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Cover Pages Newsletter
February 04, 2003
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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
W3C Announces Creation of a New XForms Activity.
A new XForms Activity has been created as part of the W3C Interaction Domain. This Activity currently hosts a single Working Group, and focuses on the development of W3C specifications for the next generation of Web forms. More flexible than previous HTML and XHTML form technologies, W3C XForms separate purpose, presentation, and data. The WG is producing advanced forms logic, improved internationalization, and rich user interface capabilities. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-02-04-a.html
ISO Working Group Publishes Committee Draft for DSDL Standard, Part 4.
An ISO Committee Draft for "Document Schema Definition Languages (DSDL) -- Part 4: Selection of Validation Candidates" has been released by the editor of the ISO DSDL Project. DSDL VCSL is an XML- based language for controlling selection of validation candidates. DSDL allows specific parts of an XML document to be extracted and then validated; different schema languages and validators may be applied to these different candidates. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-02-03-a.html
OGC Working Group Issues Draft Specification for Sensor Model Language (SensorML).
The Open GIS Consortium Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) Working Group has released a draft specification on "Sensor Model Language (SensorML) for In-Situ and Remote Sensors", together with XML Schemas. SensorML provides an XML schema for defining the geometric, dynamic, and observational characteristics of a sensor; it supports cross-communication within a SensorWeb among aircraft, UAVs, satellites, and ground-based sensors. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-01-31-b.html
WS-I Publishes Supply Chain Management Candidate Review Drafts.
WS-I has released three Candidate Review Draft documents which model a simple supply chain management application. They serve to demonstrate all of the scenarios in the WS-I Basic Profile 1.0 and how a Web services application might be designed, implemented and deployed to conform to the Basic Profile. Drafts include "Sample Application Supply Chain Management Architecture", "Supply Chain Management Use Case Model", and "WS-I Usage Scenarios." http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-01-31-a.html
W3C Advances VoiceXML Version 2.0 to Candidate Recommendation Status.
W3C's "Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0" has been released as a Candidate Recommendation, together with an explicit call for implementation. VoiceXML supports interactive voice response applications. It is is designed for creating audio dialogs that feature synthesized speech, digitized audio, recognition of spoken and DTMF key input, recording of spoken input, telephony, and mixed initiative conversations. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-01-29-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
"UBL Set to Shake Up Electronic Commerce." By John Taschek (eWEEK Labs Director) and Jon Bosak (Sun Microsystems). In eWEEK (February 04, 2003). Jon Bosak discusses UBL and the draft XML schemas for electronic trade. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,864778,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Bosak
"What's New in UDDI 3.0 - Part 2." By Frank Sommers. From WebServices.Org. February 03, 2003. Overview of the UDDI v3 public API, including the Subscription API set. http://webservices.org/index.php/article/articleview/881/1/24 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Sommers
"Comparing Style Sheet Languages." By Hakon Wium Lie. With contributions from Bert Bos, Christopher R. Maden, Paul Grosso, Arved Sandstrom, and Vincent Quint. Posted 2003-02-04 to the DSSSL List (dssslist@lists.mulberrytech.com). Sample code for a list of challenges put to CSS, FOSI, DSSSL, XSL, P93, and PSL. http://people.opera.com/howcome/2003/style/chart.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Lie-Styles
"Business Processes and Workflow in the Web Services World. A Workflow is Only As Good As the Business Process Underneath It." By Margie Virdell (e-business Architect, IBM Developer Relations). From IBM developerWorks, Web services. January 2003. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-work.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Virdell
"IBM Unveils Xperanto Data Integration Technology. Two Products Set for Beta Release." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (February 04, 2003). http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/04/HNinfoex_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Krill
"IBM Releases Xperanto Beta." By Lisa Vaas. In eWEEK (February 04, 2003). Release of DB2 Information Integrator and DB2 Information Integrator for Content. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,864019,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Vaas
"Internaut: How Agencies Could Use XML to Ensure Integrity of Data." By Shawn P. McCarthy. In Government Computer News Volume 22, Number 2 (January 27, 2003). Another irony: data normalization in the age of Web Services. http://www.gcn.com/22_2/tech-report/20933-1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#McCarthy
"Sun to Standardize Web Services in J2EE 1.4. Next Version Supports WS-I's Basic Profile Specification." By James Niccolai. In InfoWorld (February 04, 2003). http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/04/HNj2eews_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Niccolai
"Java Specification Waits for Web Services." By Martin LaMonica. In CNET News.com (February 04, 2003). J2EE 1.4 to comply with WS-I interoperability guidelines. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-983212.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#J2EE14-WSI
"XForms for Managing Forms-Based Data." By Anthony Tomasic. In XML & Web Services Magazine Volume 3, Number 7 (December 2002/January 2003), pages 24-27. http://www.fawcette.com/xmlmag/2002_12/magazine/practice/atomasic/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Tomasic
"Localization Made Easy." By Claude Duguay. In XML & Web Services Magazine Volume 3, Number 7 (December 2002/January 2003), pages 35-38. http://www.fawcette.com/xmlmag/2002_12/magazine/columns/cduguay/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Duguay
"Speaking XML." By Adam Bosworth (Vice President, Engineering, BEA Systems Inc). In XML & Web Services Magazine Volume 3, Number 7 (December 2002/January 2003), page 40. http://www.fawcette.com/xmlmag/2002_12/magazine/columns/endtag/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Bosworth
"Web Service Versioning and Deprecation. An Easy-to-implement Strategy for Success." By Jeff Kenyon (Qwest). In WebServices Journal Volume 3, Issue 2 (February 2003), pages 18-24. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=467 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Kenyon
"On the Road to Web Service-Level Management. Critical Components in the Creation of Self-Managing Computer Resoruces." By Mark Potts (Talking Blocks), Kevin Ruthen (IBM), and Heather Kreger (IBM). In WebServices Journal Volume 3, Issue 2 (February 2003), pages 26-31. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=468 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Potts
"A Publish/Subscribe Mechanism for Web Services. Extending an Existing Event Broker." By Dmitri Tcherevik (Office of the CTO, Computer Associates). In WebServices Journal Volume 3, Issue 2 (February 2003), pages 10-15. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=465 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Tcherevik
"Actional SOAPstation. Finding Order and Scale in Complexity." By Joe Mitchko. In WebServices Journal Volume 3, Issue 2 (February 2003), page 16. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=466 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Mitchko
"Web Ontology Language (OWL) Abstract Syntax and Semantics." Edited by Peter F. Patel-Schneider (Bell Labs Research, Lucent Technologies), Patrick Hayes (IHMC, University of West Florida), and Ian Horrocks (Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester). W3C Working Draft 3-February-2003. http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-owl-semantics-20030203/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#OWL
"Let the Building Begin." By Patricia Daukantas. In Government Computer News (GCN) Volume 22, Number 2 (January 27, 2003). On the use of XML specifications in US government agencies. http://www.gcn.com/22_2/news/20957-1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Daukantas
"IBM Retools Software for Utility Push." By Martin LaMonica. In CNET News.com (February 03, 2003). http://news.com.com/2100-1001-983155.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#IBM-OnDemand
"XML Pipelining with Ant." By Michael Fitzgerald. From XML.com January 29, 2003. Mike Fitzgerald on using the Ant build tool for pipelined XML processing. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/01/29/ant.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Fitzgerald
"Databases and Element Names." By John E. Simpson. From XML.com January 29, 2003. Questions on escaping XML markup and on numeric datatypes. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/01/29/qa.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#SimpsonWXS
"XML Forms, Web Services, and Apache Cocoon." By Ivelin Ivanov. From XML.com January 29, 2003. Introduces Cocoon's XMLForms features, which allow a model-view-controller paradigm for web applications. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/01/29/cocoon-xforms.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Ivanov
"IBM WebSphere Upgrade Looks Beyond J2EE. Big Blue Exec Cites Shortcomings in Java." By James Niccolai. In InfoWorld (January 30, 2003). http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/01/30/030130hnibmj2ee_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#WebSphere-J2EE
"WS-I Modifies Its Basic Profile." By Darryl Taft. In eWEEK (January 31, 2003). http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,854312,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#TaftWSI-BProfile
"An XML Format for Mail and Other Messages." By Graham Klyne (Nine by Nine). IETF Network Working Group, Internet Draft. Reference: 'draft- klyne-message-xml-00.txt'. 20-January-2003, expires July 2003. Five appendices present the DTDs and schemas. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-klyne-message-xml-00.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Klyne
"WS-I Publishes Draft Guidance Documentation." By Stacy Cowley. In Network World (January 30, 2003). Candidate Review Draft documents demonstrate scenarios in the WS-I Basic Profile 1.0. http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0130wsipubli.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Cowley
"X+V 1.1 -- XHTML+Voice. A Multimodal Markup Language." By Jonny Axelsson (Opera Software), Chris Cross (IBM), Håkon W. Lie (Opera Software), Gerald McCobb (IBM), T. V. Raman (IBM), and Les Wilson (IBM). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. January 2003. XHTML+Voice Profile 1.1 referenced is 49 pages (PDF). http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-v11spec/index.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#XHTML-Voice
"The MIME application/vnd.cip4-jdf+xml Content-Type." By Tom Hastings (Xerox Corporation) and Ira McDonald (High North Inc). IETF Internet Draft. Reference: 'draft-mcdonald-cip4-jdf-mime-00.txt'. 25- January-2003, expires 25-July-2003. Two new MIME sub-types to support CIP Job Definition Format (JDF) and CIP4 Job Messaging Format (JMF). http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-mcdonald-cip4-jdf-mime-00.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Hastings
"XML Watch: Have Data, Will Travel. Using SyncML to Mobilize Your Data." By Edd Dumbill (Editor and publisher, xmlhack.com). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. January 2003. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-synchml/index.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Dumbill-SyncML
"XML in Java Data binding, Part 2: Performance. After kicking the tires in Part 1, take data binding frameworks out for a test drive." By Dennis M. Sosnoski (President, Sosnoski Software Solutions, Inc). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. January 2003. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-databdopt2/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Sosnoski2
"Tip: SAX and document order. Tracking parent-child relationships. Indices help in building applications that need to navigate through XML trees." By Howard Katz (Proprietor, Fatdog Software). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. January 2003. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-tipsaxdo2.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Katz
"WS-I Members Take Stand Against 'Big-Name Bias'." By Gavin Clarke [ComputerWire]. In The Register (January 29, 2003). SOAP attachments as part of the WS-I Basic Profile Version 1.0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/29084.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#ClarkeWSI
"Dispute Could Silence VoiceXML." By Paul Festa. In ZDNet News (January 29, 2003). W3C issues VoiceXML 2.0 as a Candidate Recommendation. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-982574.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Festa-VoiceXML
"KaVaDo Secures Web Services. Security Software Bundle Protects at the Application Layer." By Logan G. Harbaugh. In InfoWorld (January 24, 2003). Security product suite monitors HTTP, SOAP, WSDL, and WebDAV traffic. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/01/24/04kavado_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#KaVaDo
"Adobe Ramps Up Documents." By John Taschek. In eWEEK (January 27, 2003). Review of Adobe's Document Server. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,847136,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200301.html#Adobe
"Public Review for UDDI Specification Version 2." http://xml.coverpages.org/clippings200302.html#clip2003-02-04-a
"Modular Namespaces (MNS) Language Supports Validation from Multiple Independent Namespaces." http://xml.coverpages.org/clippings200301.html#clip2003-01-31-a
"VoiceXML Users Group Spring Meeting 2003." http://xml.coverpages.org/clippings200301.html#clip2003-01-30-a
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Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html
"Sun Microsystems Drives Industry Towards Web Services Interoperability With Major Enhancements to Java Platform. Drives Innovation with Implementation of WS-I Specification Support in Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Version 1.4." http://xml.coverpages.org/J2EE-WSI.html
"IBM Simplifies Management and Integration of Business Information With New Software. First-of-Its-Kind Data Management Product Enables Businesses to Improve Productivity and Reduce Costs." http://xml.coverpages.org/Xperanto200302.html
"OpenEAI Project Web Site, Software, and Documentation Available." http://xml.coverpages.org/OpenEAI.html
"OGC Demonstrates the Future of Interoperable Web Services." http://xml.coverpages.org/OGC-WSInterop.html
"Fourteen Software Products Certified eBusinessReady for ebXML Messaging Interoperability. Interoperability Certified Software Facilitates Implementation and Saves Costs." http://xml.coverpages.org/ebXML-MS20Products.html
"Global eXchange Services Offers Entry-Level Internet Trading Package for Suppliers to the High-Tech Industry. GXS's Solution for RosettaNet Basics Enables Mid-Tier Companies to Integrate RosettaNet XML Transactions Affordably with Their Back-Office Systems and Key Customers." http://xml.coverpages.org/GXS-RosettaNet.html
"World Wide Web Consortium Issues VoiceXML 2.0 as a W3C Candidate Recommendation. Cornerstone to the W3C Speech Interface Framework is Ready for Implementors." http://xml.coverpages.org/VoiceXML20-CR.html
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Selected references from the events calendar at: http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html
VoiceXML Users Group Spring Meeting 2003. March 31 - April 03, 2003. Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, California, USA. http://xml.coverpages.org/VoiceXML2003-CFP.html http://www.voicexmlreview.org/Jan2003/participation.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#VoiceXML2003
19th International Conference on Data Engineering. ICDE 2003. March 5 - 8, 2003. Bangalore, India. http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~krithi/icde2003/icde-schedule.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#icde2003
LISA 45th International Conference. LISA Global Strategies Summit USA. "Understanding Customer Requirements." March 3 - 6, 2003. Crowne Plaza Hotel, Foster City, California, USA. http://www.lisa.org/events/2003usa/index.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#lisa45
BEA eWorld 2003 - Converge. March 2 - 5, 2003. Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center, Orlando, FL, USA. http://www.bea.com/events/eworld/2003/home.shtml http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#BEA-eWorld2003
Berkeley DRM Conference. February 27 - March 01, 2003. The Bancroft Hotel, Bancroft Avenue, Berkeley, CA, USA. http://www.law.berkeley.edu/institutes/bclt/drm/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#BerkeleyDRM
XML for Financial Services. "Maximizing Interoperability, Efficiency & Cost Savings Through Integrated XML-Based Web Services." Feb 27 - 28, 2003. Doubletree Guest Suites, New York City, NY, USA. http://www.worldrg.com/FW332/index.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#xmlFinServ
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