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Cover Pages Newsletter
March 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
NIST HumanID Evaluation Framework Uses XML for Biometrics.
NIST has published results for vendor testing of facial recognition technology. The NIST HumanID Evaluation Framework (HEF) is an effort to design, implement, and deploy standards for documentation of the biometric system evaluation process. It provides a suite of XML vocabularies for the inputs to, and outputs of, recognition systems. XML Schemas define formats for describing identification, verification, and watchlist scenarios. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-03-25-b.html
W3C Publishes Recommendations for the XML Pointer Language (XPointer).
Three specifications from the W3C XML Linking Working Group have been released as W3C Recommendations, supporting a standardized method for addressing into portions of XML documents. "XPointer Framework", "XPointer element() Scheme", and "XPointer xmlns() Scheme" are intended to address a core subset of the original XPointer requirements, and to serve as all or a foundational part of a fragment identifier syntax for the XML Media types. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-03-25-a.html
W3C Releases Proposed Royalty-Free Patent Policy for Review.
W3C has issued "Patent Policy Working Group Royalty-Free Patent Policy" as a W3C Proposed Policy and invites public comment through 30-April-2003. A final policy incorporating feedback is expected in May 2003. The Royalty-Free Patent Policy governs the handling of patents in the process of producing Web standards. The goal of this policy is to assure that Recommendations produced under the policy can be implemented on a Royalty-Free (RF) basis. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-03-19-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
"VXML and VoIP Boost Customer Satisfaction. Quickly ID Your Callers Via These Two Technologies." By Veronika Megler (Certified Consulting IT Architect, Emerging and Competitive Markets, IBM). From IBM developerWorks, Wireless. March 2003. The author demonstrates how to combine VXML and VoIP with the information inherent in a telephone call to identify both the caller and the number being called. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/wireless/library/wi-vxml.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Megler
"Squeezing SOAP. GZIP Enabling Apache Axis." By Brian D. Goodman (IT Architect, IBM Intranet Technology, IBM). From IBM developerWorks, Web services. March 2003. Some of the current SOAP implementations don't take advantage of GZIP, which can provide a performance boost for Web service solutions. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-sqzsoap.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Goodman
"W3C Boosts XML Document Referencing. Specific Information Citable." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (March 25, 2003). W3C has issued its XML Pointer Language (XPointer) Recommendation, providing a lightweight, extensible model for identifying parts of XML documents. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/25/HNxmlpointer_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#KrillXPointer
"Composite Capability/Preference Profiles (CC/PP): Structure and Vocabularies." Edited by Graham Klyne (Nine by Nine), Franklin Reynolds (Nokia Research Center) Chris Woodrow (Information Architects), Hidetaka Ohto (W3C/Panasonic), Johan Hjelm (Ericsson), Mark H. Butler (Hewlett-Packard), and Luu Tran (Sun Microsystems). Produced by the W3C CC/PP Working Group as part of the W3C Device Independence Activity. W3C [Last Call] Working Draft 25-March-2003. This document describes CC/PP (Composite Capabilities/Preference Profiles) structure and vocabularies. A CC/PP profile is a description of device capabilities and user preferences that can be used to guide the adaptation of content presented to that device. http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-CCPP-struct-vocab-20030325/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#CC-PP
"Microsoft Office Word 2003 Beta 2 Preview. Part 1 of 2." By Siew Moi Khor (Microsoft Corporation). In Microsoft MSDN Library. March 2003. The article provides high-level preview of the latest features of Word 2003 Beta 2: Extensible Markup Language (XML) support; Smart Document solutions; Research library. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dno2k3ta/html/odc_wdov.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Khor
"Product Review: Microsoft Office 2003 Beta 2." By Gregg Keizer. In ZDNet (March 24, 2003). Most Office enhancements benefit large-scale setups; corporate intranets will get a lot out of the suite's new XML integration. http://www.zdnet.com/supercenter/stories/overview/0,12069,561909,00.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#KeizerReview
"Sun Attacks Microsoft XML Strategy Shift." By David Worthington. From BetaNews (March 24, 2003). Sun Microsystems fired its first salvo at Microsoft's upcoming Office 2003 by calling into question the aim of Redmond's overall XML strategy. http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1048555571 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Worthington
"Proposed Infoset Addendum to SOAP Messages with Attachments." By Adam Bosworth (BEA), Don Box (Microsoft), Martin Gudgin (Microsoft), Mark Jones (AT&T), Franz-Josef Fritz (SAP), Amy Lewis (Tibco), Jean-Jacques Moreau (Canon), Mark Nottingham (BEA), David Orchard (BEA), Hervé Ruellan (Canon Jeffrey Schlimmer (Microsoft), Volker Wiechers (SAP). Copyright BEA Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corporation. 24-March-2003. Version 0.6 Draft. 22 pages. The specification defines a small number of XML and SOAP conventions that clarify an earlier proposal and collectively allow opaque data and web references to be used in an Infoset-based messaging model. http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/mgudgin/paswa/paswa.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#InfosetAddendum
"Achieving Application Coordination With Business Transaction Management Software." Choreology White Paper. 7 pages. The main purpose of an application coordination product is to ease, cheapen and standardize the elimination of inconsistencies in information held in different systems; we have identified four key patterns or models where application coordination is applicable. http://www.choreology.com/resources/2003-03-14.Choreology.Whitepaper.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Choreology
"W3C Spec Labels XML Parts." By Paul Festa. In CNET News.com (March 25, 2003). The World Wide Web Consortium has issued XPointer in three installments. http://news.com.com/2100-1013-994032.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Festa
"RSS 0.91, 0.92 and 2.0 Really Simple Syndication." By Ben Hammersley. Chapter 4 in Content Syndication with RSS: Sharing Headlines and Information Using XML. March 2003. 19 pages. RSS (RDF Site Summary, Rich Site Summary, or Really Simple Syndication) is an XML-based format that allows web developers to describe and syndicate web site content. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/consynrss/chapter/ch04.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Hammersley
"Leverage XSLT to Build Applications. Moving Beyond Format Transformations to Multi-Tiered Solutions." By Chen Shu, Nianjun Zhou, and Dikran S Meliksetian (IBM). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. March 25, 2003. The article describes a methodology for building an XML-based, end-to-end, multi-tiered solution by leveraging XSLT technology. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-levxslt/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Shu
"XML Gathers Momentum. New Standard Makes The Language Useful, Helps Simplify Access-Control Policies." By Michael Hardy. In Federal Computer Week (March 24, 2003). "Extensible Markup Language has become a pervasive force in applications in which computers share data or interact. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0324/tec-xml-03-24-03.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Hardy
"Physics Institute Turns To Web Services." By Tony Kontzer. In InformationWeek (March 24, 2003). The American Institute of Physics turns to eMeta's software to take a new approach to delivering its journals. http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20030324S0001 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Kontzer
"Agencies Work E-Gov Health Standards." By Sara Michael. In Federal Computer Week (March 24, 2003). Several US agencies are coordinating the use of the first set of uniform standards for the electronic exchange of health information to be used across the federal government. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0324/web-health-03-24-03.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Michael
"CERT, Feds Consider New Reporting Process." By Dennis Fisher. In eWEEK (March 24, 2003). Government officials and private organizations alike are reviewing their vulnerability disclosure processes after several incidents over the past 10 days exposed major shortcomings in the way new bugs are handled. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,967586,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Fisher
"Environment, Behavior, and Scripting. Developers are Better When 'Multilingual'." By Jon Udell. In InfoWorld (March 21, 2003). We cling to the notion that developers need to master only one programming language, but this notion has never been true. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/21/12stratdev_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#UdellMultilingual
"KyTek Beefs Up XML Support. New Version of XMLxt Makes it Easier to Mate XPress and XML. [Print Workflow.]" By George Alexander. In The Seybold Report Volume 2, Number 23 (March 24, 2003). ISSN: 1533-9211. KyTek has just released version 4.0 of its XMLxt, an XTension for composing Quark documents from XML files. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#KyTek
"A Personal Version of XML, Courtesy of Netomat." By Erin Joyce. In InternetNews.com (March 24, 2003). As the adoption of Extensible Markup Language (XML) spreads to corporate networks, helping computers speak to each other more efficiently over the Web, what about XML for humans? http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/2168881 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Joyce
"The First Taste of Liberty. Sign On Once, Log In Everywhere." By Frank Sommers. In Java World (March 21, 2003). This article explores how Liberty helps federate a user's identities from different service providers and uses that federated network identity to authenticate a user to many Web-accessible services. http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2003/jw-0321-webservices.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Sommers
"Web Services Reliable Messaging Protocol." By Peter Abrahams. In IT- Director.com (March 24, 2003). Discussion of the Web Services Reliability specification and Web Services Reliable Messaging Protocol specification: the two specifications address the same issue of how to ensure delivery of messages from one web service to another. http://www.it-director.com/article.php?id=3647 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Abrahams
"Taming Web Services. Emerging Technologies May Bring Order to XML- Based Integration." By John Moore. In Federal Computer Week (March 21, 2003). In recent months, Web services have begun to sprout in the federal sector. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0324/cov-web-03-24-03.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Moore
"What's in a Topic Map?" By Michael Classen. From WebReference.com (March 24, 2003). This installment tries to explain topic maps with examples taken from our daily lives. Topics maps revolve around three basic concepts: Topics, Associations, and Occurrences. http://www.webreference.com/xml/column77/index.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Classen
"Towards Modular Access to Electronic Handbooks." By Caterina Caracciolo (Language & Inference Technology Group, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands). In Journal of Digital Information Volume 3, Issue 4 (February 19, 2003). The paper reports an ongoing project Logic and Language Links (LoLaLi) aimed at providing an exemplary architecture for an electronic dissemination environment for scientific handbooks. http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v03/i04/Caracciolo/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Caracciolo
"W3C Patent Policy Draft." By Tim Bray. In ongoing (March 19, 2003). The latest W3C draft, published today, is a landmark. You can't possibly imagine the number of hours of hard thinking and nasty wrangling that have gone into producing it. http://tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/03/19/W3C-Patent http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#BrayPatents
"Using WSDL in a UDDI Registry, Version 2.0." Edited by Anne Thomas Manes and Tony Rogers. Technical Note produced for the OASIS UDDI Specifications TC. The TN defines a new approach to using WSDL in a UDDI Registry. http://oasis-open.org/committees/uddi-spec/doc/draft/uddi-spec-tc-tn-wsdl-20030319-wd.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#WSDL-UDDI-TN
"Mozilla Tightens Up." By Jim Rapoza. In eWEEK (March 20, 2003). Version 1.3 of the browser adds many useful new features, including some effective anti-spam features in the mail client. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,956371,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Mozilla13
"Standards: Optional Features or Law?" By Dimitris Dimitriadis. From XML.com (March 19, 2003). The author ponders how software implementers can best be induced to create software that conforms to web standards; it seems that even involvement with a standard's creation isn't enough to motivate some software companies to implement it. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/19/standards.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#DimitriadisStandards
"The Road to XHTML 2.0: MIME Types." By Mark Pilgrim. From XML.com (March 19, 2003). Pilgrim explores the role of MIME types in migrating to the latest version of HTML. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/19/dive-into-xml.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Pilgrim-MIME
"An XML Hero Reconsiders?" By Kendall Grant Clark. From XML.com (March 19, 2003). Clark takes a look at Tim Bray's essay on XML programming and the reaction the essay received from the XML-DEV community. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/19/deviant.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#KGClark-Bray
"Java Business Integration (JBI)." JSR [Java Specification Request] #208. Specification Lead: Mark Hapner (Sun Microsystems, Inc). This JSR extends J2EE with business integration SPIs (Service Provider Interfaces). JBI extends J2EE with business integration SPIs; these SPIs enable the creation of a Java business integration environment for specifications such as WSCI, BPEL4WS and the W3C Choreography Working Group. http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=208 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#JBI
"Update: Sun Plugs Developer Pack, Specs. Delayed Software Aimed at Web Services Developers." By James Niccolai. In InfoWorld (March 18, 2003). The Sun ONE Studio integrated development environment with its portlet builder and other tools aims to provide all the Sun software a developer would need to build Web services. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/18/HNsundev_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#NiccolaiSun
"JCP Watch: Business Processes, More XML Support and Enhanced Java Platform Support on Small Devices." By Apu Shah. From Developer.com (March 12, 2003). New specifications providing Java with business process integration and workflow APIs have been proposed along with a proposal for the next generation of the Java API's for XML Processing. http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/2108681 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#ShahJCP
"Tip: Use Internal References in XML Vocabularies. Minimize Repetition and Resulting Errors with ID Types and In-Line XPath Queries." By Uche Ogbuji (Principal Consultant, Fourthought, Inc). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. March 2003. In some cases, you can avoid repeating identical data fields by using internal references from one field to another. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-tipvocab.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#OgbujiIntRefs
"Tip: SAX Filters for Flexible Processing. Create a Chain of XML Processes." By Uche Ogbuji (Principal Consultant, Fourthought, Inc). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. March 2003. SAX filters allow you to construct complex XML processing behaviors from simple, independent modules. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-tipsaxflex.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#OgbujiSaxFilters
"W3C Seeks Royalty-Free Standards. Final Review Of Draft Begins." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (March 19, 2003). Looking to formalize its royalty-free standards position in May, the World Wide Web Consortium on Wednesday began the final review period for its patent policy. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/19/HNpatent_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#W3CPatentPolicy
"W3C Unveils Its Patent [Policy] Plans." By Lisa M. Bowman. In CNET News.com (March 19, 2003). The World Wide Web Consortium has released what it hopes will be the final draft of its patent policy as it tries to create a mostly royalty-free environment for Web standards development. http://news.com.com/2100-1013-993283.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#Bowman
"Sun Aims to Simplify Java." By Martin LaMonica. In CNET News.com (March 19, 2003). Sun Microsystems, hoping to build support for its Java software, on Wednesday announced new tools and a plan to simplify software development. http://news.com.com/2100-1007-993248.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200303.html#LaMonicaJava
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Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html
"Phaos Releases Toolkit to Meet Liberty Alliance 1.1 Specifications, Increases Liberty Alliance Involvement as Sponsor Member. Phaos Technology Enables Java Developers to Adhere to Updated Sign-on Authentication and Authorization Specifications." http://xml.coverpages.org/PhaosLiberty11.html
"Commerce's NIST Reports Significant Advances Made in Facial Recognition Technology." http://xml.coverpages.org/FRVT-2002.html
"VeriSign Expands Lawful Intercept Service to Wireless Packet Data. VeriSign Demonstrates Benefits of NetDiscovery Service for Carriers with GPRS, CDMA 1x Packet Data Networks at CTIA Wireless 2003." http://xml.coverpages.org/NetDiscovery.html
"World Wide Web Consortium Issues Draft of Patent Policy. Final Public and Member Reviews of Royalty-Free Draft to Start Today." http://xml.coverpages.org/PatentPolicyFinalReview.html
"Veridocs Announces Availability of XMLdocs Version 1 with New 'Template Designer' Feature. Hosted System Provides Affordable, Easy- to-Use XML Document Authoring and Management. New Template Capabilities Add Even More Flexibility, Customization Options." http://xml.coverpages.org/TemplateDesigner.html
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Selected references from the events calendar at: http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html
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
DAMA International Symposium & 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
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
VoiceXML Users Group Spring Meeting 2003. March 31 - April 03, 2003. Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, California, USA. http://xml.coverpages.org/VoiceXML2003-CFP.html http://www.avios.com/conference.htm 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
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