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Cover Pages Newsletter
April 15, 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
Liberty Alliance Releases Phase 2 Specifications for Federated Network Identity.
The Liberty Alliance Project has published draft versions of its Phase 2 specifications and guidelines for identity-based web services. The technical specification drafts provide new elements to Liberty Alliance's Federated Network Identity Architecture. New drafts of security and privacy implementation guidelines and a "Privacy and Security Best Practices" document highlight global privacy laws and fair information practices. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-04-15-b.html
Last Call Draft for Mathematical Markup Language V2.0 Second Edition.
W3C has issued a Last Call Working Draft "Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 2.0 (2nd Edition)." MathML is an XML application that allows mathematical notation and content to be served and processed on the Web. The Second Edition introduces an XML Schema which supports stricter checking of a MathML fragment than by DTD validation. An XHTML+MathML version with inline examples is suitable for viewing with a MathML enabled browser. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-04-15-a.html
Global Justice Publishes Prerelease Version 3 for Justice XML Data Dictionary (JXDD).
The Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs) has provided new information on the Justice XML Data Model, including a prerelease of the Justice XML Data Dictionary V3.0. JXDD prerelease version 3 is intended to solicit review and feedback from the justice and public safety communities. The release includes XML Schemas and PDF documentation for JXDD types and properties. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-04-11-a.html
IBM alphaWorks Releases XML Forms Package.
IBM alphaWorks has released an 'XML Forms Package' as one of several new technologies. The toolkit consists of software components designed to showcase possibilities presented by the W3C Candidate Recommendation specification. It allows developers to deploy XForms applications without client-side technologies, using the Java XForms compiler. Extensions support binding of XForms to Web Services, off- line operations, and rich UI controls. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-04-10-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
"OASIS to Get BPEL4WS Jurisdiction. Web Services Specification Finally Goes to Standards Body." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (April 15, 2003). Microsoft, IBM, and BEA Systems plan to submit their Web services choreography and business process specification to a standards body later this week; the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL4WS) specification is expected to be submitted to Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS). http://infoworld.com/article/03/04/15/HNbpel_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#KrillBPEL
"Liberty Alliance Moves Ahead." By Peter Judge. In CNET News.com (April 15, 2003). At the RSA 2003 Conference, proponents of the Liberty Alliance Project provided details on their Phase Two federated network identity specifications and demonstrated new features. http://news.com.com/2100-1013-997019.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#JudgeLAB
"Liberty Alliance Releases Phase 2 Specifications, Demos Vendor Interoperability." By Charlene O'Hanlon. In CRN (April 15, 2003). The Liberty Alliance released Phase 2 of its draft identity-based Web services specifications and demonstrated interoperability of services with 20 of its member companies. http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=41292 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#OHanlon
"The Fedora Project: An Open-source Digital Object Repository Management System." By Thornton Staples, Ross Wayland, and Sandra Payette. In D-Lib Magazine Volume 9, Number 4 (April 2003). ISSN 1082-9873. The Fedora architecture is based on object models that by definition are templates for units of content, called data objects, which can include digital resources, metadata about the resources, and linkages to software tools and services that have been configured to deliver the content in desired ways. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april03/staples/04staples.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#StaplesFedora
"State of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, April 2003." By Makx Dekkers (Managing Director, DCMI) and Stuart Weibel (Consulting Research Scientist, OCLC Office of Research). In D-Lib Magazine Volume 9, Number 4 (April 2003). ISSN 1082-9873. The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative continues to grow in participation and recognition as the predominant resource discovery metadata standard on the Internet; with its approval as ISO 15836, DC is firmly established as a foundation block of modular, interoperable metadata for distributed resources. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april03/weibel/04weibel.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#DekkersDCMI
"Guidelines for Implementing Dublin Core in XML." Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Recommendation. 2003-04-02. Edited by Andy Powell and Pete Johnston (UKOLN, University of Bath). This document provides guidelines for people implementing Dublin Core metadata applications using XML. http://dublincore.org/documents/2003/04/02/dc-xml-guidelines/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#PowellRec
"XML Transactions for Web Services, Part 1." By Faheem Khan. From WebServices.xml.com (April 15, 2003). The first in a multipart examination of the role of transactions in building complex, federated web services. Faheem Khan explains the scenarios in which web service developers can use transactions, as well as two of the most crucial specifications: WS-Transaction and WS-Coordination.' http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2003/04/15/transactions.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#KhanTransactions
"Adobe's XML-Based Offering Can Revolutionize Form-Based Processes." By Rita Knox. Gartner Research Note. Reference: Note Number: FT-19-8041. April 11, 2003. Adobe has created a new class of product that automates form-based processes and can tie into back-end systems. http://www4.gartner.com/resources/114200/114260/114260.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#KnoxAdobe60
"Web Services Specification Still Not Ready for Standardization. BPEL4WS Remains in Founders' Jurisdiction." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (April 11, 2003). A specification for Web services choreography and business processes introduced by Microsoft, IBM, and BEA Systems last August remains under its founders' jurisdiction, despite repeated assurances of its pending submission to an industry standards organization. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/11/HNbpeldelay_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#KrillBPEL04
"The Semantic Blog." By Jon Udell. From WebServices.xml.com (April 15, 2003). Weblogs and XML-enabled databases can help find the semantic- web sweet spot. http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2003/04/15/semanticblog.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#UdellRSS
"Implementing WS-Security: A Case Study." By Sam Thompson (jStart Program Manager for Web services, IBM). From IBM developerWorks, Web services. April 2003. The article describes how the emerging WS- Security standard was used to secure a Web service that was developed and deployed in the fall of 2002 -- using a combination of HTTPS/SSL, digital certificates, and digital signature technologies. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-security.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#ThompsonJStart
"Using Categorization To Distinguish Entries And Create Communities in UDDI. Developing and Using a Validation Service for Checked Categories in UDDI." By Matt Rutkowski, Andrew Hately, and Robert Chumbley (UDDI Development, Emerging Technologies, IBM). From IBM developerWorks, Web services. April 2, 2003. The article describes the power of categorization in UDDI to differentiate data according to standard taxonomies and how to use categorization to create a subset of the registry that has been screened by an external party. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-uddicat/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#Rutkowski
"Liberty Releases Draft of New Spec." By Dennis Fisher. In eWEEK (April 15, 2003). The Liberty Alliance Project on has released a draft of its second-generation specification for federated identity management. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1025551,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#FisherLA
"SyncML Device Management: An Emerging Protocol Standard for Managing Devices." By Rajkiran Guru (Software Engineer, IBM India Software Labs). From IBM developerWorks, Wireless. April 2003. With pervasive devices overwhelming today's market, developers need a standard protocol to set up and reconfigure devices, update software, and register new services remotely. The SyncML Device Management Protocol helps you do just that without having to commit to a proprietary protocol. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/wi-syncml/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#Guru
"Emerging Technology: XML - The End of Security Through Obscurity?" By Andy Dornan. In Network Magazine (April 14, 2003). New Web services protocols make data easy to read-and almost as easy to hide. http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20030404S0003 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#Dornan
"Making Sure Web Services Get Along. Specs Complete a Framework For Reliable, Interoperable Messaging." By Edward J. Correia. In Software Development Times (April 15, 2003). BEA Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp. and TIBCO Software Inc. in mid-March published a pair of new specifications the companies claim will improve the reliability and interoperability of messaging for Web services. http://www.sdtimes.com/news/076/story1.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#Correia
"MathML: Enabling Mathematical Functionality on the Web." By Ayesha Malik. In XML Journal Volume 4, Issue 04 (April 2003). An overview of MathML features in terms of the key markup elements. http://www.sys-con.com/xml/article.cfm?id=617 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#MalikMathML
"What's New in XSLT 2.0." By Jeff Kenton. In XML Journal Volume 4, Issue 04 (April 2003). A survey of new features in XSLT version 2.0. http://www.sys-con.com/xml/article.cfm?id=610 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#Kenton
"Simplifying the Development of Transactional Web Apps." By David Litwack. In XML Journal Volume 4, Issue 04 (April 2003). XForms, the next generation of forms to be included in the XHTML standard, and now a W3C Candidate Recommendation, improves on HTML forms by cleanly separating data, logic, and presentation. http://www.sys-con.com/xml/article.cfm?id=606 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#Litwack
"The XML.com Interview: Liam Quin." By Russell Dyer. From XML.com (April 09, 2003). Russell Dyer talks to Liam Quin, XML Activity Lead at the World Wide Web Consortium, XML book author, and typography and markup enthuasiast. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/04/09/quin.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#Dyer
"Processing RSS." By Ivelin Ivanov. From XML.com (April 09, 2003). The goal of this article is to demonstrate the use of XQuery to accomplish a routine, yet interesting task; in particular, to render an HTML page that merges RSS news feeds from two different weblogs. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/04/09/xquery.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#IvanovRSS
"Gems From the Archives." By Uche Ogbuji. From XML.com (April 09, 2003). In this month's Python and XML column Uche Ogbuji hunts for treasures in the archives of the Python XML SIG, locating interesting tidbits for producing and displaying XML. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/04/09/py-xml.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#OgbujiGems
"Axis-orizing Objects for SOAP. Go from Java Objects to a SOAP Web Service with Apache Axis." By Mitch Gitman. In Java World (April 14, 2003). Apache Axis holds great promise as an open source Java framework for implementing Web services over XML-based SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol). http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-2003/jw-0411-axis.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#Gitman
"New Tools Aim to Secure Corporate IT." By Sandeep Junnarkar and Martin LaMonica. In CNET News.com (April 14, 2003). "At the RSA Conference 2003, a bevy of technology companies unveiled a slew of security products aimed at protecting corporate IT infrastructure. http://news.com.com/2100-1009-996681.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#JunnarkarTools
"Application Vulnerability Description Language Coined." By John Leyden. In The Register (April 14, 2003). Security vendors joined together today to back a standard for describing application security vulnerabilities. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/30243.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#Leyden
"Standards Organizations Share the Stage at RSA. Security Event to Host Liberty Alliance, XML Spec News." By Paul Roberts. In InfoWorld (April 14, 2003). At the RSA Conference three separate technology standards organizations will publicize their latest initiatives, guidelines and working groups. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/11/HNrsapreview_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#Roberts
"Liberty Alliance Submitting Spec to OASIS. Turning Work Over to Standards Body for First Time." By John Fontana. In InfoWorld (April 11, 2003). Handing Version 1.1 over to OASIS is a milestone because Liberty , which has 160 members, is now fully aligned with SAML and OASIS. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/11/HNlibert_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#FontanaLiberty
"Web Services Security: Non-Repudiation." Edited by Eric L. Gravengaard (Reactivity, Inc). Contributors: Grant Goodale, Michael Hanson, Brian Roddy, and Dan Walkowski (Reactivity). Submitted to the OASIS Web Services Security TC. Document identifier: 'web-services- non-repudiation-05'. 11-April-2003. 19 pages. Posted to the WSS Mailing List 11-April-2003 by Eric Gravengaard. The specification defines a method for requesting and sending message disposition receipts inside SOAP message headers. This specification makes use of the WSS and XML Digital Signature specifications. http://xml.coverpages.org/ReactivityWS-NonRepudiation-05.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#Gravengaard
"Technology Update: WebDAV Secures Collaboration." By Lisa Dusseault (Xythos Software; Co-Chair of the IETF WebDAV Working Group). In Network World (April 07, 2003). Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning is an extension of HTTP that lets users collaborate via the Internet. http://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2003/0407techupdate.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#Dusseault
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Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html
"Liberty Alliance Releases New Specifications, Privacy and Security Guidelines to Drive Development of Identity-Based Web Services. Liberty Alliance Announces New Management Board Representatives Ericsson, Fidelity Investments, Novell and VeriSign, Inc. As Consortium Gains Momentum." http://xml.coverpages.org/LibertyPhase2.html
"Liberty Alliance Contributes Phase 1 Network Identity Specifications to OASIS for Consideration in SAML 2.0." http://xml.coverpages.org/LibertySAML20.html
"Business Layers and Netegrity Partner on Industry's First Demonstration of SPML at RSA Conference. Vendors Present First XML Specification to Leverage Web Services for Secure Federated Resource Allocation." http://xml.coverpages.org/SPMLDemo.html
"OASIS Members Collaborate to Address Security Vulnerabilities for Web Services and Web Applications." http://xml.coverpages.org/OASIS-AVDL.html
"Sonic Software Releases Sonic ESB 5.0. Newest Release of Industry's First Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). Adds High Availability, Scalability and Security Capabilities, Award-winning Development Tools." http://xml.coverpages.org/SonicESB50.html
"Leading Application Security Vendors Propose New XML-Based Interoperability Standard Through OASIS. Application Vulnerability Description Language Will Enable Easy Communication Between Products That Find, Block, Fix, and Report Application Security Vulnerabilities." http://xml.coverpages.org/AVDL-Announce200304.html
"XyEnterprise Announces Release of XML Professional Publisher 7.2." http://xml.coverpages.org/XPPv72.html
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Selected references from the events calendar at: http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html
OASIS Open Standards Conference 2003. October 1 - 3, 2003. Grace Hotel, Sydney, Australia. http://xml.coverpages.org/OpenStandards2003.html http://www.open-standards.com/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#OpenStandards2003
Internet Accessible Mathematical Computation 2003 Workshop (IAMC 2003). August 07, 2003. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. http://www.symbolicnet.org/conferences/iamc03/ http://icm.mcs.kent.edu/research/iamc.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#iamc2003
ALLC/ACH 2003. Joint International Conference of the Association for Computers and the Humanities Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing. "Web X: A Decade of the World Wide Web." May 29 - June 2, 2003. The Georgia Center for Continuing Education, The University of http://www.english.uga.edu/webx/home.html http://www.english.uga.edu/webx/detailedprogram.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#allc-ach2003
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://wilshireconferences.com/MD2003/glance.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#dama2003
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
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