==================================================================== Cover Pages Newsletter January 21, 2003 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 IFX Specification Version 1.4 Supports ATM, POS and Other Financial Channels. The IFX Forum has released version 1.4.0 of the "Interactive Financial Exchange Business Message Specification," incorporating new features to support ATM, POS and other financial channels. IFX is a mature XML- based financial messaging protocol based on an open architecture that supports extensibility, efficiency, and interoperability. IFX defines a messaging standard for interoperability between ATM/POS terminals and authorizing systems. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-01-21-b.html SMS Forum Releases Review Draft for the Mobile Message Access Protocol Specification (MMAP). A communique from Kieran Dolan announces a review draft of the "Mobile Message Access Protocol Specification (MMAP)," produced by the SMS Forum XML Protocol Group. The MMAP SOAP protocol provides a framework for web application access to mobile messaging services. It defines session-oriented communication with support for service identification and billing; it provides a mechanism for 'one-shot' requests or more complex peer sessions. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-01-21-a.html Sun ONE Identity Server 6.0 Supports Liberty Alliance and SAML Specifications. Sun Microsystems is now shipping the Sun ONE Identity Server 6.0, described as the industry's first open-standards based network identity solution. Core services include access management, identity administration, federated authentication, and service management. The Sun ONE Identity Server supports the ability to federate identities, via either SAML or the Liberty Specification, both internal and external to the organization's firewall. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-01-16-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 "What's New with Smart Tags in Office 11." By Chris Kunicki. From Microsoft MSDN Library. January 20, 2003. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnofftalk/html/office01022003.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Kunicki "IBM Brings Domino and WebSphere Closer Together." By Dennis Callaghan. In eWEEK (January 20, 2003). http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,835041,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#WebSphere "Real Releases Digital Media Source Code." From Reuters. January 21, 2003. [Open Source.] http://news.com.com/2100-1023-981522.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#RealNetworks "Thinking XML: The Open Office File Format. An XML Format for Front Office Documents." By Uche Ogbuji (Principal Consultant, Fourthought, Inc). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. January 2003. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think15/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#OgbujiOO "Requirements for XML Schema 1.1." Edited by Charles Campbell, Ashok Malhotra (Microsoft), and Priscilla Walmsley. W3C Working Draft 21-January-2003. Latest version URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-11-req/. http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-xmlschema-11-req-20030121/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#SchemaReq11 "IBM Aims to Get Smart About AI." By Michael Kanellos. In CNET News.com (January 21, 2003). http://news.com.com/2100-1001-981256.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Kanellos "Architecting Knowledge Middleware." By Alfred Z. Spector (Vice President, Services and Software, IBM Research Division). Keynote Address delivered May 9, 2002 at WWW 2002, The Eleventh International World Wide Web Conference (Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 7-11 May 2002). Abstract. 40 pages, with discussion of Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) on pages 32-38. http://www2002.org/spector.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Spector "Web Spec Searches For Small Businesses." By Alorie Gilbert. In ZDNet News (January 15, 2003). http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-980626.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Gilbert "SMBmeta Specification Version 0.1 Proposal. [SMBmeta Specification.]" By [Dan Bricklin]. Posted on the TrellixTech.com website. Version 0.1. January 8, 2003. By Interland, Inc., licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. http://www.trellixtech.com/smbmetaspec01proposal.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Bricklin "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Plug-and-Play PKI for Web Services." By Anders Rundgren (X-OBI AB, Sweden). IETF PKIX Working Group, Internet Draft. Reference: 'draft-rundgren-pkix- pnppki4ws-00.txt'. January 2003, expires July 2003. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-rundgren-pkix-pnppki4ws-00.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Rundgren "Plug-and-Play-Enabled PKI for Web Services. A Rationale for an IETF- PKIX Draft Effort." By Anders Rundgren (X-OBI). Version 0.47. 10- January-2003. http://xml.coverpages.org/Rundgren-PnPPKI4WS.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#PKI-WS "XMPP Core." By Jeremie Miller and Peter Saint-Andre (Jabber Software Foundation). IETF Network Working Group, Internet-Draft. Reference: 'draft-ietf-xmpp-core-01'. January 17, 2003, expires July 18, 2003. Formal definitions (namespaces, DTDs, Schemas) in Appendix B. 23 references. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-xmpp-core-01.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#xmppCore01 "Carrying TCAP in SIP Messages (SIP-TCAP)." By Frank W. Miller, Shan Lu, Priya Gupta, and Akif Arsoy (sentitO Networks). Internet Engineering Task Force, Internet Draft. Reference: 'draft-miller-sip- tcap-00'. January 8, 2003. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-miller-sip-tcap-00.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#SIP-TCAP "Microsoft: The Power of High-Fidelity XML." By Steve Gillmor and Mark Lucovsky (Miscoroft). In InfoWorld (January 17, 2003). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/03/01/17/030117hnlucovsky.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Lucovsky "First Look at Office 11: XML Hits the Mainstream Desktop. [Is Word Your Next XML Editor?]" By Mark Walter. In The Seybold Report Volume 2, Number 19 (January 13, 2003). ISSN: 1533-9211. In-depth review of Word 11. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#WalterOffice "XML Conversion Software Gathers Momentum. New Tools Tackle Old Problem." By George Alexander. In The Seybold Report Volume 2, Number 19 (January 13, 2003). ISSN: 1533-9211. Review of Exegenix Conversion System (ECS), NAPS Translation System (NTS), Infinity-Loop upCast package, CambridgeDocs. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Alexander "From Model to Markup: XML Representation of Product Data." By Joshua Lubell (US National Institute of Standards and Technology, Manufacturing Systems Integration Division). Paper presented December 2002 at the XML 2002 Conference, Baltimore, MD, USA. With Appendix (Complete PDM Example with EXPRESS Schema, RELAX NG Schema [Compact Syntax], RELAX NG Schema [XML Syntax], W3C XML Schema, Flat XML Data, Hierarchical XML Data). http://www.idealliance.org/papers/xml02/dx_xml02/papers/03-04-02/03-04-02.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Lubell "Beefing Up the Meaning Of XML." By Tony Kontzer. In InformationWeek (January 16, 2003). http://www.informationweek.com/news/IWK20030116S0013 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Kontzer "Transforming XML Schemas." By Eric Gropp. From XML.com. January 15, 2003. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/01/15/transforming-schemas.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Gropp "Creative Comments: On the Uses and Abuses of Markup." By Kendall Grant Clark. From XML.com. January 15, 2003. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/01/15/creative.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#ClarkCC "Securing Web Services." By Rich Salz. From XML.com. January 15, 2003. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/01/15/ends.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Salz "IBM Preparing Xperanto Deliverables." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (January 16, 2003). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/03/01/16/030116hnibmex.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#KrillXPR2 "Driving ODBC, JDBC Drivers to XML Web Services." By Vance McCarthy. In Enterprise Developer News (January 13, 2003). http://idevnews.com/IntegrationNews.asp?ID=46 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#McCarthy "Sun Readying J2EE 1.4." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (January 15, 2003). http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/03/01/15/030115hnsunjava.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#J2EE-Sun "Dancing Around Web Services." By Paul Festa. In CNET News.com (January 16, 2003). http://news.com.com/2100-1001-981059.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#FestaChoreo "OSCON 2003 Call For Participation." http://xml.coverpages.org/clippings200301.html#clip2003-01-21-d "Extreme Markup Languages 2003 Call for Participation." http://xml.coverpages.org/clippings200301.html#clip2003-01-21-c "Prototype for One-to-Many Links Using HTML." http://xml.coverpages.org/clippings200301.html#clip2003-01-21-b "OpenOffice.org XML File Format Specification in RELAX NG, RELAX NG Compact, and W3C XML Schema Notation." http://xml.coverpages.org/clippings200301.html#clip2003-01-21-a -------------------------------------------------------------------- Selected from the Press -------------------------------------------------------------------- Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html "Wattle Software Announces the Release of XMLwriter 2.0." http://xml.coverpages.org/XMLwriterV20.html "PayCircle Publishes Reference Implementation for PayCircle's WSDL Payment Specification 1.0. Implementation Includes Sample Payment System and Demo Clients." http://xml.coverpages.org/PayCircleRefImpl.html "The Interactive Financial Exchange (IFX) Forum Releases for Public Review Version 1.4 of its Specification." http://xml.coverpages.org/ifxV4-ATMPOS.html "The Open Applications Group Joins International Standards Alliance. OAGI Collaborates With IEC, ISO, ITU, and UN/ECE in Effort to Harmonize Worldwide eBusiness Standards." http://xml.coverpages.org/OAGI-MOU2003.html "XML Global Introduces Security and Reliability for e-Business Web Services. GoXML Messaging leverages ebXML technologies to provide advanced reliability and security features for Web services deployments." http://xml.coverpages.org/GoXML-MessagingV30.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- Events -------------------------------------------------------------------- Selected references from the events calendar at: http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html Software Development 2003 East. September 15 - 19, 2003. Sheraton Boston, Boston, MA, USA. http://www.cmpevents.com/SDxe/a.asp?option=N http://xml.coverpages.org/SDEastCFP.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#SDEast2003 Extreme Markup Languages 2003. August 4 - 8, 2003. Hilton Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. http://xml.coverpages.org/ExtremeMarkup2003CFP.html http://www.mulberrytech.com/Extreme http://extrememarkup.com/extreme http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#Extreme2003 O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention (OSCON) 2003. "Extend and Embrace." July 7 - 11, 2003. Portland Marriot Downtown, Portland, Oregon, USA. http://xml.coverpages.org/clippings200301.html#clip2003-01-21-d http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2003/ http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2003/create/e_sess http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#oscon2003 Open Publish 2003. June 23 - 25, 2003, Sheraton Society Hill Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. http://www.open-publish.com/openpublish/2003/about.asp http://www.open-publish.com/openpublish/2003/call.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#OpenPublish2003PA XML Web Services One 2003. March 3 - 6, 2003. Santa Clara Marriott, Santa Clara, CA, USA. http://www.xmlconference.com/santaclara/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#wsONE2003 "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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. URL: http://sun.com SAP URL: http://www.sap.com ISOGEN International LLC URL: http://www.isogen.com Global eXchange Services URL: http://www.gxs.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send a post to: