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March 04, 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
UDDI Version 2 Specification Submitted for Approval as an OASIS Open Standard.
On behalf of the OASIS UDDI Specifications Technical Committee, TC Co-Chairs Tom Bellwood and Luc Clement have submitted the UDDI v2 Committee Specifications for consideration as an OASIS Open Standard. UDDI v2 components include the UDDI Version 2 API Specification, Data Structure, XML Schema, Replication Specification, XML Replication Schema, XML Custody Schema, Operator's Specification, WSDL Service Interface Descriptions, and UDDI tModels. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-03-04-b.html
HR-XML Consortium Approves Specifications for Background Checks and Payroll Deductions.
The HR-XML Consortium has revised the architecture of its human resource data exchange schemas and has announced the approval of two key specifications. HR-XML schemas are now under a single XML namespace, making it easier to use the Cross- Process Objects outside the HR-XML specifications. The Background Checking specification 2.0 supports new screenings for criminal records. The Payroll Instructions specification supports payroll deduction requests. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-03-04-a.html
RosettaNet Software Interoperability Trials Test RNIF Connectivity Software.
RosettaNet Implementation Framework (RNIF) connectivity software from ten vendors was tested in recent RosettaNet Software Interoperability Trials. The successful completion of the trials is expected to accelerate mass adoption of RosettaNet Standards through reduced time and costs. Each of the ten participating companies was required to successfully perform a suite of thirty-six (36) test scenarios with every other participant. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-02-26-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
"Common Information Model: Simplifying Storage Management." By John Mallory (LSILogic.com). In Storage Management Solutions (SMS) Volume 7, Issue 6 (February 2003), pages 64-68. The SNIA Storage Management Interface Specification (SMIS) promises interoperable heterogeneous storage network and storage management solutions; SMIS is based upon the Common Information Model (CIM) and Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM). http://www.wwpi.com/SMS_Current/JanFeb2003_6.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Mallory
"Sun's Project JXTA Goes Over 1 Million Mark." By Darryl Taft. In eWEEK (March 04, 2003). Sun Microsystems Inc. announced that its peer- to-peer technology, known as Project JXTA, has experienced strong adoption since its rollout nearly two years ago. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,912625,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#TaftJXTA
"Tamino Gains Query Power." By Timothy Dyck. In eWEEK (March 04, 2003). Organizations that need to archive or query large numbers of XML documents will find Tamino XML Server 4.1.1 a capable option; it provides a flexible system for storing and searching XML-formatted data. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,911998,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#DyckTamino
"HP Creates New Web Services Unit. HP's Web Services Management Team Unveiled." By Ashlee Vance. In InfoWorld (March 03, 2003). Hewlett- Packard is realigning its corporate structure to help push Web services within the organization and the industry; a Web Services Management team has been announced. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/03/HNhpweb_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#VanceHP
"Tip: Use 'rdf:about' and 'rdf:ID' Effectively in RDF/XML. Minimize Confusion in Specifying Resources." By Uche Ogbuji (Principal Consultant, Fourthought, Inc). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. February 2003. Uche Ogbuji illustrates various behaviors of the RDF/XML rdf:ID and rdf:about attributes, showing how to use XML Base to control their behaviors. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-tiprdfai.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Ogbuji
"Have We Had Enough XML Specs Yet Already? -- Don Box at XML Conference." By Jack Vaughan. In Application Development Trends (March 04, 2003). In a keynote yesterday at the XML Web Services One Conference, SOAP co-author Don Box advised XML developers to read less specs, write more apps and less code. http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=7389 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Vaughan
"An Introduction to Streaming Transformations for XML." By Oliver Becker, Paul Brown, and Petr Cimprich. From XML.com (February 26, 2003). STX (Streaming Transformations for XML) is an approach which attempts to merge the stream-based efficiency of SAX with the programming convenience of XSLT. The authors provide working examples and pointers to implementations. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/02/26/stx.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#BeckerSTX
"Inside the RSS Validator." By Mark Pilgrim. From XML.com (February 26, 2003). Describes an open source RSS validator and its implementation in Python. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/02/26/dive-into-xml.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Pilgrim
"XML, SOAP and Binary Data." By Adam Bosworth (BEA Systems), Don Box (Microsoft), Martin Gudgin (Microsoft), Mark Nottingham (BEA Systems), David Orchard (BEA Systems), and Jeffrey Schlimmer (Microsoft). From XML.com (February 26, 2003). White paper Version 1.0, February 24, 2003. The white paper discusses the architectural issues encountered when using opaque non-XML data in XML applications, including Web services and SOAP. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/02/26/binaryxml.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#BoxBinaryData
"Special Characters, Database Mappings." By John E. Simpson. From XML.com (February 26, 2003). Discusses XML special characters and SQLX. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/02/26/qa.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#SimpsonSQLX
"ISO-ANSI Working Draft XML-Related Specifications (SQL/XML)." Draft text for: Information technology -- Database languages -- SQL -- Part 14: XML-Related Specifications (SQL/XML). // Technologies de l'information -- Langages de base de donnée -- SQL -- Partie 14: «Specifications à XML» (SQL/XML).] Edited by Jim Melton. ISO/ANSI WD Reference: WG3:DRS-020, H2-2002-365. August, 2002. ISO Reference: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32/WG 3. Date: 2002-08-09. ISO/IEC 9075-14:200x(E). Produced by ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and ANSI (American National Standards Institute). ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32/WG 3; ANSI TC NCITS H2. 154 pages. This part of ISO/IEC 9075 defines ways in which Database Language SQL can be used in conjunction with XML. http://sqlx.org/5wd-14-xml-2002-08.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#SQL-XML
"Scripting Web Service Prototypes." By Christopher Vincent (Internet Technology Team, IBM Systems Group). In ACM Queue Volume 1, Number 1 (March 2003), pages 22-27. Presents IBM Lightweight Services (LWS), an experimental hosting environment which aims to support rapid prototyping of complex services while insulating developers from advanced issues in multi-threading, transactions, and resource locking. http://www.acmqueue.org/issue/toolkit.cfm http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Vincent
"Office Beta Eyes SMB." By Peter Galli. In eWEEK (March 03, 2003). Microsoft's second beta of Office 2003 has new CRM-type features designed to attract more small and medium-size businesses, including digital rights management and XML-based smart documents. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,908364,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Galli
"Dual Tragedies: IP Rights in Industry Standards." By Daniel Lin (Kirkland & Ellis). In IEEE Computer Volume 36, Number 2 (February 2003), pages 25-27. SSOs inherently have great incentives to contribute proprietary technologies that 'set the standard'; however, it is up to the SSOs themselves to create the correct incentives for users to actually accept and adopt such standards. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#LinIPRights
"HP Zeros In on Web Services Management." By Darryl K. Taft. In eWEEK (March 03, 2003). Hewlett-Packard has announced several initiatives around Web services management, including the formation of a dedicated Web services management team within the company, a focus on Web services management in the Java environment, expansion of HP OpenView into Web services management, and a leading role in setting standards for Web services management. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,910093,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#TaftWSDM
"Trades at Top Speed. Straight-Through Processing Means that Financial Services Firms must Move to All-Digital Processes to Remain Competitive and Connected." By Lucas Mearian. In Computerworld (March 03, 2003). In order to support straight-through processing (STP) of securities trades, financial services companies will spend an estimated $6 billion over the next two years to replace their manual processes. http://www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/development/xml/story/0,10801,78891,00.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Mearian
"Experts: Copyright Law Hurts Technology." By Robert Lemos. In CNET News.com (March 01, 2003). Experts speaking at a UC Berkeley conference on the law and policy of digital rights management agree that more is going wrong than right with the current approach to protecting digital content. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-990689.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Lemos
"The Standard Bearers Close Ranks." By Frank Tansey (Project Administrator, CaliforniaColleges.edu). In Syllabus Volume 16, Number 8 (March 2003), pages 12-14, 36-37. With sidebar: 'Alphabet Soup: eLearning Standards Organizations.' Discusses collaboration among five key organizations developing specifications and standards for eLearning: IMS, OKI, ADL CoLabs, SIF, and IEEE LTSC. http://www.syllabus.com/article.asp?id=7359 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Tansey
"XML in Higher Education. SMIL: Multimedia Rides the XML Wave." By Frank Coyle (School of Engineering, Southern Methodist University). In Syllabus Volume 16, Number 8 (March 2003), pages 22-25. SMIL, an XML- based language for describing the layout and synchronization of multimedia applications, opens the door to sophisticated multimedia development. http://www.syllabus.com/article.asp?id=7361 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Coyle
"Product Roundup: XML-Based Tools: Writing to Next Big Standard." By [Syllabus Staff]. In Syllabus Volume 16, Number 8 (March 2003), pages 40-41. An overview of six XML-aware applications suitable for use by educational institutions. http://www.syllabus.com/article.asp?id=7372 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#xmlToolsEdu
"The Need for Digital Archiving Standards." By Michael Looney (Adobe Systems Inc). In Syllabus Volume 16, Number 8 (March 2003). Discusses the potential role of PDF-Archive (PDF/A) for the archival storage of electronic documents. http://www.syllabus.com/article.asp?id=7362 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Looney
"HP Sets Stage for Web Services." By Martin LaMonica. In CNET News.com (March 03, 2003). HP and BEA are working jointly to drive the business adoption of Web services; BEA, Tibco, WebMethods and Iona Technologies are to contribute a Web services management specification to a distributed management working group at OASIS. http://news.com.com/2100-1012-990793.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#LaMonica
"Requirements for Format for Incident Report Exchange (FINE)." By Yuri Demchenko (NLnet Labs), Hiroyuki Ohno (WIDE Project, Japan), and Glenn Mansfield Keeni (Cyber Solutions Inc.). IETF Network Working Group, Internet Draft. Reference: 'draft-ietf-inch-requirements-00.txt.' Category: Informational. February 2003, expires August 2003. Functional requirements for the Format for Incident Report Exchange (FINE), proposed as a common data format for the exchange of incident information. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-inch-requirements-00.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Demchenko
"Web Services Security, Part 1. Securing Web Services." By Gopalakrishnan U and Rajesh Kumar Ravi (IBM India Software Labs) From IBM DeveloperWorks, Web Services. February 25, 2003. The article introduces various aspects of the Web Services Security Framework and provides step-by-step guidelines on how to write and deploy secure Web services applications using HTTP as the transport vehicle. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-sec1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#IBM-WSSec1
"WS-I Announces Board Nominations." By Darryl K. Taft. In eWEEK (February 26, 2003). Representatives from Cape Clear Software Inc., Nokia Corp., SeeBeyond Technology Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., VeriSign Inc., and webMethods Inc. have been nominated for election to the WS-I Board. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,904655,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Board-WSI
"Topic Map Constraint Language Requirements." By Graham Moore and Mary Nishikawa. 2003-02-23. ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC34 N0xxx. Work product from ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC34 Information Technology -- Document Description and Processing Languages. This is the first public working draft for TMCL Requirements. http://www.isotopicmaps.org/tmcl/requirements.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#TMCL
"XML Puts Content In Play. Merrill Lynch, Aliant Telecommunications and the U.S. Navy are Among the Innovators Moving Extensible Markup Language from Concept to Reality." By Bill Trippe. In Transform Magazine (March 2003). XML has been overhyped, but it seems to be everywhere; developers love it, and many now see it as an essential tool in their programming toolkits. http://www.transformmag.com/db_area/archs/2003/03/tfm0303f1_1.shtml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Trippe
"Oracle Adds Standard to Server Software." By Sandeep Junnarkar. In CNET News.com (February 27, 2003). Oracle's application server software now supports RosettaNet standards. http://news.com.com/2100-1013-986301.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#Junnarkar
"XML Matters: Kicking back with RELAX NG, Part 1. Doing Better Than the W3C XML Schema." By David Mertz, Ph.D. (Idempotentate, Gnosis Software, Inc). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. February 2003. The virtue of RELAX NG is that it extends the well-proven semantics of DTDs while allowing orthogonally extensible datatypes and easy composition of related instance models. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-matters25.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#MertzRELAXNG
"Relax NG." By Eric van der Vlist. Website for the online book. 2002-2003. Work in progress, with substantial content as of 2003-02-26. http://books.xmlschemata.org/relaxng/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#vdVlistRELAXNG
"Oracle App Server Certified for RosettaNet. Software Meets Standards for Electronic Sharing of Data." By Joris Evers. In InfoWorld (February 26, 2003). Oracle's 9i Application Server is the first to meet compatibility standards for electronic sharing of business data as set by the RosettaNet consortium. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/26/HNoracleappserver_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#EversRosettaNet
"RosettaNet Members Trumpet Interoperability." By Clint Boulton. In InternetNews.com (February 26, 2003). Led by Oracle, members of the RosettaNet consortium have announced the successful completion of software interoperability tests. http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/1609221 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#BoultonRosettaNet
"OASIS Takes On Reliability Spec for Web Services." By John Fontana. In Network World (February 26, 2003). The Web Services Reliable Messaging (WS-RM) technical committee will develop a specification to [help] guarantee the delivery of messages between applications. http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0226oasis.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#FontanaWSRM
"OASIS Eyes Web Services Messaging. IBM, Microsoft Not Behind Spec Yet." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (February 26, 2003). The newly formed OASIS Web Services Reliable Messaging (WS-RM) Technical Committee plans to establish a standard, interoperable way of achieving reliability at the SOAP messaging level and potentially with other messaging protocols. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/26/HNoasismessage_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#KrillWS-RM
"Providing a Value Set For Use in UDDI Version 3." Edited by Claus von Riegen (SAP). With contributions from Tom Bellwood (IBM). TC Technical Note produced by the UDDI Specification Technical Committee. Document identifier: uddi-spec-tc-tn-valuesetprovider-20030212. Supplies guidelines for providers of value sets on how to model, register, and validate their value sets for use in UDDI Version 3. http://oasis-open.org/committees/uddi-spec/doc/tn/uddi-spec-tc-tn-valuesetprovider-20030212.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#uddi3-valueset
"Rights Management? Or Restriction? Don't Be Fooled. Windows Rights Management Isn't About Safeguarding Your Rights." By Mary Jo Foley. In Ziff Davis Microsoft Watch (February 25, 2003). Rights Management controlled by Microsoft's RMS might not be all that good, says Microsoft Watch editor. http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,4248,903461,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200302.html#fools4drm
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Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html
"Sun Continues to Innovate as Project JXTA Speeds Past One Million Downloads. Only Peer-to-Peer Computing Technology that Enables Collaboration and Communication on Any Networked Device. Commercial Products Available from InView Software, Internet Access Methods, and Implemented by National Association of Realtors and National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS)." http://xml.coverpages.org/JXTA1000000.html
"Payroll Deduction Specification Approved by HR-XML. Data Interchange Standard Enables Requests to Payroll Processors for Payroll Deductions and Other Change Instructions." http://xml.coverpages.org/hrxmlPayrollInstr.html
"BEA First to Unify Application Development and Integration into a Single Software Environment. BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 Offers Breakthrough in Time to Value, Dramatically Increases Developer Productivity." http://xml.coverpages.org/BEA-WebLogicWorkshopV81.html
"Fiorina: HP Makes Strategic Investments in Web Services Management. Company Unveils Software, Services, Standards Framework to Help Customers Adopt Web Services, Bridge Competing J2EE and .NET Worlds." http://xml.coverpages.org/HP-WSAdoption.html
"Employment Background Check Specification Approved by the HR-XML Consortium. HR-XML Background Check Specification Enables Integration of Critical Data in the Midst of Heightened Workplace Security." http://xml.coverpages.org/hrxmlBackgroundChecks.html
"I3A Announces Release of CPXe Specification Suite and New Online Directory Service. Picture Services Network and v1.0 Interoperability Specifications Put CPXe Into Motion." http://xml.coverpages.org/CPXe-Interop.html
"OASIS Members Advance Reliable Message Delivery for Web Services. WS-Reliability Specification Submitted to OASIS." http://xml.coverpages.org/OASIS-RM20030226.html
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Selected references from the events calendar at: http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html
EDOC 2003. Seventh IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference. September 16 - 19 2003. Brisbane, Australia. http://edocconference.org/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#edoc2003
2003 JavaOne Conference. June 10 - 13, 2003. Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, CA, USA. http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf2003/home/index.en.jsp http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#javaone2003
O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference 2003. April 22 - 25, 2003. Westin Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA, USA. http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#oreillyEtcon2003
First OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon 2003). March 20 - 21, 2003. University of Hamburg, Germany. http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#OOoCon2003
Conference on Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU. March 17 - 19, 2003. Cafritz Conference Center, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA. http://www.egovos.org/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#openSourceGov
Documation France 2003. March 17 - 19, 2003. Le hall Albinoni du CNIT, CNIT, Paris La Défense, France. http://www.technoforum.fr/docu2003/index.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#documation2003
W3C Third Annual Technical Plenary and WG Meeting Event. March 3 - 7, 2003. Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA, USA. http://www.w3.org/2002/10/allgroupoverview/ http://www.w3.org/2003/03/TechPlenAgenda.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#w3cTechPlenary2003
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