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March 11, 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
Draft Requirements Document on Topic Maps Published Subjects.
The OASIS Topic Maps Published Subjects TC has published a final review draft for "Published Subjects: Introduction and Basic Requirements." The document provides an introduction to Published Subjects and specifies requirements and recommendations for publishers of PSI sets. The TC welcomes all relevant and knowledgeable comments from librarians, taxonomists, and other domain experts in IT areas impacted by the PSI requirements. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-03-10-b.html
Microsoft Ships Beta 2 Version of Microsoft Office System.
Microsoft has announced the worldwide distribution of some 500,000 copies of Microsoft Office System Beta 2 to customers and partners. Key components in this set of programs, servers, and services include Microsoft Office, FrontPage, InfoPath, OneNote, Publisher, and Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server. The XML Software Development Kit (SDK) included in the Beta 2 package supports customized enterprise solutions based upon XML Web services. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-03-10-a.html
ISDA Publishes Financial Products Markup Language (FpML) Version 2.0.
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has published a Version 2.0 Recommendation for Financial Products Markup Language (FpML) specification. FpML is an XML-based, freely licensed, e-commerce standard supporting OTC trading of financial derivatives. FpML establishes the industry protocol for sharing information on, and dealing in, financial swaps, derivatives and structured products over the Internet. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-03-07-a.html
Government Agencies Join Liberty Alliance to Support Digital Identity Standards.
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) have joined the Liberty Alliance in its pursuit to develop open and interoperable standards for electronically managing identity information. Liberty Alliance is composed of 160 companies, non-profit and government organizations formed to develop and deploy open, federated network identification standards for network devices in the digital economy. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-03-06-b.html
I3A Announces CPXe Interoperability Specifications and UDDI-Based Picture Services Network.
I3A has announced new CPXe interoperability specifications and the creation of the Picture Services Network (PSN). The Common Picture eXchange Environment (CPXe) and PSN will simplify the process of finding, accessing and using Internet-connected and retail photo services. CPXe specifications are available for the Core Implementation, Fulfillment Access, Service Locator, Web Browser Interaction, and CPXe Defined tModels and Profiles. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-03-06-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
"Introduction to the Liberty Alliance Identity Architecture." From the Liberty Alliance Project. Revision 1.0. March, 2003. 14 pages. The paper provides a brief overview of the Liberty Alliance's federated network identity management architecture. http://www.projectliberty.org/press/LAP%20Identity%20Architecture%20Whitepaper%20Final.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#LA-Architecture
"OASIS Expands Scope of Web Services Management Work." By John Fontana. In Network World (March 11, 2003). OASIS admitted that its original work on management specifications for Web services did not go far enough, so it is regrouping and redefining its goals. http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0310oasis.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#FontanaWSDM
"Navy Forms XML Groups." By Dawn S. Onley. In Government Computer News (March 10, 2003). The Navy has adopted a formal structure to coordinate the implementation of Extensible Markup Language with the department's systems and applications. http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/21382-1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Onley
"OASIS Looks at Web Services Management. Technical Committee Joins With W3C, DMTF, sans Microsoft." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (March 10, 2003). "The newly formed OASIS Web Services Distributed Management Technical committee (WSDM) plans to work with the W3C and with the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/10/HNoasiswsdm_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#KrillWSDM
"Standards Group Tackles Web Services." By Martin LaMonica. In CNET News.com (March 10, 2003). OASIS is creating a technical committee to tackle the problem of managing Web services applications. http://news.com.com/2100-1013-991791.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#LaMonicaWSDM
"Microsoft Delivers New Office Beta, Beta Includes One Note, InfoPath XML-Based Apps." By Ed Scannell. In InfoWorld (March 10, 2003). With the release of a second beta of Office 2003, Microsoft continues its mission to broaden the suite's appeal to both corporate and mid-size companies by including three new XML-based applications. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/10/HNofficebeta_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#ScannellOffice
"Microsoft Rebrands Office For Enterprises." By Joe Wilcox. In CNET News.com (March 09, 2003). Microsoft plans to rebrand its flagship productivity suite as 'Office System,' in an attempt to reposition the software as a base on which businesses can custom-build products. http://news.com.com/2100-1012-991694.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#WilcoxMS
"BEA Eyes Standards Implementations. Third-Parties Back BEA at eWorld." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (March 10, 2003). BEA Systems at its eWorld conference took steps to promote two proposed standards for XML and Web services, including its own XMLBeans technology and JSR 181 for Web Services Metadata. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/07/HNbeawrap_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#KrillBEA3
"Iona Boosts Mobile Workers with Web Services Link. Mobile Orchestrator Offers Process Integration Broker." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (March 10, 2003). Iona rolls out Mobile Orchestrator software that serves as a Web services-based process integration broker for users working while disconnected from the corporate network. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/10/HNionaorch_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Krill-IONA
"Sun Signs Pact for UML Tool." By Michael W. Bucken. In Application Development Trends Volume 10, Number 3 (March 2003), page 9. The Describe UML modeling tool bundled into the new SunONE toolset supports OMG's UML 2.0 specification and the XML Metadata Interchange (XMI) standard. http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=7194 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Bucken
"Principles of SOA." By Jason Bloomberg. In Application Development Trends Volume 10, Number 3 (March 2003), pages 22-26. The next step for many companies is to move beyond simple point-to-point applications of Web services to loosely coupled, standards-based Service-Oriented Architectures. http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=7380 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Bloomberg
"B2B Comes Back On A Smaller Scale." By Colleen Frye. In Application Development Trends Volume 10, Number 3 (March 2003), pages 28-33. B2B marketplaces or exchanges have morphed considerably since the heady dot-com days. http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=7381 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Frye
"Sun Set to Release StarOffice Beta." By Peter Galli. In eWEEK (March 07, 2003). Sun Microsystems Inc. will soon release the first beta of StarOffice 6.1, further heating up the competitive war in the office desktop productivity market. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,920465,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#GalliStarOffice
"Using Topic Maps to Extend Relational Databases." By Marc de Graauw. From XML.com (March 05, 2003). Shows how to make databases more adaptable with Topic Maps. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/05/tmrdb.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#deGraauw
"The HyTime Topic Maps (HyTM) Syntax 1.0." By Martin Bryan. In (March 07, 2003). ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC34 Information Technology -- Document Description and Processing Languages. ISO 13250 Project deliverable for review and comment. March 08, 2003. Defines a HyTime Topic Maps 1.0 (HyTM) syntax for topic maps based on the use of SGML architectural forms defined in ISO 10744. http://www.is-thought.co.uk/HyTM-Syntax-02.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#BryanHyTM
"Prototyping One-to-many Links with XSLT." By Bob DuCharme. From XML.com (March 05, 2003). Explains how to use XSLT to prototype different representations of one-to-many links. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/05/tr.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#DuCharmeLinks
"The Social Meaning of RDF." By Kendall Grant Clark. From XML.com (March 05, 2003). Comments on a W3C discussion about the social meaning of RDF. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/05/social.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#kgClarkRDF
"Web-Services Policy Language Use-Cases and Requirements." Edited by Tim Moses (Entrust) Contributors: Anne Anderson (Sun Microsystems) and Simon Godik (Overxeer). Produced by members of the OASIS Extensible Access Control Markup Language TC. Committee Working draft version 01. 7-March-2003. Document identifier: wd-xacml-wspl-use-cases-01.doc 19 pages. A first draft of the WSPL use-cases document. http://xml.coverpages.org/XACML-WD-wsplUseCases-01.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#MosesWSPL
"Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 1.2." Edited by Roberto Chinnici (Sun Microsystems), Martin Gudgin (Microsoft), Jean- Jacques Moreau (Canon), and Sanjiva Weerawarana (IBM Research). W3C Working Draft 3-March-2003. Produced by members of the Web Services Description Working Group as part of the W3C Web Services Activity. Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 1.2 is an XML language for describing Web services; the specification defines the core language which can be used to describe Web services based on an abstract model of what the service offers. http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-wsdl12-20030303 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#WSDL12-20030303
"Web Standards Burnout Decried. Industry Panel Predicts Return to Core Internet Values." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (March 07, 2003). Over- standardization, royalty-free standards, and browser wars were on the minds of industry dignitaries serving on a panel discussing the future of the Web at the XML Web Services One conference on Thursday. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/06/HNpaneldebate_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#KrillBurnout
"XML for Data: Reuse It Or Lose It. XML Reuse in the Enterprise." By Kevin Williams (CEO, Blue Oxide Technologies, LLC). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. March 2003. Part 1 in a 3-part series. One of the great features of XML is that you can easily reuse your designs all the way down to the component level. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-xdreuse/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#WilliamsReuse
"Peek Into the Future of XSLT 2.0." By Charles White (The Tumeric Partnership). From DevX.com (March 04, 2003). XSLT 2.0 provides powerful new features that XSLT 1.0 was missing. Although XSLT 2.0 is still under development, Mike Kay's Saxon 7 implementation lets you experiment with the new capabilities now. http://www.devx.com/xml/Article/11147 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#WhiteXSLT20
"Web Services in Serious Jeopardy. [Reality Check.]" By David Berlind. In ZDNet Tech Update (March 06, 2003). Includes sections: 'BPEL4WS vs. WSCI' and 'Penchant for patents?'. To the extent that multiple systems are involved in the processing of a transaction or series of transactions, the order of execution of every step is imperative; this API and the current disagreement over it are threatening the future of Web services. http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2912083,00.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Berlind
"Has Jeff Bezos Patented E-Mail Discussion Groups?" By Cade Metz. In PC Magazine (March 05, 2003). Jeff Bezos first received a patent for 1-Click e-commerce; now he has one for e-mail discussion groups. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,916103,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Metz
"Sybase Releases New Version of PowerBuilder. Features Aim to Make Life Easier for Developers." By Agam Shah. In InfoWorld (March 06, 2003). PowerBuilder 9.0 will include RAD JavaServer Page Targets, which will allow the development and deployment of JSP Web applications through wizards and other RAD tools. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/04/HNsybasetools_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Shah
"GSA, DOD Sign On to Liberty Alliance." By Joab Jackson. In Government Computer News (March 06, 2003). Liberty Alliance hopes the U.S. government's involvement will help set the standard for large-scale digital authentication and identity management. http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/21335-1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#JacksonGSA
"Key Agencies Join Digital ID Alliance." By Rutrell Yasin. In Federal Computer Week (March 5, 2003). Whether GSA's membership will help advance the government's e-Authentication services remains to be seen. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0303/web-liberty-03-05-03.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Yasin
"Welcome to Web Services." By Edd Dumbill. From XML.com Web Services (March 04, 2003). XML.com is launching a Web Services site as a forum for examining the infrastructure, application, and fun of web services. http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2003/03/04/welcome.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Dumbill
"Corel To Beat Microsoft Office To Market." By Gregg Keizer. In InformationWeek (March 05, 2003). The Canadian vendor plans to ship its WordPerfect Office 11 by the end of April, months before Office 2003 is ready. http://www.informationweek.com/news/IWK20030305S0007 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Keizer
"Web Services Security, Part 1." By Bilal Siddiqui. From XML.com Web Services (March 04, 2003). The first of a four part series of articles that will examine issues related to web services security; the goal is to explain and demonstrate the use of emerging XML-based security standards from W3C and OASIS. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2003/03/04/security.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Siddiqui
"IBM Eyes Services Provisioning Role for Websphere. Apps Platform Providing Integration." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (March 06, 2003). IBM envisions its WebSphere application platform serving increasingly as a focal point for services provisioning. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/06/HNwebbus_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#KrillWebSphere
"Thinking about Implementing a Web Services Strategy? Make Sure You've Done Your Homework." By Brian Buehling. From XML.com Web Services (March 04, 2003). Before rolling up your sleeves and plunging into a Web Services project, make sure you've asked yourself some important questions. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2003/03/04/strategy.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Buehling
"Web Services Enhancements 1.0 and Java Interoperability, Part 1." By Simon Guest (Microsoft Corporation). In Microsoft MSDN Library (February 2003). The article covers interoperability between Web Services Enhancements 1.0 for Microsoft .NET and Java. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwebsrv/html/wsejavainterop.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#GuestJava
"Does Fair Use Apply? Software Vendors Want the Kind of Lock on Products That Has Never Been Allowed in Book Publishing." By Ed Foster. In InfoWorld (March 03, 2003). If I loan a book to a friend to read, am I committing an act of piracy? http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/28/09gripe_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Foster
"ID Management Logs On: Who's Who When." By Cameron Sturdevant. In eWEEK (March 03, 2003) pages 31-32, 36. eWEEK Labs Special Report. 'Single sign-on and other technologies are evolving to deliver on the promises of lower costs and easier provisioning -- if you can get over the implementation hurdles. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,910223,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Sturdevant
"Whirlpool Cleans Up With Single Sign-On." By Anne Chen. In eWEEK (March 03, 2003) pages 31-33. Whirlpool needed to provide Web-based single sign-on to reduce the number of passwords within the organization, synchronize user names and passwords for legacy applications, and reduce help desk calls. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,910263,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Chen
"SOAP Author Says Enough Specs Already. Get On With Writing Applications, He Tells Developers." By James Niccolai. In InfoWorld (March 05, 2003). Speaking at the XML Web Services One conference, Don Box discusses the 'cacophony' of Web services specifications, including some specifications that have been proposed for competitive reasons as much as because they solve any pressing need. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/05/HNmanyspecs_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Niccolai
"BEA Shows Web Services Allegiance. Suite Backs IBM-Microsoft Proposal, But Not Rival Sun Plan." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (March 04, 2003). Details of BEA's new WebLogic Platform 8.1 product suite reveal that BEA is moving closer to the IBM-Microsoft camp. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/04/HNwebstandards_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#KrillBEA
"IBM Delivers SOAP for CICS. Tech Preview Due Out By Month's End." By Ed Scannell. In InfoWorld (March 05, 2003). IBM announced it will offer a CICS (Customer Information Control System) SOAP Technology Preview designed to help developers build connections to its CICS- based mainframe applications through Web services. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/05/HNcicssoap_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Scannell
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Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html
"Liberty Alliance Project Completes Federated Network Identity Architecture." http://xml.coverpages.org/LA-Architecture.html
"OASIS Members Collaborate to Define Web Services Management." http://xml.coverpages.org/WSDM-20030310.html
"IONA Unveils Mobile Orchestrator, the First Component of Its Next- Generation Rapid Integration Solutions. New Mobile Orchestrator Delivers Simple, Fast, and Secure Process Integration to Enhance Mobile Workforce Productivity. Extends Intel Centrino Mobile Technology with Occasionally Connected Computing Applications." http://xml.coverpages.org/IONA-Orchestrator.html
"ISDA Releases FpML Version 2.0 Recommendation." http://xml.coverpages.org/fpml20-REC.html
"ASC X12 Defines 2003 Strategic Direction, Develops New EDI Messages in X12 and XML Formats." http://xml.coverpages.org/ASCX12-2003Strategy.html
"GSA and the Department of Defense Join the Liberty Alliance Project. Government Groups Look to the Open Liberty Alliance Project to Address Digital Identity Challenges." http://xml.coverpages.org/GSA-DoD-Liberty.html
"Software AG's Tamino XML Server Validates Digital Signatures for Secure Electronic Communication. Security Extensions for Tamino XML Server 4.1 Enables Organizations to Securely and Conveniently Exchange Sensitive or Legally Binding Documents over the Internet." http://xml.coverpages.org/Tamino-XML-ServerV41.html
"Sybase PowerBuilder 9.0 Available. Open IDE Powers Rapid Application Development Across Leading Technologies, with Support for XML, JSP, EJB, .NET and Web Services." http://xml.coverpages.org/PowerBuilderV90.html
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Selected references from the events calendar at: http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html
ISWC 2003. Second International Semantic Web Conference. October 20 - 23, 2003. Sundial Resort, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA. http://iswc2003.semanticweb.org/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#iswc2003
XML Database Symposium (XSym 2003). September 8, 2003. The Humboldt- Universitaet zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany. http://www.lirmm.fr/~bella/XSym/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#XSym2003
First International Mobile IPR Workshop. Rights Management of Information Products on the Mobile Internet. August 27 - 28, 2003. Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT), Helsinki, Finland. http://www.hiit.fi/de/mobileipr/workshop/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#mobileipr2003 http://xml.coverpages.org/MobileIPR-CFP.html
DAMA International Symposium and Wilshire Meta-Data Conference. The 7th Annual Wilshire Meta-Data Conference and the 15th Annual DAMA International Symposium. April 27 - May 1, 2003. Renaissance Orlando Resort at Seaworld, Orlando, Florida, USA. http://wilshireconferences.com/MD2003/index.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#dama2003
VoiceXML Users Group Spring Meeting 2003. March 31 - April 03, 2003. Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, California, USA. http://www.avios.com/conference.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/VoiceXML2003-CFP.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#VoiceXML2003
IUC 23. Twenty-third International Unicode Conference. "Unicode, Internationalization and the Web: The Global Connection." March 24 - 28, 2003. Marriott Prague Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic. http://www.unicode.org/iuc/iuc23/index.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#iuc23
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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