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Cover Pages Newsletter
March 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
DMTF Publishes Three Final XML Specifications for Web-Based Enterprise Management.
The Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) has published three final Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) specifications. WBEM is a set of management and Internet standard technologies developed to unify the management of enterprise computing environments. "Specification for the Representation of CIM in XML", "Specification for CIM Operations over HTTP", and "CIM XML DTD" represent the core set of standards defining the WBEM infrastructure. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-03-18-a.html
BEA Releases Web Services Specifications Supporting Asynchrony, Reliable Messaging, Metadata.
BEA Systems has announced new specifications for asynchrony, reliable messaging, and general message data. WS-Acknowledgement supports reliable message exchange between services by providing for at-least- once and exactly-once SOAP message transfer guarantees. WS-Callback is used to dynamically specify where to send asynchronous responses to a SOAP request. WS-MessageData introduces the MessageData header for standardized metadata management. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-03-17-a.html
NISO Releases Proposed OpenURL Metadata and Linking Standard.
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has released a review draft of "The OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services, Part 1: ContextObject and Transport Mechanisms." The OpenURL specification defines a general framework to bundle specific packages of contextual metadata and transport them over the network. Part 2 "Initial Registry Content" details the core properties that can be used in instantiations of the general framework. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-03-14-a.html
New Web Services Specifications for Reliable Messaging and Addressing.
Two new specifications have been published as part of the Global XML Web Services Architecture (GXA) platform. WS-ReliableMessaging is a protocol that allows messages to be delivered reliably between distributed applications in the presence of software component, system, or network failures. WS-Addressing defines XML elements to identify Web service endpoints and to secure end-to-end endpoint identification in messages. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-03-13-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
"The ebXML Messaging Service." By Pim van der Eijk. From WebServices.XML.com (March 18, 2003). "The ebXML Messaging Service specification (ebMS) is an OASIS Open standard that extends the SOAP specification to provide the security and reliability features required by many production enterprise and e-business applications; it is supported by a variety of commercial and open source software implementations. http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2003/03/18/ebxml.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#vdEijk-ebXML
"XML Watch: WBXML and Basic SyncML Server Requirements. Use SyncML to Mobilize Your Data." By Edd Dumbill (Editor and publisher, xmlhack.com). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. March 2003. Edd Dumbill explores Wireless Binary XML (WBXML) and examines the minimum functionality required for a SyncML server. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-syncml2.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Dumbill-SyncML2
"Creating SOAP Services with Cocoon." By Steve Punte. From WebServices.XML.com (March 18, 2003). This article introduces the XmlHttpTransformer, a component which allows mid-pipeline Cocoon elements to operate as SOAP clients retrieving information from external services. http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2003/03/18/cocoon.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Punte
"Generate Web Output in Multiple Formats and Languages with StrutsCX." By Bernhard Woehrlin [WWW]. From DevX.com (March 12, 2003). StrutsCX overcomes the limitations of the Struts Framework by enabling you to utilize XML, XSLT, and XPath technologies instead of its standard JavaServer Pages. http://www.devx.com/Java/Article/11381 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Woehrlin
"Sun Expects Bumpy Ride Ahead With WS-I. [Performance, Measurement & Standards.]" By Paula Rooney. In CMPNetAsia (March 19, 2003). Ed Julson, Sun's group marketing manager for Java and Web Services, said only two out of 14 proposed WS-I standards being tossed around by founders Microsoft and IBM have been submitted as standards. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Rooney
"Web Services Interoperability Organisation (WS-I.org): What's it All About?" By [Staff]. From WebServices.org (March 19, 2003). WebServices.org interviews Chris Ferris, on his views of WS-I as IBM's representative to the Basic Profile WG. http://www.webservices.org/index.php/article/articleview/954/1/82/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Ferris
"Industry Execs Discuss EDI's Place in an XML World. Forum Attendees Ask Where .Net fits Into the Equation." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (March 18, 2003). EDI lives and .Net cannot be ignored, said industry executives and audience members at a panel session in Santa Clara. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/18/HNwebforum_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Krill-EDI
"OASIS Eyes Open Web Services Management Specs." By Vance McCarthy. In Enterprise Developer News (March 10, 2003). OASIS has created a Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) technical committee to explore technical solutions to managing end-to-end web services. http://idevnews.com/TipsTricks.asp?ID=63 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#McCarthyWSDM
"xDoc Converter. [Product Review.]" By Bill Trippe (New Millennium Publishing). In EContent Magazine (February 2003). xDoc Converter is a solid new offering in an important emerging problem space -- the requirement to convert various unstructured data types into XML. http://www.econtentmag.com/r2/2003/trippe0203.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Trippe
"Google Gains Visual Searches. Anacubis Integrates Data Viewer Into Google Web APIs Service." By Cathleen Moore. In InfoWorld (March 14, 2003). "Data-visualization software provider Anacubis has integrated its anacubis Viewer technology with the Google Web APIs service to allow developers to visually explore relationships between Web sites. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/14/HNanacubis_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#MooreGoogle
"BEA's Latest Survival Tack: Integrated Product Stack." By John Taschek. In eWEEK (March 11, 2003). BEA's new strategy is in integration -- taking its entire product stack and attempting to ensure that it all works together, can be sold together, and is fundamentally on the same development cycle. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,924228,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Taschek
"The XML.com Interview: Eric Meyer." By Russell Dyer. From XML.com (March 12, 2003). Russell Dyer talks to Eric Meyer, an invited expert to the W3C's CSS working group; Eric explains how he first got into CSS, his job with Netscape, and his future plans. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/12/meyer.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Meyer
"Using SAX for Proper XML Output." By Uche Ogbuji. From XML.com (March 12, 2003). Generating XML from Python is one of the most common XML- related tasks the average Python user will face; thus, having more than one way to complete such a common task is especially helpful. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/12/py-xml.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#OgbujiPython0303
"Truth in Advertising. [XML-Deviant.]" By Kendall Grant Clark. From XML.com (March 12, 2003). Kendall Clark touches on the controversial subjects of subsetting XML, registries for namespaces, and problems with the XML-DEV list infrastructure itself. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/12/deviant.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#KGClarkPerma
"Microsoft Dips Toe in Choreography Waters. Software Giant Surprise Attendee at W3C Meeting." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (March 14, 2003). Microsoft recently [2003-03-13] participated in an W3C meeting involving an industry effort to standardize Web services choreography. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/14/HNmicroeffort_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#MS-Choreography
"WSRP an Oasis for Portal Deployment." By David Rubinstein. In SD Times (March 17, 2003). The Web Services for Remote Portals (WSRP) specification seeks to define a way for Web services to plug into portals, according to OASIS TC Chair, Thomas Schaeck (IBM). http://sdtimes.com/news/074/story9.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Rubinstein-WSRP
"Manage Users With JMS. Use JMS to Build a Unified User Management Framework Within Your Enterprise." By Amit Goel and David Marshall. In Java World (March 17, 2003). JMS links enterprise systems together through reliable messages, even over unreliable networks, and promotes decoupling and scalability of the system at the same time. http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2003/jw-0314-jms.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#JMS-Users
"BEA Upgrades Java Software, All Versions 8.1. Company Presents Unified Platform." By Alan Zeichick. In SD Times Issue 074 (March 15, 2003). BEA's unified, integrated platform software has been upgraded to WebLogic version 8.1 and supports the nascent WS-Security and WS- Acknowledgement specifications recently published by BEA. http://sdtimes.com/news/074/story1.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Zeichick
"Actional Boosts Web Services Management. Console, Agent Technology Added to Platform." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (March 17, 2003). Actional unveils new policy management software, agent technology, and an upgraded version of its services broker. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/17/HNactional_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Actional
"A Brief Introduction to XACML." A contribution from Sun Microsystems to the OASIS Extensible Access Control Markup Language TC. Last updated: March 14, 2003. Posted 2003-03-14 to the XACML TC mailing list by Anne Anderson (Sun Microsystems Laboratories, Burlington, MA, USA). http://xml.coverpages.org/XACML-Guide200303.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#AndersonXACML
"Web Services Security and More: The Global XML Web Services (GXA) Initiative." By Joseph Chiusano (Booz Allen Hamilton). Presentation prepared for the 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). 64 pages, from the slides. Overview of the published GXA specifications within the seven main areas of concentration. http://xml.coverpages.org/ChiusanoGXA.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Chiusano
"2003 Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming Award." By Jonathan Erickson (DDJ Editor-in-chief). In Dr. Dobb's Journal #347 Volume 28, Issue 4 (April 2003), pages 16-17. Special Issue on Web Services. Don Chamberlin is honored as the recipient of the 2003 Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming Award. http://www.ddj.com/documents/ddj0304a/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#EricksonDDJ
"C++WSP: A C++ Web Services Platform. A Native C++ Approach to Web Services." By Khushnood Naqvi and Yassar Sharaafath C.A. (Infosys Technologies Ltd). In Dr. Dobb's Journal #347 Volume 28, Issue 4 (April 2003), pages 18-26. Special Issue on Web Services, edited by Jonathan Erickson. C++WSP quickly exposes existing C/C++ systems as web services, and it's more elegant than JNI while avoiding the platform limitations of .NET. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#NaqviDDJ
"Web Services Faces Standards Snarl." By Martin LaMonica. In CNET News.com (March 13, 2003). A group of software makers, led by IBM and Microsoft, announced a proposal to make Web services messaging more reliable, overlapping an earlier standards effort. http://news.com.com/2100-1013-992512.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#LaMonicaReliable
"IBM, Microsoft Tout Two Web Services Specs. Several Vendors Look to Bolster Message Delivery." By Nancy Weil. In InfoWorld (March 13, 2003). Two new specifications related to message delivery for interoperable Web services applications have been released, along with a high-level white paper produced by IBM and Microsoft. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/13/HNwsspecs_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Weil
"IBM, Microsoft Team on Reliability Spec for Web Services." By John Fontana. In Network World (March 13, 2003). Two new protocol specifications are designed to guarantee the delivery of messages between applications that may be separated by a number of intermediaries and distributed over a number of platforms. http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0313wserv.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#FontanaReliable
"IETF Problem Statement." Edited by Elwyn B. Davies (Nortel Networks). IETF Problem Statement, Internet Draft. Reference: 'draft-ietf- problem-issue-statement-00.txt'. February 24, 2003, expires August 25, 2003. The memo summarizes perceived problems in the structure, function and processes of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-problem-issue-statement-00.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Davies
"Web Services Choreography Group Kicks Off. W3C Panel to Hold First Meeting." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (March 13, 2003). Comment on the first meeting of the W3C Web Services Choreography Working Group. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/13/HNchoreography_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#KrillChoreography
"Collaxa Readies Web Services Tool. Software Backs IBM-Microsoft-BEA Specification." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (March 10, 2003). Collaxa plans to release Collaxa Orchestration Server 2.0, a Web services deployment tool that utilizes the BPEL4WS specification backed by IBM, Microsoft, and BEA Systems. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/10/HNcollaxa_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Collaxa
"U.S. Navy Formalizes XML Management." By Dan Verton. In Computerworld (March 13, 2003). The U.S. Department of the Navy has announced the creation of its XML Business Standards Council (BSC), one of four working-level groups that will form the basis for the service's first enterprisewide XML governance structure. http://www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/development/xml/story/0,10801,79348,00.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Verton
"How Air Force Will Move to Web Services." By Susan M. Menke. In Government Computer News (March 12, 2003). The Global Combat Support System will be one of the main projects using XML messaging to connect 22 pipelines for supplies, transportation, maintenance and other functions. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Menke http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/21391-1.html
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Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html
"IFX Forum to Review Web Services Opportunities." http://xml.coverpages.org/IFX-WS.html
"XyEnterprise Announces Web Services Development Kit for XML Publishing." http://xml.coverpages.org/XPP-WSKit.html
"Distributed Management Task Force Releases Final Status of WBEM Specifications. Standard Enables Industry Organizations to Make Significant Progress on 2003 Initiatives." http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlCIM.html
"Seybold Seminars, Publications and Consulting Announces New Mega- Event in San Francisco. Seybold San Francisco is Reborn at Moscone West. Nine Focused Channels Cover the Breadth of Publishing Today." http://xml.coverpages.org/SeyboldSF2003.html
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Selected references from the events calendar at: http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html
Seybold San Francisco 2003. September 8 - 12, 2003. Moscone Center West, San Francisco, California, USA. http://www.seybold365.com/sf2003/ http://xml.coverpages.org/SeyboldSF2003.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#seyboldSF2003
Twelfth International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2003). May 20 - 24, 2003. Budapest, Hungary. http://www2003.org/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#www12
ebXML Showcase. May 5 - 6, 2003. Hilton London Metropole, London, UK. http://www.xmleurope.com/2003/ebxmlconference.asp" http://xml.coverpages.org/ebXML-Showcase200305.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#ebXML-Showcase2003
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
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
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