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Cover Pages Newsletter
October 29, 2002
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CONTENTS
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
OASIS Members Propose TC for User Interface Markup Language (UIML).
An OASIS technical committee for the User Interface Markup Language (UIML) is being formed to develop a specification for an abstract meta-language that can provide a canonical XML representation of any user interface (UI). The language should be capable of specifying the requirements, design, and implementation of any UI. The TC will use UIML v3.0 as a starting point and expects to deliver a revised spec within eight months. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-29-c.html
Diffuse Final Conference Focuses on Web Services, Grid Services, and Semantic Web.
The Diffuse Final Conference will held December 12, 2002 in Brussels.
The conference title: "Convergence of Web Services, Grid Services and
the Semantic Web for Delivering e-Services?" Keynotes will be given by
Erkki Liikanen (Member of the European Commission responsible for
Enterprise and Information Society), Carl Kesselman ('Grid' Founder),
Bruce Perens (Author of the Open Source Definition), and Guus
Schreiber (W3C Web Ontology WG).
http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-29-b.html
CIMI Consortium Releases SPECTRUM XML Schema Version 1.5 for Testing. The Consortium for Interchange of Museum Information (CIMI) has announced the v1.5 CIMI XML Schema for SPECTRUM. CIMI is a consortium of cultural heritage institutions and organizations that encourages open, standards-based approaches to creating and sharing digital information. The XML Schema supports encoding of descriptive information relating to museum objects and associated information about people, places, and historical events. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-29-a.html
Sun Secure Trading Agent Technology Preview Supports ebXML MS and CPA.
Sun has announced a Technology Preview for the Sun ONE Integration Server Secure Trading Agent (STA). STA v1.0 Beta implements a standards-based, secure, reliable system that provides for the exchange of business documents between trading partners. It supports the ebXML Message Service Specification v2.0 and ebXML CPA Specification v2.0, including transport security, encryption and digital signing, authorization, and nonrepudiation. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-25-a.html
Microsoft XSD Inference Tool Creates Schemas from XML Instances. Dare Obasanjo announced the availability of a Microsoft XSD Inference utility. The Beta 1 XSD Inference Tool is used to create an XML Schema definition language (XSD) schema from an XML instance document. When provided with well-formed XML file, the utility generates an XSD that can be used to validate that XML file; one can refine the XSD generated by providing additional well-formed XML files. An online version and binaries are available. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-24-b.html
Sun Microsystems Announces Java Architecture for XML Binding Beta Implementation.
Sun Microsystems announced the availability of a JAXB beta Reference Implementation, version 0.75 Public Draft Specification, API documentation, and User's Guide. JAXB provides an API and tools that automate the mapping between XML documents and Java objects. The new specification includes support for a subset of W3C XML Schema and Namespaces, more flexible unmarshalling/marshalling functionality, and validation process enhancements. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-10-24-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
"UDDI and WSIL for e-Science." By Rob Allan, Dharmesh Chohan, Xiao Dong Wang, Mark McKeown, John Colgrave, and Matthew Dovey. Technical Report from the CLRC e-Science Centre and Distributed Computing Programme. October 14, 2002. 19 pages. http://esc.dl.ac.uk/Papers/UDDI/uddi/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#AllanUDDI
"An Introduction to WSIL." By Timothy Appnel. From O'Reilly OnJava.com (October 16, 2002). http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/10/16/wsil.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Appnel
"Streamline Your Code and Simplify Localization Using an XML-Based GUI Language Parser." By Paul DiLascia. In MSDN Magazine (October 29, 2002). http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#DiLascia http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/11/NETGUIBliss/
"Sun Unveils Upgraded App Server." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (October 28, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/28/021028hnsunapp.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#KrillSun
"Sun One Application Server 7 Debuts." By Clint Boulton. In InternetNews.com (October 28, 2002). http://boston.internet.com/news/article.php/1488901 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Boulton
"XML Watch: Exploring Alternative Syntaxes for XML. Weighing the Pros and Cons." By Edd Dumbill (Editor and publisher, xmlhack.com). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. October 2002. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-syntax.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#DumbillAltSyn
"XML and Database Mapping in .NET." By Niel Bornstein. From XML.com October 23, 2002. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/10/23/ado-net.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Bornstein
"Whither Web Services?" By Edd Dumbill. From XML.com October 23, 2002. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/10/23/taglines.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#DumbillWS
"XML 1.1: Here We Go Again." By Kendall Grant Clark. From XML.com October 23, 2002. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/10/23/deviant.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#KGClark-XML11
"Captured in XML." By Jon Udell. In InfoWorld (October 25, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/pl/xml/02/10/28/021028plxmlclient.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Udell
"Authoring Challenges for Device Independence." Edited by Rhys Lewis (Volantis Systems). W3C Working Draft 18-October-2002. Latest version URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/acdi/. First public Working Draft. Produced by members of the W3C Device Independence Working Group (DIWG). http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-acdi-20021018/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#LewisDI
"Migratable User Interface Descriptions in Component-Based Development." By Kris Luyten, Chris Vandervelpen, and Karin Coninx (Expertise Centre for Digital Media, Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Belgium). Presented at the Ninth International Workshop on Design, Specification, and Verification of Interactive Systems (DSV-IS 2002), Rostock, Germany, June 12-14, 2002. 15 pages, with 14 references. http://lumumba.luc.ac.be/kris/publications/dsvis2002/luytenvandervelpen-DSVIS2002.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Luyten2002
"Specifying User Interfaces for Runtime Modal Independent Migration." By Kris Luyten, Tom Van Laerhoven, Karin Coninx, and Frank Van Reeth. Paper presented at CADUI 2002, Fourth International Conference on Computer-Aided Design of User Interfaces, Universite de Valenciennes, France, May 15-17, 2002. 12 pages, with 18 references. http://lumumba.luc.ac.be/kris/publications/cadui2002/luyten_vanlaerhoven_cadui2002.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#LuytenCADUI02
"Jabber, WebMethods Tackle Enteprise Integration." By Richard Karpinski. In InternetWeek (October 21, 2002). http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/INW20021023S0007 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#JabberSTP
"XSL-FO Inline Elements." By Dave Pawson. Sample Chapter 6 (pages 112-125) in XSL-FO: Making XML Look Good in Print (Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly, August 2002). http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xslfo/chapter/ch06.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#PawsonInline
"EMC Adopts SMI Standard." By Scott Tyler Shafer. In InfoWorld (October 25, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/28/021028hnemc.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Shafer
"Web Services Key To Groove 2.5." By Barbara Darrow. In CRN (October 25, 2002). http://www.crn.com/sections/News/top_news.asp?ArticleID=38196 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#GrooveWS
"Liberty, WS-Security Uniting Over SAML Standards." By Vance McCarthy. From Integration Developer News. October 21, 2002. Case Study. http://idevnews.com/CaseStudies.asp?ID=36 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#McCarthy
"Tip: Traversing an XML Document with a TreeWalker. Navigate your DOM tree while maintaining parental relationships." By Nicholas Chase (President, Chase and Chase, Inc). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. October 2002. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-tiptreewlk.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#ChaseTree
"Adding Custom Functions to XPath." By Prajakta Joshi (Microsoft Corporation). MSDN Library. October 8, 2002. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnexxml/html/xml10212002.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Joshi
"Adobe Fires Server Barrage." By [Seybold Staff.] In The Bulletin: Seybold News and Views On Electronic Publishing Volume 8, Number 4 (October 23, 2002). http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#SeyboldAdobe
"Use Recursion Effectively in XSL. An Introduction to Recursion in XSL and Techniques for Optimizing Its Use." By Jared Jackson (Researcher, IBM). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. October 2002. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-xslrecur/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Jackson
"OASIS Tees Up Digital Signatures, Time Stamping." By Richard Karpinski. In InternetWeek (October 24, 2002). http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/INW20021024S0006 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#KarpinskiDSS
"OASIS Group Forms to Tackle Digital Signature Quagmire." By Brian Fonseca. In (October 21, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/24/021024hnoasisdig.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#FonsecaDSS
"Microsoft Promises Arbitrary XML in Office 11." By [Seybold Staff.] In The Bulletin: Seybold News and Views On Electronic Publishing Volume 8, Number 4 (October 23, 2002). http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#TSB
"MS Office XML." By Tim Bray. Posting to XML-DEV. October 24, 2002. http://xml.coverpages.org/Bray-Office11.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#BrayOffice
"Co-Inventor of XML Says Office 11 is 'A Huge Step Forward for Microsoft'." By Tim Bray [and XML-J Industry Newsletter]. In XML Journal (October 24, 2002). http://www.sys-con.com/xml/articlenews.cfm?id=513 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Bray
"Sun Joins WS-I." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (October 24, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/24/021024hnsunwsi2.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#SunJoinsWSI
"Phaos Looks to Boost Liberty Single Sign-On." By Paul Krill. and James Niccolai. In InfoWorld (October 22, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/22/021022hnphaos.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#PhaosSSO
"Phaos Releases Liberty Identity Toolkit." By Richard Karpinski. In InternetWeek (October 22, 2002). http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/INW20021023S0006 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200210.html#Phaos
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Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html
"OASIS UIML Technical Committee Call For Participation" http://xml.coverpages.org/UIMLTC-CFP-20021028.html
"Sun Microsystems Radically Changes Application Server Market With Release of Sun One Application Server 7. Free Platform Edition With New Integrated Java Tools Makes Creating Web Services Faster and More Economical. Sun ONE Application Server 7 is More Than 50 Percent Faster than IBM WebSphere in JSPs, Servlets, and JDBC." http://xml.coverpages.org/SunONE-AppServer7.html
"Alcatel Makes It Easier to Integrate Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 Features into Web Applications and Communication Portals. XML Telephony Software Development Kit ushers in new generation of applications for Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 IP-PBX." http://xml.coverpages.org/AlcatelTelephonySDK.html
"Special Information Days on Financial Services, Transportation, C4I and Systems Engineering Highlight Upcoming OMG Standards Meeting Members to Form Model Driven Architecture (MDA) User Group." http://www.omg.org/news/releases/pr2002/2002-10-24.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/press2002Q4.html#omg200211
"Microsoft XML Architect to Unveil XML in 'Office 11' At XML Conference & Exposition 2002." http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2002/Oct02/10-25XMLArchitectMA.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/press2002Q4.html#PaoliOffice11
"Jabber and webMethods Form Strategic Alliance. webMethods and Jabber Team to Provide Real-Time Information to Financial Services Companies Using webMethods' Market-Leading Integration Platform." http://xml.coverpages.org/JabberIM-STP.html
"Sun STA Technology Preview Supports ebXML MS, CPA." http://xml.coverpages.org/SunSecureTradingAgent.html
"RevXml: A Tool for the Tracking Of Revision of XML/ SGML/ XHTML- Tagged Documents and Data." http://xml.coverpages.org/RevXML-Announce.html
"Sun Microsystems Joins WS-I. Web Services Leader Plans to Run for Board Election." http://xml.coverpages.org/SunJoinsWSI.html
"OASIS Members Work to Develop Digital Signature and Timestamping Protocols. Entrust, IONA, NIST, webMethods, TIBCO, Verisign, and Others Collaborate on Security Standard to Accelerate Web Services Deployment." http://xml.coverpages.org/OASIS-DSS-TechnicalCommittee.html
"Mindreef Previews Web Services Diagnostics Technology at Meta Group and DCI's The Summit on Web Services Conference. NuMega Founders Form New Company to Address Challenges of Isolating Problems in Distributed Applications." http://www.mindreef.com/news/releases/10_23_2002.html http://xml.coverpages.org/press2002Q4.html#Mindreef
"Phaos Technology Releases Liberty Toolkit 2.0. e-Security Provider Offers Developer Toolkit for Liberty Alliance Specifications." http://xml.coverpages.org/PhaosLibertyToolkitV20.html
"Global eXchange Services Offers AS2 Outsourcing Service. New GXS Service Enables Companies of All Sizes to Transact Over the Internet Using AS2 Without Complex System Upgrades or Additional In-house Technical Expertise." http://xml.coverpages.org/GXS-AS2-OutsourcingService.html
"ChemConnect links to Global eXchange Services. ChemConnect Members Gain Cost-Efficient Access to Thousands of Customers and Suppliers through GXS Network. Occidental Chemical Corporation among First to Reap Benefits of GXS Connection." http://xml.coverpages.org/GXS-Chem-eStandards.html
-------------------------------------------------------------------- Events --------------------------------------------------------------------
Selected references from the events calendar at: http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html
PODS 2003 Conference. 22nd ACM SIGACT-SIGMOD-SIGART Symposium on Principles of Database Systems. June 9 - 12, 2003. Town and Country Hotel, San Diego, California, USA. http://www.db.ucsd.edu/SIGMODPODS03/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#pods2003
Euroweb 2002 Conference. "The Web and the GRID: From E-science to E-business." December 17 - 18, 2002. St Anne's College, Oxford, UK. http://www.w3c.rl.ac.uk/Euroweb/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#Euroweb2002
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 http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#diffuseFinal
XML BeLux Conference 2002. "Applied XML: Annual Conference of XML Belux." November 21, 2002. Aula Omnia Schaubroeck, Nazareth/Ghent, Belgium. http://xml.coverpages.org/XML-BeLux2002.html http://www.xmlbelux.be/events/conference2002/index.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#BeLux2002
SMIL Europe 2002. November 20 - 22, 2002. Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Arts et Metiers (ENSAM), Paris, France. http://aristote1.aristote.asso.fr/SMIL2002/index.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#SMIL-Europe2002
Digital Resources for the Humanities 2002 (DRH 2002). September 8 - 11, 2002. Edinburgh University Library, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. http://www.drh2002.lib.ed.ac.uk/ http://www.drh2002.lib.ed.ac.uk/program.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#drh2002
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