==================================================================== Cover Pages Newsletter December 03, 2002 Website: http://xml.coverpages.org Hosted by: OASIS Sponsored by: Global eXchange Services, ISOGEN International, SAP, and Sun Microsystems ==================================================================== 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 IBM WebSphere Voice Application Access Supports VoiceXML. IBM has announced a new WebSphere Voice Application Access middleware product which simplifies building and managing voice portals, and more easily extends web-based portals to voice. Implemented on an open- source, vendor-neutral platform using VoiceXML and Java, the speech- interface application helps mobile users improve accessibility to their information, including e-mail, address book, calendar, web content and e-business applications. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-12-03-c.html ebXML Collaboration Protocol Profile and Agreement 2.0 Approved as OASIS Open Standard. OASIS announced that "ebXML Collaboration Protocol Profile and Agreement (CPPA) v2.0" has been approved as an OASIS Open Standard. CPPA ensures interoperability between two parties, even organizations that use software from different sources. The CPP defines a party's message-exchange capabilities and its supported business collaborations. CPA defines the way two business parties interact in performing the chosen business collaborations. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-12-03-b.html Last Call Working Draft for W3C Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML). The W3C Voice Browser Working Group released a Last Call Working Draft of the "Speech Synthesis Markup Language Version 1.0." The specification describes markup for generating synthetic speech via a speech synthesizer, and forms part of the proposals for the W3C Speech Interface Framework. With this XML-based language, content authors can generate synthetic speech on the Web, controlling pronunciation, volume, pitch, and rate. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-12-03-a.html Aries Systems Proposes Submission and Manuscript Exchange Format (SMXF) for STM Publishing. Aries Systems Corporation has announced a new initiative that would formulate a publishing industry standard to support the exchange of scientific manuscripts between differing online manuscript tracking systems. The proposal calls for the creation of an XML-based, system- neutral standard for the exchange of manuscript metadata and content. The Submission and Manuscript Exchange Format (SMXF) would support the needs of STM journals publishers. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-11-27-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 "Web Services Security Core Specification". Edited by Phillip Hallam- Baker (VeriSign), Chris Kaler (Microsoft), Ronald Monzillo (Sun), and Anthony Nadalin (IBM). Working Draft 05. 02-December-2002. 49 pages. http://xml.coverpages.org/WSS-Core-05-1202-merged.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#wssV05WD "XML Takes a Step Forward, Hits Snag on Another Front." By Lisa Vaas. In eWEEK (November 25, 2002). http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,727953,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#VaasXQuery "Declaring Web applications with AppML. [Exploring XML.]" By Michael Classen. In WebReference.com (November 25, 2002). http://www.webreference.com/xml/column69/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#Classen "Rich Client Redux. Action Engine Bolsters the Wireless Experience by Bringing Web Services to Mobile Devices." By James R. Borck. In InfoWorld Issue 47 (November 25, 2002), pages 33-34. http://www.infoworld.com/articles/se/xml/02/11/25/021125seaction.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#ActionEngine "Getting Started with XOM." By Michael Fitzgerald. From XML.com. November 27, 2002. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/11/27/xom.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#Fitzgerald "Hacking XUL and WXS-based Transformations." By John E. Simpson. From XML.com. November 27, 2002. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/11/27/qa.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#SimpsonXUL "RDF Update." By Shelley Powers. From XML.com. November 27, 2002. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/11/27/rdf.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#PowersRDF "IBM Bets On 'Smart' Computing." By Steve Gillmor and Mark Jones, with Steve Mills (IBM). In InfoWorld (December 03, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/11/22/021122hnmills.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#SteveMills "Where the Standards Stand." By Gary H. Anthes. In ComputerWorld (November 25, 2002). http://www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/development/webservices/story/0,10801,76121,00.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#Anthes "IBM Bolts Voice Support Onto Existing Applications." By Carmen Nobel. In (December 02, 2002). http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,740828,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#Nobel "IBM Boosts Voice Portals." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (December 03, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/12/03/021203hnibmvoice.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#krillVoice "Multi-Party Business Transactions." By Bob Haugen (Logistical Software LLC, ebXML and UN/CEFACT TMG Business Process Work Group) and Tony Fletcher (Choreology Ltd, OASIS Business Transaction Protocol Committee and UN/CEFACT TMG Business Process and Architecture Work Groups). 'UNCEFACT White Paper'. Version 1.01. 25-November-2002. 31+ 4 pages. http://www.supplychainlinks.com/UNCEFACT-papers.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#MultiPartyBT "Adobe Ships Graphics, Document Servers." By [InternetWeek.com Staff]. In Internet Week (December 02, 2002). http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/INW20021202S0005 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#AdobeServers "Using WSDL in a UDDI Registry." UDDI Spec TC Best Practice document. Reference: Version 1.08, uddi-spec-tc-bp-using-wsdl-v108-20021110. 12 pages. Edited by John Colgrave (IBM) and Karsten Januszewski (Microsoft). Contributors: Francisco Curbera (IBM), David Ehnebuske (IBM), and Dan Rogers (Microsoft). http://xml.coverpages.org/WSDL-UDDI-BP108.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#WSDL-UDDIv108 "Traversing the Tree: Using the 'get_relatedCategories' API in UDDI Services." By Karsten Januszewski (Microsoft Corporation; UDDI Blog). From Microsoft MSDN Library. November 2002. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnuddi/html/travtreeuddi.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#Januszewski "IBM Adds New WebSphere Tool for Voice Apps." By Stacy Cowley. In InfoWorld (December 02, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/12/02/021202hnibmvoice.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#Cowley "Office 11 Needs XML." By Timothy Dyck. In eWEEK (December 02, 2002). http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,741733,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#DyckOffice11 "E-gov Agenda Takes Shape. E-Government Act Promotes Web standards, Procurement Reform, Security Policies." By Judi Hasson, Diane Frank, and William Matthews. In Federal Computer Week (December 02, 2002). http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/1202/news-egov-12-02-02.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#Hasson "Liberty Alliance Waves White Flag at Passport." By Peter Galli and Dennis Fisher. In eWEEK (December 02, 2002). http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,740753,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#LA-Windows "Reality Check: What it Takes to Achieve Standards Success." By Matthew Josefowicz (Senior Analyst, Celent Communications). Paper presented September 18, 2002 at the Insurance Standards Leadership Forum (ISLF), New York City, New York. 27 pages. http://img.cmpnet.com/insurancetech/events/islf2002/presentations/4_josefowicz/4_josefowicz.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#Josefowicz "Realising XML Benefits in Life Insurance. By Umesh Kumar Rai (Business Analyst, Insurance Practice). Wipro Technologies White Paper. 20 pages. http://www.wipro.com/pdf_files/Wipro_XML_in_Insurance.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200212.html#Wipro "Cornering the Office." By P.J. Connolly. In InfoWorld (November 29, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/pl/xml/02/12/02/021202ploffice11.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200211.html#Connolly "Building Rules into Web Services Applications." By Henry Bowers (ILOG Inc). In Web Services Journal Volume 02, Issue 12 (December 2002), pages 7-8. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=414 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200211.html#Bowers "Building Interactive Web Services With WSIA and WSRP. One Step Toward Making Web Services What They Were Meant to Be." By Eilon Reshef. In Web Services Journal Volume 02, Issue 12 (December 2002), pages 10-16. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=415 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200211.html#Reshef-WSIA "Modeling Biz Docs in XML." By Jon Udell. In InfoWorld (November 29, 2002). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/pl/xml/02/12/02/021202plxml.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200211.html#udellBizDocs "A New Way of Collaborating." By David M. Ewalt. In Information Week (November 25, 2002). http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20021122S0007 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200211.html#Ewalt "Ipedo Upgrades Native XML-Based Suite." By Lisa Vaas. In eWEEK (November 27, 2002). http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,732234,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200211.html#ipedo "Explore the Web Services Bus, Part 1. Using a UDDI-Based Discovery Mechanism to Make Publishing and Discovering Web Services a Breeze." By Greg Flurry (Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Software Group). From IBM developerWorks, Web services. November 2002. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ws-getbus/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200211.html#Flurry "IBM developerWorks Web Services Demos." By [IBM Staff]. From IBM developerWorks, Web services. November 2002. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/demos/wstoolkit/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200211.html#wstkDemos "XML Content Standard Could Challenge Microsoft." By [Analytical Source] Rita Knox. Gartner FirstTake Report. Reference: FT-18-9097. 25 November 2002. http://www4.gartner.com/resources/111600/111667/111667.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200211.html#KnoxOO "Web Services We'd Like To See." By Timothy Appnel. From O'Reilly Network Weblogs. November 26, 2002. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2360 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200211.html#AppnelWS "Updated IBM Web Services Tool Kit (WSTK) Version 3.3." http://xml.coverpages.org/clippings200211.html#clip2002-11-27-a -------------------------------------------------------------------- Selected from the Press -------------------------------------------------------------------- Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html "IBM Advances Pervasive Computing Strategy With New Software. Voice Portal Technology and Tools Extend IBM Momentum With Device Manufacturers, Service Providers, and Enterprises." http://xml.coverpages.org/IBM-VoicePortals.html "Extended Systems' SyncML SDK Compliant with New SyncML Standard. Company Returns From SyncFest 9 With v1.1.1 Certification." http://xml.coverpages.org/SyncML-SDK20021203.html "OMG Announces Integrate 2003. January 28-29 in Burlingame, CA, USA." http://xml.coverpages.org/OMG-Integrate2003.html "Adobe Ships Server Products to Automate Document Processes in the Enterprise. Based on Adobe Acrobat and Adobe PDF, New Server Products Enable Organizations to Reduce Document Production Costs." http://xml.coverpages.org/AdobeDocServer200212.html "ebXML Collaboration Protocol Profile and Agreement Ratified as OASIS Open Standard. New Version of OASIS UN/CEFACT Work Enables E-Business Collaboration." http://xml.coverpages.org/CPPA-v20Standard.html "New Data Modeling Technology Speeds Integration Projects Across and Beyond the Enterprise. Contivo's EIM Solution Extends Reach to Legacy and Web Services Integration." http://xml.coverpages.org/Contivo-EIM37.html "Proposed XML-based Standard to Allow Journals and Publishers to Exchange. In-Process Manuscripts Between Different Online Submission and Tracking Systems." http://xml.coverpages.org/SMXF-Proposed20021125.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- Events -------------------------------------------------------------------- Selected references from the events calendar at: http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html ELPUB 2003. ICCC/IFIP Seventh International Conference on Electronic Publishing. June 25 - 28, 2003. University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal. http://piano.dsi.uminho.pt/elpub2003/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#elpub2003 DAMA International Symposium & Wilshire Meta-Data Conference. The 7th Annual Wilshire Meta-Data Conference and the 15th Annual DAMA International Symposium. April 27 - May 1, 2003. Renaissance Orlando Resort at Seaworld, Orlando, Florida, USA. http://wilshireconferences.com/MD2003/index.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#dama2003 TDWI World Conference Winter 2003. February 9-14, 2003. New Orleans Marriott, New Orleans, LA, USA. http://www.dw-institute.com/education/conferences/neworleans2003/index.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#tdwiWinter03 OMG Integrate 2003. January 28-29, 2003. Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, CA, USA. http://www.integrate2003.com/index.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/OMG-Integrate2003.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#OMG-Integrate2003 First IEEE International Security In Storage Workshop (SISW 2002). December 11, 2002. Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. http://ieee-tfia.org/sisw2002/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#sisw2002 e-GIF and XML in Government. "Applying the e-Government Interoperability Framework." December 10, 2002. Clifton Pavilion, College Road, Clifton, Bristol, UK. http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#e-GIF2002 Online Information 2002 Conference and Exhibition. December 3-5, 2002. Olympia Conference Centre and Grand Hall, Hammersmith, London W14 8UX, UK. http://www.online-information.co.uk/online/ http://www.online-information.co.uk/online/conf_prog.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: Sun Microsystems, Inc. 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