for a specific reason) is permitted. Interoperable implementations for XML 1.1 are being sought within the developer community, and the XML Core Working Group invites public comment on the draft. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-16-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
"IBM alphaWorks Releases Web Services Outsourcing Manager (WSOM)." http://xml.coverpages.org/clippings200210.html#clip2002-10-18-a
"The XPointer xpath1() Scheme." By Simon St.Laurent (O'Reilly & Associates). IETF Network Working Group, Internet-Draft. Reference: 'draft-stlaurent-xpath-frag-00.txt'. October 20, 2002, expires April 20, 2003. Also in HTML format. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-stlaurent-xpath-frag-00.txt http://simonstl.com/ietf/draft-stlaurent-xpath-frag-00.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#stlaurent
"Understanding WS-Security." By Scott Seely (Microsoft Corporation). From MSDN Library. October 2002. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwssecur/html/understw.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Seely
"XML-Packed Office 11 Goes Into Beta." By Matt Berger. In ITworld.com News (October 22, 2002). http://www.itworld.com/App/888/021022office11/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Berger
"Microsoft Unleashes Office 11 On Beta Testers." By Ed Scannell. In InfoWorld (October 22, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/22/021022hnoffice11beta.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Office11Beta
"ECDSA with XML-Signature Syntax." IETF Internet Draft. By Simon Blake-Wilson (BCI), Gregor Karlinger (Chief Information Office Austria), and Yongge Wang (University of North Carolina at Charlotte). http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-blake-wilson-xmldsig-ecdsa-03.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Blake-Wilson
"Tip: Use a SAX Filter to Manipulate Data. Change the Events Output by a SAX Stream." By Nicholas Chase (President, Chase and Chase, Inc). From IBM developerWorks, XML Zone. October 2002. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-tipsaxfilter/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#ChaseSAX
"MusicXML in Practice: Issues in Translation and Analysis." By Michael Good (Recordare LLC). Originally published as pages 47-54 in Proceedings of the First International Conference MAX 2002: Musical Application Using XML (Milan, September 19-20, 2002). http://www.recordare.com/good/max2002.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Good
"Digital Photo Print Standard Progresses." By David Becker. In CNET News.com (October 21, 2002). http://news.com.com/2100-1040-962778.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#CPXe
"Tools Help to Ease Web Services Development." By Darryl K. Taft. In eWEEK (October 21, 2002). http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,642980,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#M7
"Progress Buys XML Toolmaker eXcelon." By Scarlet Pruitt. In InfoWorld (October 21, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/21/021021hnprogress.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#eXcelonProgress
"Price Modeling in Standards for Electronic Product Catalogs Based on XML." By Oliver Kelkar (Fraunhofer IAO, Germany), Joerg Leukel (Universiy of Essen, Germany), and Volker Schmitz (Universiy of Essen, Germany). Pages 366-375 in Proceedings of the 11th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2002), May 7-11, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. http://www.bli.uni-essen.de/publications/2002_WWW_KelkarLeukelSchmitz.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#ProductCatalogs
"A Modeling Approach for Product Classification Systems." By Joerg Leukel, Volker Schmitz, and Frank-Dieter Dorloff (Department of Information Systems, University of Essen, Germany). Pages 868-874 in Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Electronic Business Hubs: XML, Metadata, Ontologies, and Business Knowledge on the Web (WEBH 2002 / DEXA 2002), September 2-6, 2002, Aix-en-Provence, France. http://www.bli.uni-essen.de/publications/2002_WEBH_LeukelSchmitzDorloff.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#LeukelModeling
"Modeling and Exchange of Product Classification Systems Using XML." By Joerg Leukel, Volker Schmitz, and Frank-Dieter Dorloff (Department of Information Systems, University of Essen, Germany). In Proceedings of the Fourth IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Issues of E- Commerce and Web-Based Information Systems (WECWIS 2002) (June 26 - 28, 2002; Newport Beach, California). http://www.bli.uni-essen.de/publications/2002_WECWIS_LeukelSchmitzDorloff.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#ProdClass
"First Look at the WS-I Basic Profile 1.0. Features of the Profile." By Chris Ferris (Sr. Software Engineer, IBM). From IBM developerWorks, Web services. October 2002. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-basicprof.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Ferris
"What is XQuery?" By Per Bothner. From XML.com (October 16, 2002). http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/10/16/xquery.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Bothner
"Beep BEEP!" By Rich Salz. From XML.com (October 16, 2002). http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/10/16/ends.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#BEEP
"A Tour of 4Suite." By Uche Ogbuji. From XML.com (October 16, 2002). http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/10/16/py-xml.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Ogbuji4Suite
"The Digital Talking Book." By Ken Pittman. From XML.com (October 16, 2002). http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/10/16/dtb.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#DTB
"Do Web Standards and Patents Mix?" By David Clark. In IEEE Computer Volume 35, Number 10 (October 2002), pages 19-22. http://xml.coverpages.org/ClarkIEEE200210-rx019.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#ClarkPatentsIEEE
IPTC NewsML NewsAgency Implementation Guidelines. From IPTC (International Press Telecommunications Council; Comite International des Telecommunications de Presse). Edited/Compiled by David Allen, Managing Director, IPTC. 32 pages. Version 1.1. October 2002. http://www.iptc.org/site/NewsML/NewsAgencyGuidelinev1.1.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#NewsMLv11Guidelines
"Yes, You Can Secure Your Web Services Documents, Part 2. XML Signature Ensures Your XML Documents' Integrity." By Ray Djajadinata. In Java World (October 11, 2002). http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-2002/jw-1011-securexml.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Djajadinata
"Finessing PKI. [Web Services Development.]" By Jon Udell. In InfoWorld (October 17, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/10/21/021021opwebserv.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Udell-PKI
"Thinking XML: Shedding Light on PRISM. A Standard Metadata Vocabulary for Publishing." By Uche Ogbuji (Principal Consultant, Fourthought, Inc). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. October 2002. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think13.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#PRISM-RDF
"PRISM: Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata." By IDEAlliance and the PRISM Working Group. Specification Version 1.2 (e). First Public Draft. September 4, 2002. 95 pages. http://www.prismstandard.org/techdev/PRISM%20Spec-1.2e%2009.04.2002.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#PRISM12e
"XML Schema for Media Control." By Orit Levin (RADVISION), Sean Olson (Microsoft Corporation), and Roni Even (Polycom). IETF Internet Draft. Reference: 'draft-levin-mmusic-xml-media-control-00.txt'. October 2002, expires April 2003. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-levin-mmusic-xml-media-control-00.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#MediaControl
"WS-I to Expand Its Board." By Stephen Lawson. In InfoWorld (October 17, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/17/021017hnwsi.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Sun-WSI
"Overview of the 2002 IAB Network Management Workshop." By Juergen Schoenwaelder (University of Osnabrueck). IAB Internet-Draft. October 09, 2002. Reference: 'draft-iab-nm-workshop-00.txt'. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-iab-nm-workshop-00.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#IAB
"Weekly Review: Microsoft Faces Web Services Threat." By Phil Wainewright. In ASPnews.com (October 14, 2002). http://www.aspnews.com/analysis/analyst_cols/article/0,2350,4431_1481991,00.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Wainewright
"VoiceXML, CCXML, and SALT." By Ian Moraes. In XML Journal, Volume 3, Issue 9 (September 2002), pages 30-34. http://www.sys-con.com/xml/article.cfm?id=489 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Moraes
"Introducing Topic Maps. A Powerful, Subject-Oriented Approach to Structuring Sets of Information." By Kal Ahmed (Techquila). In XML Journal Volume 03, Issue 10 (October 2002). http://www.sys-con.com/xml/articleprint.cfm?id=507 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#AhmedTM
"Combining the Power of XQuery and XSLT. Toward Fulfilling the Promise of XML." By Jim Gan (Ipedo). In XML Journal Volume 03, Issue 10 (October 2002). With 5 figures. http://www.sys-con.com/xml/article.cfm?id=511 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Gan
"XML and the Semantic Web. It's Time to Stop Squabbling -- They're Not Incompatible." By Jim Hendler and Bijan Parsia (University of Maryland). In XML Journal Volume 03, Issue 10 (October 2002). http://www.sys-con.com/xml/article.cfm?id=509 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Hendler
"Managing Juniper Networks' Routers Using XML. An XNM-Based RPC Mechanism." By Mark Ethan Trostler (Juniper Networks). In XML Journal Volume 03, Issue 10 (October 2002). With 6 figures. http://www.sys-con.com/xml/article.cfm?id=505 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Trostler
"IBM Standardizing Workflow Capabilities in WebSphere." By John Fontana. In Network World (October 16, 2002). http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/1016webshphere.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#WebSphere50
"IBM to Flood Websphere 5.0 With Workflow." By Carolyn A. April. In InfoWorld (October 16, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/16/021016hnibmworkflow.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#WebSphere50-WF
"Web Services Get Down and Dirty." By [ComputerWire Staff]. In The Register (October 16, 2002). http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/23/27594.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#SutorSystems
"IBM Working on Advanced Data Integration, Grid Computing." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (October 16, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/16/021016hnclio.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#IBM-GRID
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Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html
"Microsoft Releases First Beta of 'Office 11'. Next Version of Office to Connect People, Information and Business Processes." http://xml.coverpages.org/Office11-Beta1.html
"Adobe Unveils New Document Server For Dynamically Generating Adobe PDF Files. Automated Adobe PDF Document Production Helps Increase Efficiencies and Reduce Costs." http://xml.coverpages.org/AdobeDocumentServer200210.html
"PolarLake Announces the Release of Polarlake Database Integrator: An Enterprise Solution for XML-to-Database Integration." http://xml.coverpages.org/polarLakeDI.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/press2002Q4.html#PolarLake
"WS-I Community Approves Board Expansion. 150+ Member Community Votes to Add Two Elected Board Seats. Nominations Set for January 2003." http://xml.coverpages.org/WSI-BoardExpansion.html
"Leading Integrators and Major Newspapers Adopt Adobe InDesign and InCopy to Improve Publishing Workflows. Newspapers and Publishers Leverage Support for XML to Speed Production in North America, Europe, Australasia, and Africa." http://xml.coverpages.org/AdobeWorkflows200210.html
"Comcare Member Working Group Announces Draft Vehicular Emergency Incident Data Set." http://xml.coverpages.org/EmergencyIncidentDS.html
"Systinet Announces Wasp 4.0 OEM Edition, Designed for Independent Software Vendors and OEMs. Mercator, Interwoven among OEM clients to adopt Systinet WASP technology. Company expects OEMs to lead rapid adoption through 2003." http://xml.coverpages.org/SystinetOEMEdition.html
".NET MySingapore Announces New Partners to Bring XML Web Services Closer to Singaporeans." http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2002/Oct02/10-15NetMySingaporePR.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/press2002Q4.html#MySingapore
"STEEL24-7 Facilitates Online Steel Business with ebXML Messaging Based on the webMethods Integration Platform. Electronic Business XML Standard Enables Steel Buyers and Suppliers to Better Link Systems." http://xml.coverpages.org/STEEL24-7-ebXML.html
"Digital Signature Services Technical Committee Proposed" http://xml.coverpages.org/DSS-Proposal200210.html http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-16-b.html
-------------------------------------------------------------------- Events --------------------------------------------------------------------
XML Europe 2003 Conference and Exposition "Powering the Information Society." May 5 - 8, 2003. Hilton London Metropole, London, UK. http://www.xmleurope.com/2003/ http://www.xmleurope.com/2003/call.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#xmlEurope2003
Diffuse Final Conference. "Convergence of Web Services, Grid Services and the Semantic Web for Delivering e-Services?" December 12, 2002. European Commission Conference Centre Borschette, Brussels, Belgium. http://www.diffuse.org/event3.html
New York Associated Topics Seminar. "Building, Aggregating and Navigating Information Systems with Topic Maps." November 18, 2002. One Penn Plaza Center, New York, NY, USA. http://www.cogx.com/associatedtopics/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#TM200211
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://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#fedconf
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