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Cover Pages Newsletter
April 29, 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
Working Draft for Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) Version 2.1.
XBRL International has released an XBRL version 2.1 Working Draft and announced a 60-day review period preliminary to consideration of the business reporting spec as a final XBRL 2.1 Recommendation. The prose portion of XBRL version 2.1 has expanded by 54 pages, including many more usage examples, code fragments from the defining XML schemas, greater detail about pre-existing XBRL 2.0 features, and detailed explanations of new features. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-04-28-a.html
OASIS Web Services for Remote Portlets Specification Moves Toward Standardization.
The version 1.0 "Web Services for Remote Portlets Specification" produced jointly by the OASIS WSRP and WSIA technical committees has been approved as a Committee Specification. The design goal in the WSRP specification is to enable an application designer or administrator to pick from a rich choice of compliant remote content and application providers, and integrate them with just a few mouse clicks and no programming effort. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-04-25-b.html
The Holy Grail of Content Reuse: IBM's DITA XML.
IBM's Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is an XML architecture for designing, writing, managing, and publishing technical documentation, whether in print, as online help, or on the Web. It implements the principles of information design, information typing, and information architecture. Michael Priestley has collaborated in the creation of a new DITA resource collection which features key articles and presentations. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-04-25-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
"Portal Syndication: Embedding One Web Site's Functionality in Another." By Ivelin Ivanov. From WebServices.xml.com (April 29, 2003). The latest generation web portals demand more than posting news stories. Embedding and personalizing rich content and behavior from remote portals is becoming a necessity. Ivelin Ivanov discusses embedding remote web site functionality using Apache Cocoon. http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2003/04/29/cocoon.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#IvanovPortal
"XML Transactions for Web Services, Part 2." By Faheem Khan. From WebServices.xml.com (April 29, 2003). The article is Part 2 of a series on the use of atomic transactions in web services applications; Part 1 introduced federated web service applications and transactional web services, including brief descriptions of of the WS-Coordination and WS-Transaction specifications. http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2003/04/29/transactions.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#KhanTrans2
"Open Source and Open Standards." By Peter Saint-André. From O'Reilly ONLamp.com (April 29, 2003). On the intersection of protocol, source, and community. Only time will tell if Jabber/XMPP becomes a standard for real-time messaging and presence. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/29/openstandardsopensource.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#jabber
"Mozilla Plan Sticks to Basics." By Jim Rapoza. In eWEEK (April 28, 2003). The Mozilla Organization earlier this month began planning the next phase of Mozilla development. Probably the biggest change for most users will be the move away from the all-encompassing browser suite to individual components that can be easily integrated if a user so chooses. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1046356,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#RapozaMozilla
"Bleepin' BPELs." By John Taschek. In eWEEK (April 28, 2003). Is it possible that something once pronounced Bipple and now Be-PEL is shaking up the Web services world? Are Microsoft, IBM and BEA icing Oracle and Sun and their customers? http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1046421,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#TaschekBPEL
"Bluestream Upgrades XML Database." By Lisa Vaas. In eWEEK (April 29, 2003). Bluestream Database Software Corp. has released an upgrade to its native XML database that features smoother handling of collaborative content management with XML and binary data. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1048146,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#VaasBluestream
"OASIS Pushes Global E-Procurement Standardization." By Mark Leon. In InternetNews.com (April 28, 2003). OASIS has created a forum for government agencies, organizations, and private companies to work together on global e-procurement standards. http://boston.internet.com/news/article.php/2197641 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#LeonEPS
"OASIS: Net Procurement Needs to Align." By Paul Festa. In CNET News.com (April 28, 2003). A Web services standards group has launched an effort to push for uniform practices in the way supplies are bought and sold online. http://news.com.com/2100-1019-998596.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#FestaEPS
"Introducing WS-Coordination. A Big Step Toward a New Standard." By Jim Webber and Mark Little (Arjuna Technologies Limited). In WebServices Journal Volume 3, Issue 5 (May 24, 2003). With 5 figures. In July 2002, BEA, IBM, and Microsoft released a trio of specifications designed to support business transactions over Web services [BPEL4WS, WS-Transaction, and WS-Coordination]. This article introduces the underlying concepts of Web Services Coordination, and shows how a generic coordination framework can be used to provide the foundations for higher-level business processes. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/articlenews.cfm?id=542 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#JWebberCoord
"Business Processes: Turning Integration Upside Down." By Jim Mackay (Business Technology Group, webMethods). In WebServices Journal Volume 3, Issue 5 (May 24, 2003). In the IT world, integration became an issue as soon as the second computer with the second application came online... Perhaps the largest group to latch onto business process integration is enterprise system vendors. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=546 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#MackayBP
"Exposing Legacy Applications. An Apache SOAP Framework That Provides an Excellent Implementation." By Adelene Ng (Xerox Corporation, Rochester, NY). In WebServices Journal Volume 3, Issue 5 (May 24, 2003). With 10 figures. In this article, I propose a solution using SOAP that allows legacy client methods to be called from a SOAP client. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=543 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#NgLegacy
"Don't Segment Desktop XML. InfoPath Needs to be Everywhere." By Jon Udell. In InfoWorld (April 25, 2003). Udell's vocal support for the next version of Microsoft Office has drawn heat in various quarters. Naysayers are convinced that Microsoft will find some way to cripple the XML capabilities of Word, Excel, and InfoPath. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/25/17OPstrategic_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#UdellSegment
"Web Services Creation Made Easy. Beta of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 Insulates Developers from J2EE Trials and Tribulations." By Rick Grehan. In InfoWorld (April 25, 2003). BEA WebLogic Workshop is a combination development/run-time environment, very much in the spirit of IBM's WebSphere Application Developer. But WebLogic Workshop exclusively generates J2EE applications, and it operates at a dizzying level of abstraction compared with similar tools. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/25/17TCweblogic_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#Grehan
"Programming for the 21st Century -- o:XML." By Jeff Davies. In ZDNet News (April 25, 2003). Martin Klang has announced the availability of ObjectBox 1.0. This is currently closed-source license, but he's going to release the next version under GPL or similar license. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-998361.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#DaviesOXML
"XML for Data: Reuse It Or Lose It, Part 2. Understanding Reusable Components." By Kevin Williams (CEO, Blue Oxide Technologies, LLC). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. April 25, 2003. The author describes the types of components that can be reused in XML designs and provides examples of each in XML and XML Schema. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-xdunder.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#WilliamsReuse
"Tibco Promotes Flexibility Through BPM and Analytics." By [Staff]. In ComputerWeekly.com (April 25, 2003). Because web services interfaces have become mandatory for all integration products, it has become tough to differentiate based on open protocols. Tibco is focusing on enabling the dynamic enterprise by putting business process management (BPM) and analytics functionality higher in the stack. http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=121216 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#TibcoBPM
"Judge Upholds Law Requiring ISPs to Name Downloaders. Critics Say Ruling is Big Blow to Internet Users' Privacy." By Grant Gross. In InfoWorld (April 25, 2003). A U.S. federal judge has again sided with the recording industry in its efforts to subpoena the name of a music downloader, upholding a portion of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that requires Internet service providers to turn over names of alleged copyright infringers. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/25/HNdcmaruling_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#GrossPrivacy
"XML Grows... and Slows." By Jim Ericson. In Line56 (April 24, 2003). With standards adoption spreading, some wonder if a messaging glut will lead to infrastructure overload. XML standards and specifications are more and more coming to bear on a variety of business processes inside and outside the four walls in support of new architectures that are flexible and loosely coupled. http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?ArticleID=4602 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#Ericson
"SIMPLE-XMPP Interworking." By Daniel-Constantin Mierla (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Berlin, Germany). IETF Network Working Group, Internet-Draft. Reference: 'draft-mierla-simple-xmpp-interworking-00'. April 23, 2003, expires October 22, 2003. This document describes the behavior for the logical entity known as the SIMPLE-XMPP Interworking Function (SIMPLE- XMPP IWF) that will allow the interworking between the SIMPLE (Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions) and XMPP (eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) protocols. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-mierla-simple-xmpp-interworking-00.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#Mierla
"An SVG Case Study: Integrated, Dynamic Avalanche Forecasting." By Chris Cochella and Tyler Cruickshank. From XML.com (April 23, 2003). An article demonstrating the use of SVG to present integrated information on skiing weather conditions. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/04/23/avalanche.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#CochellaSVG
"At Microsoft's Mercy." By Kendall Grant Clark. From XML.com (April 23, 2003). The future of XML editing is largely in Microsoft's hands, observes Kendall Clark. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/04/23/deviant.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#KGClark-MS
"Online Magazines with Apache Cocoon." By Steve Punte. From XML.com (April 23, 2003). Apache Cocoon makes publishing magazines easy. Steven Punte brings together HTML and RSS documents to show how Cocoon's XML-directed architecture lends itself to elegant publishing solutions. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/04/23/cocoon-magazine.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#PunteOnline
"Northrop's Latest Patent: Legitimate or Just 'A Silly Claim'? The Worldwide i-Technology Community Responds." By Jeremy Geelan. In XML Journal (April 23, 2003). The USPTO has granted patent number 6,546,413 to Charlie Northrup for an 'Access Method Independent Exchange Using a Communication Primitive', seen by some as potentially legally blocking a variety of Web services, and illustrating the complete brokenness of the patent system. http://www.sys-con.com/XML/articlenews.cfm?id=627 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#Geelan
"New Technologies Face Legal Headaches." By Lisa M Bowman. In ZDNet News (April 22, 2003). Companies face a host of legal land mines that they need to consider when developing emerging technology, attorneys at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference told developers. http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/enterprise/story/0,2000048640,20273895,00.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200304.html#BowmanLegal
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Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html
"Mobilkom Austria and Weblicon Announce World's First Wireless SyncML Synchronization on the Sun One Platform." http://xml.coverpages.org/SyncML-PIM.html
"OASIS Members Form Web Services Business Process Execution Language (WSBPEL) Technical Committee." http://xml.coverpages.org/WSBPEL-Announce200304.html
"Intalio Joins IBM, Microsoft to Promote OASIS BPM Standard. Intalio Co-Submits BPEL Spec, is Initial Member on OASIS Technical Committee to Drive Industry Towards BPM Standards Convergence." http://xml.coverpages.org/IntalioBPEL.html
"Commerce One Releases Open Source, Royalty Free DocSOAP XML Developer Kit for Document Style SOAP. DocSOAP XML Developer Kit Designed to Increase Use and Adoption of Web Services in Business. Provides Better Performance and More Complete Standards Support Than Other Solutions." http://xml.coverpages.org/DocSOAP-XML.html
"Bluestream Releases XStreamDB 3.0 Native XML Database. Major Upgrade Adds Features for Collaborative Content Management." http://xml.coverpages.org/XStreamDBv30.html
"OASIS Guides Development of Global Electronic Procurement Standardization." http://xml.coverpages.org/epsOASIS200304.html
"BEA and Siebel Systems Expand Alliance to Deliver Integration Solutions for Universal Application Network. Customers Speed Time to Value and Minimize Long-Term Cost of Ownership for Application Integration With Emerging Integration and Process Standards." http://xml.coverpages.org/BEA-UAN.html
"WS-I Announces Availability of Testing Tools. Pre-Release Now Available for Public Comment." http://xml.coverpages.org/WSI-TestingTools.html
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Selected references from the events calendar at: http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html
W3C Workshop on the Long Term Future of P3P and Enterprise Privacy Languages. June 18 - 20, 2003. Multimedia Campus Kiel, Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein), Germany. http://www.w3.org/2003/p3p-ws/ http://www.w3.org/2003/p3p-ws/cfp-kiel.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#p3p-2003
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://servlet.java.sun.com/javaone/sf2003/conf/sessions/index.en.jsp http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#javaone2003
PODS 2003 Conference. 22nd ACM SIGACT-SIGMOD-SIGART Symposium on Principles of Database Systems. June 9 - 12, 2003. Town and Country Hotel, San Diego, California, USA. http://www.db.ucsd.edu/SIGMODPODS03/ http://www.db.ucsd.edu/SIGMODPODS03/PODSpapers.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#pods2003
The Third ACM+IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2003). May 27 - 31, 2003. Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. http://www.jcdl.org/jcdl03/ http://www.rice.edu/jcdl03/papers.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#JCDL2003
ebXML Showcase. May 5 - 6, 2003. Hilton London Metropole, London, UK. http://xml.coverpages.org/ebXML-Showcase200305.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#ebXML-Showcase2003 http://www.xmleurope.com/2003/
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