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Cover Pages Newsletter
February 18, 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
Sun Microsystems Releases Open Source XACML Implementation for Access Control and Security.
Sun Microsystems Laboratories has published an open source implementation for the Extensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) specification, recently approved as an OASIS Open Standard. XACML describes both an access control policy language and a request/response language to support secure web services. The Sun XACML project provides complete support for all the mandatory features of XACML as well as a number of optional features. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-02-18-a.html
W3C Publishes Working Draft Specifications for Full-Text Search.
W3C has released two initial working drafts for Full-Text queries. "XQuery and XPath Full-Text Requirements" and "XQuery and XPath Full- Text Use Cases" have been produced as part of the W3C XML Activity. 'Full-Text Search' in this context involves an extension to the XQuery/XPath language. It provides a way to query text which has been marked up and then tokenized, i.e., broken into a sequence of words, units of punctuation, and spaces. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-02-17-b.html
Education XML Technical Committee Formed at OASIS.
OASIS has announced the formation of an Education XML Technical Committee to support eLearning standards for the international PK12 community, pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. The primary deliverables of the Education XML TC are the documentation of a coordinated set of PK12 requirements, which will enable the development of XML vocabularies, schema, and web services interfaces for implementation of eLearning infrastructure. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-02-17-a.html
IMS Global Learning Consortium Releases Learning Design and Digital Repositories Specifications.
Version 1.0 specifications for "IMS Learning Design" and "IMS Digital Repositories" have been published by the IMS Global Learning Consortium. IMS uses XML-Schemas as the primary control documents for the IMS XML bindings. IMS develops open specifications to facilitate online distributed learning activities: locating educational content, reporting learner performance, and exchanging student records between administrative systems. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-02-14-a.html
OASIS Members Form Technical Committee for Web Services Reliable Messaging.
OASIS has announced a new Web Services Reliable Messaging TC, formed with the goal of creating a generic and open model for ensuring reliable message delivery for Web services. The TC's royalty-free technical specification will address issues of message persistence, message acknowledgement and resending, elimination of duplicate messages, ordered delivery of messages, and delivery status awareness for sender and receiver applications. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-02-13-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
"Extensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) Version 1.0." Edited by Simon Godik (Overxeer) and Tim Moses (Entrust). Official (normative) OASIS Open Standard, 1.0. 18-February-2003. Produced by the OASIS Extensible Access Control Markup Language TC. 132 pages. XML Schema Definitions in associated files. XACML is a general XML-based access-control policy language. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/xacml/repository/oasis-xacml-1.0.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#XACML10
"A Revolution in Business Process Management?" By Dan Farber. In ZDNet Tech Update (February 17, 2003). Intalio may have cracked the code for ridding BPM of its rough edges and steep costs. http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2911035,00.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#FarberIntalio
"Old School. 18th Century Theory is New Force in Computing." By Michael Kanellos. In CNET News.com (February 18, 2003). Google and Autonomy both employ probabilistic Bayesian principles and heuristics in data searches. http://news.com.com/2009-1001-984695.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Kanellos
"CSS3 Module: Color." Edited by Tantek Celik (Microsoft Corporation) and Chris Lilley (W3C). With contributions by Steven Pemberton (CWI) and Brad Pettit (Microsoft Corporation). W3C Working Draft 14- February-2003. URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-css3-color-20030214. The draft describes color units and properties uses to specify foreground color and opacity, color profiles, and rendering intent; changes reflect a goal of harmonizing CSS with SVG 1.0. http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-css3-color-20030214/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#css3Color
"Getting XML Into, and Out of, Quark XPress. Interactive Approach, Clean User Interface Distinguish Easypress RoundTrip. [Content Management.]" By George Alexander and Mark Walter. In The Seybold Report Volume 2, Number 21 (February 17, 2003). ISSN: 1533-9211. Critical review of Easypress Technologies' RoundTrip, which uses Quark's hidden-text feature to store XML structure within XPress documents. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#SeyboldQuarkXPress
"XML Standard Set for Secure Web Services." By Michael Hardy. In Federal Computer Week (February 18, 2003). Extensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) approved as an OASIS open standard. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0217/web-oasis-02-18-03.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#HardyXACML
"Sun Hails XACML." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (February 18, 2003). Sun Microsystems releases open source implementation for the OASIS Open standard Extensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML). http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/18/HNXxacml2_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#krillSunXACML
"XMLCONF Configuration Protocol." Edited by Rob Enns (Juniper Networks). With contributions by Andy Bierman (Cisco Systems), Ken Crozier (Cisco Systems), Ted Goddard (Wind River), Eliot Lear (Cisco Systems), David Perkins (Riverstone Networks), Phil Shafer (Juniper Networks), Steve Waldbusser, and Margaret Wasserman (Wind River). IETF Network Working Group, Internet-Draft. Reference: 'draft-enns-xmlconf- spec-00'. February 12, 2003, expires August 13, 2003. 78 pages. Defines standardized mechanisms in XML to manipulate, install, edit, and delete the configuration of a network device. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-enns-xmlconf-spec-00.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Enns
"Web Services Reliability Specification Moves to OASIS. Oracle, Sun, Others Back Effort." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (February 14, 2003). http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/14/HNwsreliability_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Krill-Reliability
"E-learning Hits Web Services Books. E-learning Standards Take Shape." By [InfoWorld Staff]. In InfoWorld (February 15, 2003). e-learning platforms and content evolve toward open standards. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/17/PLelearn_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#elearningWS
"Business Process Integration with IBM CrossWorlds. Part 3: Automatically Externalize Web Services with WebSphere Business Connection." By Rob Cutlip (Software and Solutions Architect, IBM). From IBM developerWorks, IBM developer solutions. January 2003. WebSphere Business Connection offerings provide scalable, B2B gateway function, and they exploit cutting-edge technologies, including WSIF, AXIS, and HTTPR. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/i-cross3/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Cutlip
"SOAP Extension Soup." By Roger Jennings. In XML & Web Services Magazine (January 31, 2003). Discusses the current state of proposed Web service extension 'standards, including WS-Reliability. http://www.fawcette.com/xmlmag/2003_01/online/webservices_rjennings_01_31_03/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Jennings
"Get Small with Wireless Messaging and Mobile Media. Two New J2ME APIs Intend to Deliver on The Promise of Easier Software Development for Small Mobile Devices." By Daniel F. Savarese. In JavaPro Magazine (March 2003). http://www.fawcette.com/javapro/2003_03/magazine/features/dsavarese/default_pf.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Savarese
"Exposing Information Resources for E-Learning. Harvesting and Searching IMS Metadata Using the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting and Z39.50." By Andy Powell (UKOLN, University of Bath) and Steven Richardson (UMIST). In Ariadne Issue 34 (January 14, 2003). http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue34/powell/intro.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#IMS
"XML Database Indexes Unstructured Data." By Lisa Vaas. In eWEEK (February 10, 2003). http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,882573,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#VaasIxiasoft
"Cost Would Mute the Effect of XML Standards for Emergency Workers." By Rich Mogull (Gartner Research). Gartner FirstTake. 12- February-2003. Reference: FT-19-4330. 2 pages. Comments on the OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee. http://www3.gartner.com/resources/113100/113128/113128.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Mogull
"Content Assembly Mechanism (CAM) Specifications and Description Document." Edited by David Webber. Draft Version 1.0. Produced by the OASIS Content Assembly Mechanism Technical Committee. 69 pages. The source ZIP archive provides a draft XML DTD and XML Schema, as well as a sample instance. http://xml.coverpages.org/CAMSpecifications10-021203.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#WebberCAMd10
"XML at Five." By Edd Dumbill. From XML.com (February 12, 2003). Reflections on XML after the first five years, from recognized experts. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/02/12/xml-at-5.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Dumbill
"Building Metadata Applications with RDF." By Bob DuCharme. From XML.com (February 12, 2003). Using the The Python RDFlib library. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/02/12/rdflib.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#DuCharmeMeta
"Simple XML Processing With elementtree." By Uche Ogbuji. From XML.com (February 12, 2003). Elementtree is a pythonic way of processing XML. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/02/12/py-xml.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#OgbujiETree
"Is There a Consensus Web Services Stack?" By Kendall Grant Clark. From XML.com (February 12, 2003). Debate on the 'web services stack' and web services patents. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/02/12/deviant.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#KGClark
"XML-Based Programming Systems." By Gregory V. Wilson [WWW] (Baltimore Technologies). In Dr. Dobb's Journal #346 Volume 28, Issue 3 (March 2003), pages 16-24. Special Issue on XML Development, edited by Jonathan Erickson. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#WilsonDDJ283
"XML Data Binding." By Eldon Metz and Allen Brookes. In Dr. Dobb's Journal #346 Volume 28, Issue 3 (March 2003), pages 26-36. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#MetzDDJ283
"SVG and Smart Maps." By Keith Bugg (Knoxville Utilities Board Geographic Information System - KGIS). In Dr. Dobb's Journal #346 Volume 28, Issue 3 (March 2003), pages 38-41. SVG can be used to create 'smart maps' that, unlike static JPEG images, can be dynamically updated, animated, and even searched. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#BuggDDJ283
"J2ME and Embedded Systems." By William Wright (BBN Technologies). In Dr. Dobb's Journal #346 Volume 28, Issue 3 (March 2003), pages 54-58. Use J2ME with aJile Systems' aJ-100 processor to build a network security device. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#WrightDDJ283
"WS-I Sets Basic Profile for Interoperable Web Services." By Vance McCarthy and Rob Cheng. In Integration Developer News (February 10, 2003). http://idevnews.com/IntegrationNews.asp?ID=50 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#McCarthyWSI
"IRS Regroups On Business Filing." By Diane Frank. In Federal Computer Week (February 12, 2003). Mary Ellen Corridore reports on processing tax-specific XML forms at the Web-Enabling Government Conference. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0210/web-irs-02-12-03.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#FrankIRS
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Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html
"Sun Microsystems Laboratories Contributes XACML Security Standard Implementation to Open Source Project. Language for Access Control Policies Simplifies Web Services and Improves Enterprise Security." http://xml.coverpages.org/SunXACML-OpenSource.html
"Roundtrip 1.0 Ships for Mac and Windows. Now XML Can Be Beautiful -- Single Source XML Publishing is Practical for the First Time in QuarkXPress." http://xml.coverpages.org/Roundtrip10-QuarkXPress.html
"XACML Access Control Markup Language Ratified as OASIS Open Standard. Universal Language for Authorization Policy Enables Secure Web Services." http://xml.coverpages.org/XACML-OOStandard.html
"Corel XMetaL 4 Now Available. The Corel XMetaL 4 Platform Extends the Reach of XML Authoring to the Web and Delivers on the Promise of Content Reuse." http://xml.coverpages.org/CorelXMetaL40.html
"Intalio Ships Intalio|n3 2.0. New End-user Interactivity Combines with Productivity, Performance, Standards Enhancements to Reinforce Dominance of Company's BPMS." http://xml.coverpages.org/IntalioN3-v20.html
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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
Twelfth International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2003). May 20 - 24, 2003. Budapest, Hungary. http://www2003.org/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#www12
XML Europe 2003 Conference & Exposition. "Powering the Information Society." May 5 - 8, 2003. Hilton London Metropole, London, UK. http://www.xmleurope.com/2003/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#xmlEurope2003
RSA Conference 2003. April 13 - 17, 2003. Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, USA. http://www.rsaconference.net/rsa2003/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#rsa200304
Cisco Learning Institute / OpenVES Spring 2003 Open eLearning Conference. March 16 - 19, 2003. Phoenix, Arizona, USA. http://www.openves.org/index.html http://xml.coverpages.org/e-learning.html#OpenVES http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#OpenVES
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