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Cover Pages Newsletter
February 25, 2003
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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 Technical Committee Addresses Management of Web Services.
A new Web Services Distributed Management Technical Committee is being formed by OASIS members to define web services management. The scope includes using web services architecture and technology to manage distributed resources. It will also develop the model of a web service as a manageable resource. The WSDM TC will align its activity with that of the W3C Web Services Architecture Working Group, DMTF, and other standards groups. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-02-25-b.html
Microsoft Announces Windows Rights Management Services (RMS).
Microsoft has announced a new Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) technology for Windows Server 2003 that will work with applications to support a platform-based approach to providing persistent policy rights for Web content and sensitive corporate documents of all types. The RMS technology puts persistent protections within documents, using tested security technologies such as encryption, digital certificates, and authentication. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-02-25-a.html
Altova Offers Free Software License for Authentic 5 Browser Enabled XML Document Editor.
Altova Inc. has announced the public availability of Altova's XML document editor product Authentic 5 under a free software license. Authentic 5 is a customizable, light-weight, and easy-to-use XML document editor. It allows business users to create and edit content through a web-enabled interface that resembles a word processor. Authentic 5 supports WebDAV and HTTP, with real-time document validation and multilingual spell checking. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-02-20-a.html
XSL-FO Implementation in the Sun xmlroff XSL Formatter SourceForge Project.
A communique from Eduardo Gutentag describes the release of the Sun "xmlroff" XSL formatter as a SourceForge project. The xmlroff XSL Formatter implements the W3C XSL Formatting Objects specification (XSL-FO) for page layout semantics. It is written in C and currently produces PDF output using the PDFlib library. xmlroff uses libxml2 and libxslt plus the GLib, GObject and Pango libraries that underlie GTK+ and GNOME. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-02-19-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
"Design XML Schemas Using UML. Translating Business Concepts Into XML Vocabularies." By Ayesha Malik (Senior Consultant, Object Machines). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. February 2003. Discusses the use of UML in designing XML schemas and gives a hands-on approach for using the UML framework to create your XML vocabularies. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-umlschem/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Malik
"UDDI Finds a Role After All." By Keith Rodgers. From LooselyCoupled.com. (February 20, 2003). UDDI version 3 has moved on from its B2B origins, adding features designed to meet users' needs for private registries. http://www.looselycoupled.com/stories/2003/uddi-role-infr0220.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Rodgers
"XACML -- A No-Nonsense Developer's Guide." By Vance McCarthy. In Enterprise Developer News (February 24, 2003). OASIS has adopted XACML 1.0 as its first cut at an open standard to help developers build interoperable access controls security for XML documents and end-to- end transactions. http://www.idevnews.com/TipsTricks.asp?ID=57 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#McCarthyXACML
"Let the Mobile Games Begin, Part 1. A Comparison of the Philosophies, Approaches, and Features of J2ME and the Upcoming .Net CF. [Wireless Java.]" By Michael Juntao Yuan. In JavaWorld (February 21, 2003). If you are in a heterogeneous environment or need a real pervasive solution that works on low-end devices, J2ME is the hands-down winner over the younger .Net CF. http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-02-2003/jw-0221-wireless.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#MobileGames
"Ixiasoft Boosting XML Content Searching. Link with Microsoft Content Management Server Offered." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (February 25, 2003). Ixiaosoft is integrating its XML searching capabilities into Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 and delivering an upgraded version of the Textml Server content server with WebDAV support. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/25/HNixiasoft_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#IxiasoftWebDAV
"A Conversation with Adam Bosworth." By Marshall Kirk McKusick (Queue) and Adam Bosworth (Chief Architect and Senior Vice President of Advanced Development, BEA Systems). In ACM Queue (February 2003). Interview with Adam Bosworth on the future of Web Services. http://www.acmqueue.org/issue/interview.cfm http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#BosworthWS
"An Open Web Services Architecture." By Stans Kleijnen (Vice President of Market Development Engineering, Sun Microsystems) and Srikanth Raju (Staff Engineer/Technology Evangelist, Sun/Microsystems). In ACM Queue (February 2003). The authors discuss Sun Microsystems' take on web services, specifically Sun ONE, an open, standards-based web services framework. http://www.acmqueue.org/issue/arch1.cfm http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Kleijnen
"Web Services: Promises and Compromises." By Ali Arsanjani, Brent Hailpern, Joanne Martin, and Peri Tarr (IBM). In ACM Queue (February 2003). Describes the organizational structures that enterprises will need to support web services integration with legacy applications or new business processes that span organizational silos. http://www.acmqueue.org/issue/promises1.cfm http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Arsanjani
"The Deliberate Revolution: Transforming Integration With XML Web Services." By Mike Burner (Microsoft). In ACM Queue (February 2003). Examines how XML web services differ from existing architectures, and how they might help build customer solutions. http://www.acmqueue.org/issue/burner1.cfm http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Burner
"Documentum Adds Collaboration Tools." By David Becker. In CNET News.com (February 23, 2003). New eRoom Enterprise product combines Documentum's content management tools with the eRoom browser-based collaboration tools. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-985510.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#BeckerCollab
"Microsoft's Unified App Goals Comes Into View. XML Drives Development of Tools, InfoPath." By Ed Scannell, Mark Jones, and Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (February 24, 2003). Through fervent adoption of XML, Microsoft is edging closer to crystallizing its long-held dream of building bridges that foster seamless transport of data between its suite of desktop applications and back-end applications. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/24/08ibmlotus_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#UnifiedApp
"Standards Emerge From Alphabet Soup." By Renee Boucher Ferguson. In eWEEK (February 24, 2003). A growing selection of languages and interfaces for BPM software. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,901482,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#FergusonBPM
"Some Rights Reserved: Cyber-Law Activists Devise a Set of Licenses for Sharing Creative Works. [Staking Claims.]" By Gary Stix. In Scientific American Volume 288, Number 3 (March 2003). The nonprofit Creative Commons provides, without charge, a series of licenses that enable copyrighted works to be shared online without an onerous and insrusive DRM system, helping ensure that the Internet remains more than a shopping mall. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000C2691-4F88-1E40-89E0809EC588EEDF http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#StixCCommons
"Common Alerting Protocol - Alert Message Data Dictionary." Produced by the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Technical Working Group. Version 0.7. Draft 2/22/2003. An updated version of the CAP Data Dictionary incorporating experience from several prototype implementations and field trials, and insights obtained in discussions among the Working Group. http://www.incident.com/cap/docs/CAP_0.7/CAP_0.7_Dictionary.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#CAPDDv07
"Web Services Orchestration: A Review Of Emerging Technologies, Tools, and Standards." By Chris Peltz (Hewlett Packard, Developer Resource Organization). Technical Paper from HP Dev Resource Central (January 2003). 20 ages. BPEL4W, WSCI, and BPML are designed to reduce the complexity required to orchestrate web services, thereby reducing time-to-market and costs, and increasing the overall efficiency and accuracy of business processes. http://devresource.hp.com/drc/technical_white_papers/WSOrch/WSOrchestration.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Peltz
"Exploring XML in Office 11. XML Capabilities in Store for Word and Excel Pack a Learning Curve." By Jon Udell. In InfoWorld (February 21, 2003). This year's upcoming debut of Microsoft Office 11 will mark the start of a long process of education and adaptation. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/21/08plofficexml_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#UdellLCurve
"The .NET Classes StringInfo and TextElementEnumerator. These Two Members of the System.Globalization Namespace Handle Details of Unicode String Traversal." By Bill Hall. In MultiLingual Computing and Technology #54, Volume 14, Issue 2 (March 2003), pages 52-56. .NET programmers should note that processing a Unicode string by moving from one Char element to the next may not be a suitable way of examining text if grapheme boundaries must be respected. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#HallUnicode
"XACML Standard Controls Web Services Access." By Patricia Daukantas. In Government Computer News (February 21, 2003). The XACML specification for access control has been approved as an OASIS Open Standard. http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/21211-1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#DaukantasXACML
"Altio Makes Front-End Integration Smarter." By James R. Borck (Infoworld Test Center). In InfoWorld (February 21, 2003). Review of AltioLive 3.0, designed for Web-based applications built on Web services and data-centric resources. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/21/08altio_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#BorckAltioLive
"XML Advanced Electronic Signatures (XAdES)." Edited by Juan Carlos Cruellas (UPC), Gregor Karlinger (IAIK) Krishna Sankar Cisco). W3C Note 20-February-2003. Latest version URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/XAdES/. XAdES extends the IETF/W3CXML-Signature Syntax and Processing specification into the domain of non-repudiation by defining XML formats for advanced electronic signatures that remain valid over long periods and are compliant with the European 'Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament'. http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/NOTE-XAdES-20030220/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#XAdES
"Microsoft Rolls Out Rights Management Software." By Peter Galli and Mary Jo Foley. In eWEEK (February 21, 2003). Microsoft Corp.has finally unveiled its plans to integrate digital rights management technology across its entire product lines. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,899762,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Galli
"Microsoft Details Rights Management Tech. Server Add-On Enforces Protection Policies." By Stacy Cowley and Joris Evers. In InfoWorld (February 21, 2003). http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/21/HNmsdrm_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Cowley
"Mapping Between UML and XSD." By David Carlson (Ontogenics Corp). From XMLmodeling News Volume One, Issue Two (January 28, 2003). A principal advantage of using UML when designing XML vocabularies is that the model can serve as a specification independent of any particular schema language implementation. http://www.xmlmodeling.com/newsletter/v1/issuetwo.html#feature http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Carlson
"WS-Security: New Technologies Help You Make Your Web Services More Secure." By David Chappell. In Microsoft MSDN Magazine (April 2003). An overview of WS-Security and related emerging security standards, explaining what they do, how they work, and how they get along together. http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/04/WS-Security/default.aspx http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#ChappellWS-Security
"Web Map Context Documents." Edited by Jean-Philippe Humblet (IONIC Software sa). Request for Comment, OpenGIS Implementation Specification. From Open GIS Consortium Inc. Version 0.1.7, 2003-01-21. Reference number: OGC 03-036. 25 pages. Submitted to the GIS Consortium Inc. as a Request For Comment (RFC) by: Ionic Software (Belgium); GeoConnections / Natural Resources Canada; US National Aeronautics and Space Administration; DM Solutions; Social Change Online; Syncline. Annex A.1: Web Map Context Document XML Schema; A.2: Web Map Context XML Example. http://www.opengis.org/techno/03-036.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#OGC-WMS
"Sun Trumpets Royalty-Free Web Services Specs. Company Challenges Microsoft, IBM." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (February 20, 2003). Sun 'Chalk Talk' asserts that royalty-free industry specifications are needed to enable Web services to fulfill its potential as a mechanism for business process integration on a massive scale. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/20/HNroyalty_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#krillRF
"Ten Things to Know About XDocs. InfoPath a Huge Step in the Right Direction. [Strategic Developer.]" By Jon Udell (InfoWorld Test Center). In InfoWorld (February 19, 2003). Description of InfoPath based upon Jon Udell's interview with Microsoft's Jean Paoli. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/20/08stratdev_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#UdellInfoPath
"XP and XML." By Eric van der Vlist. From XML.com (February 19, 2003). On the benefits of combining XML and Extreme Programming. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/02/19/xpandxml.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#vdVlistXP
"An Introduction to the Relaxer Schema Compiler." By Michael Fitzgerald and Tomoharu ASAMI. From XML.com (February 19, 2003). Relaxer is a Java schema compiler for the XML schema languages RELAX NG and Relax Core. Using the DOM and other APIs, Relaxer generates Java classes based on schemas. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/02/19/relaxer.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#RelaxerSC
"The Pace of Innovation." By Kendall Grant Clark. From XML.com (February 19, 2003). The authors lament the poor state of tool support, especially XML document editors. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/02/19/deviant.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#FGClarkInnovation
"Trusted Archive Protocol (TAP)." By Carl Wallace (Cygnacom Solutions) and Santosh Chokhani (Orion Security Solutions). IEFT Internet Draft. Reference: 'draft-ietf-pkix-tap-00.txt'. February 2003, expires August 2003. Defines a set of transactions for interacting with a Trusted Archive Authority (TAA) and establishes a means of representing archived information. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-pkix-tap-00.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#TAP
"Identity Systems and Liberty Specification Version 1.1 Interoperability." [Edited by Paul Madsen.] A Liberty Alliance Technical Whitepaper. February 14, 2003. 15 pages. Document Description: Liberty and 3rd Party Identity Systems White Paper-07.doc. Addresses some of the emerging Identity Management technical approaches and how the Liberty Alliance Project specifications can co-exist with these other technical approaches; treats third party authentication systems (.NET Passport, Ping ID, 3-D Secure, Shibboleth). http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#LibertyInterop
"Fear Not -- Web Services Demand Changes." By Eric Newcomer (Iona Technologies). In ZDNet News (February 19, 2003). Vendors need to shift focus from selling proprietary products with a 'standards compliant' label on them to focus instead on cooperating to create a larger market based on truly standardized products. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-985063.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Newcomer
"Thinking XML: Universal Business Language (UBL). Examining What May Be The Crown Jewel of XML Business Formats." By Uche Ogbuji (Principal Consultant, Fourthought, Inc). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. February 2003. The initial UBL release comes as a 5.6 MB ZIP file, and covers what are likely the most common business forms, and perhaps the most often rendered as XML documents: the trading cycle from order through invoice between buyer and seller. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think16.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#OgbujiUBL
"Another Way to Web-Enable Your Legacy Apps." By David Berlind. In ZDNet Tech Update (February 18, 2003). Tarantella's TE3 can take most legacy terminal emulation and display protocols, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) for Windows Terminal Server, and any Java-wrapped application, and resolve them to one display protocol for shipment to a Java-enabled Web browser. http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2911091,00.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Berlind
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Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html
"Cape Clear Software Ships New Release of Free Web Services Editor." http://xml.coverpages.org/CapeClearWSDL20.html
"UML 2.0 Vote Highlights Upcoming OMG Standards Meeting. Orlando, FL, USA, March 24-28, 2003." http://xml.coverpages.org/OMGMeetingUML20.html
"Adobe Ships Updated Form Solution for Speeding Data Capture Processes. Enterprise Form Solution Brings Together XML, HTML and PDF for Moving Forms Processes Online with Improved Accuracy and Better Integration with Backend Systems." http://xml.coverpages.org/AdobeFormsDataCapture.html
"Documentum Delivers eRoom Enterprise. Best-in-Class Collaboration Technology Fully Integrated with Leading Enterprise Content Management Platform" http://xml.coverpages.org/Documentum-eRoom.html
"Microsoft Announces Windows Rights Management Services For Windows Server 2003. Rights Management Solution Will Give Organizations and Employees New Ways To Protect Information." http://xml.coverpages.org/MicrosoftRMS.html
"OGC Seeks Comment on Proposed Web Map Context Specification." http://xml.coverpages.org/OGC-WMS-RFC.html
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Selected references from the events calendar at: http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html
First German Topic Maps Congress. "XML Topic Maps." April 10, 2003. Darmstadt, Germany. http://www.zgdv.de/zgdv/Seminar/awf/Aktuell/XMLTop http://xml.coverpages.org/TopicMapsDarmstadt.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#TopicMapsDarmstadt
First Asian FIX Conference. "The Life Cycle of a Trade: Achieving a Seamless Front to Back Process Utilising FIX and STP." March 20, 2003. Conrad Hotel, Hong Kong. http://www.asianfix2003.com/index.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#asiaFIX2003
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
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
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/BEA-eWorld2003.html 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/BerkeleyDRMConference2003Ann.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#BerkeleyDRM
W3C XForms Working Group Implementation Workshop. February 27 - 28, 2003. Novell Office, Waltham, MA, USA. http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/2003/ImplementationWorkshop/Overview.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#xforms2003
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