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Cover Pages Newsletter
June 03, 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
Updated Versions of Web Services Policy (WS-Policy) Specifications.
The three WS-Policy specifications have been updated to version 1.1, superseding those published in December 2002. The Web Services Policy is an initiative of the industry leaders BEA Systems, IBM, Microsoft, and SAP AG to drive and ensure interoperability for the description and communication of Web service policies. The WS-Policy V1.1 authors report their intent to submit the specifications to a standards organization in the near future. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-06-04-a.html
Public Review Draft for the Java XML Digital Signature API Specification.
A Public Review Draft has been issued for JSR 105 "Java XML Digital Signature API Specification" under the Java Community Process. The review period closes on June 29, 2003. The purpose of this specification is to define a standard Java API for parsing, generating, and validating XML signatures. The API consists of five packages that support a DOM-independent implementation of "XML- Signature Syntax and Processing" and related W3C Recommendations. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-06-03-a.html
OpenGIS Consortium Publishes Web Map Server Cookbook.
The OpenGIS Consortium (OGC) has released a Version 1.0 "Web Map Server Cookbook" as the first in a planned series of books detailing the implementation and use of OpenGIS Specifications. This Cookbook covers the XML-based Web Map Server (WMS) interface implementation specification. WMS defines interfaces for Web-based software to learn about, retrieve, merge and query maps. Recipes are provided for implementing WMS in popular software products. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-05-30-b.html
NLM Releases XML Tagset and DTDs for Journal Publishing, Archiving, and Interchange.
The US National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) has announced the release of an XML Tagset and two modular XML DTDs designed to simplify journal publishing and increase the accuracy of the archiving and exchange of scholarly journal articles. The Journal Publishing DTD and the Archiving and Interchange DTD have been created from the Tagset of XML elements, attributes, and modules. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-05-30-a.html
IETF Publishes Internet Drafts for XML Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP).
IETF has announced the publication of three related Internet Drafts describing an XML Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP). The XCAP IDs have been released by the IETF SIMPLE (SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions) Working Group. Drawing upon the Application Configuration Access Protocol, XCAP defines a set of conventions for using HTTP to read, write, and modify XML configuration data for multiple applications. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-05-29-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
"Java Management Extensions Protocol." By Ward K. Harold (IBM Tivoli Software). Reference: 'draft-harold-jmxp-00'. IETF Network Working Group, Internet-Draft. May 8, 2003, expires November 6, 2003. 65 pages. XML Schemas are provided in Section 10: The JMXP Schema, MBEANSERVER Element Schema, MBEAN Element Schema, NOTIFICATION Element Schema, Common Element Schema. This document describes a protocol, composed of a set of BEEP profiles, that provides access to the attributes, operations, and notifications supported by the MBeans registered with a JMX Agent. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-harold-jmxp-00.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#JMXP
"Web Services Are Key to Future, Says Microsoft." By Paul Krill. In ComputerWeekly (June 03, 2003). At the Tech Ed 2003 conference in Dallas., Paul Flessner provided details on Microsoft's solutions based on the Windows platform, covering aspects ranging from federated identity to XML and application management. http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=122296 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#krillWSFuture
"Business Process Execution Language for Web Services Version 1.1. [BPEL4WS DIFF Version.]" June 02, 2003. This diff-marked version provides a comparison between the BPEL4WS "Version 1.1" document dated March 31, 2003 and BPEL4WS "Version 1.1" document dated May 5, 2003. Posted by Diane Jordan to the WSBPEL list on June 02, 2003. 151 pages. The detailed license agreements for BPEL4WS v1.1 have now been provided by IBM, BEA, and Microsoft. http://xml.coverpages.org/BPELv11-20030505-20030331-Diffs.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#BPEL-Diff
"TechEd Panelists Debate SOAs. Paradigm Held Up Against Mainframes." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (June 03, 2003). SOAs were pitted against legacy mainframes in a debate at TechEd here Tuesday featuring Microsoft officials responding to audience queries. Panelists participating in a session on enterprise architectures fielded questions pertaining to whether SOAs, in which applications are treated as easily integrated components, are synonymous with Web services. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/06/03/HNsoadebate_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#krillSOADebate
"WS-I Basic Profile: Why Wait?" By Darryl K. Taft. In eWEEK (June 03, 2003). While the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) is working toward a basic profile for interoperability of Web services, customers should not wait but should use tools that are available today. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1115739,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#TaftWSI
"Microsoft Ties Security to VeriSign, Certifications." By Thor Olavsrud and Mark Berniker. From InternetNews.com (June 03, 2003). Microsoft moved to bolster its code-securing effort called Trustworthy Computing Initiative by announcing two security initiatives. http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/2216571 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#MS-VeriSign
"Parsing, Indexing, and Searching XML with Digester and Lucene. These Open Source Projects Can Ease Your XML-Handling Tasks." By Otis Gospodnetic (Software Engineer, Wireless Generation, Inc). From IBM developerWorks, Java technology. June 3, 2003. Java developers can use the SAX interface to parse XML documents, but this process is rather complex. Digester and Lucene, two open source projects from the Apache Foundation, cut down your development time for projects in which you manipulate XML. Lucene developer Otis Gospodnetic shows you how it's done, with example code that you can compile and run. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-lucene/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#Gospodnetic
"Intelligent Architectures for Service-Oriented Solutions. Moving Toward a Dramatic Reduction in Cost and Time." By Abdul Kayam and Steve Bailey (hyfinity). In Web Services Journal Volume 3, Issue 6 (June 2003), pages 36-42 (with five figures). The article defines the essential characteristics for software development for Web services. None of the characteristics presented are new; in fact some of them date back more than 20 years. The fundamental difference is the 'morphing' of these elements into a revolutionary software development approach for service-oriented solutions. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=563 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#WSJ-Kayam
"BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1. J2EE-Based Web Services Development Made Easy" By Joseph A. Mitchko. In Web Services Journal Volume 3, Issue 6 (June 2003), page 34. Last year BEA introduced WebLogic Workshop, a revolutionary product based on declarative annotations that took away most of the pain and aggravation of developing J2EE-based Web services on the WebLogic Application Server platform. BEA hasextended this technology with Workshop 8.1 to include Web applications, portals, and other J2EE integration-based applications. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=562 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#WSJ-Mitchko
"E-services: Fulfilling the Web Services Promise." By Heather Kreger (Web Services Lead Architect, IBM Emerging Technologies, IBM Software Solutions Division, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA). In Communications of the ACM (CACM) Volume 46, Number 6 (June 2003), pages 29-34. With 12 references and sidebar "What Are Web Services," by Christopher Ferris and Joel Farrell. The article reviews the set of technologies necessary for Web services, looks at where they are being specified and standardized, and identifies the current technical challenges the Web services community is attacking. It concludes with recommendations for the use of Web services today and suggestions that prepare for Web services tomorrow. http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#KregerWS
"E-services. The Web Services Debate: J2EE vs. .NET." By Joseph Williams (Master Architect, Sun Professional Services, Fort Collins, CO, USA). In Communications of the ACM (CACM) Volume 46, Number 6 (June 2003), pages 58-63. 'NET is Microsoft's attempt to develop a comprehensive execution environment that includes everything a company would need to implement Web services on Windows. Much of the hype around .NET is just rebranding of existing products, [and] the bottom line on .NET is that it only runs on Windows servers.' http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#WilliamsWSArch
"E-services. The Web Services Debate: .NET vs. J2EE." By Gerry Miller (Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft U.S. Central Region). In Communications of the ACM (CACM) Volume 46, Number 6 (June 2003), pages 64-67. 'Most Web services development is being accomplished today using either Microsoft .NET or Sun Microsystems' J2EE specification. This is interesting, considering the undisputable fact that J2EE has no support for Web services.' http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#MillerWSArch
"Blue Titan Knits Fabric for Web Services." By David Rubinstein. In Software Development Times (June 03, 2003). Blue Titan Software Inc. has released version 2.0 of its Network Director for Web services, a set of distributed software components and network fabric services for managing Web services. The new version includes a set of so-called fabric services that allows policy-based management of Web services. http://sdtimes.com/news/079/story14.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#Rubinstein
"Volvo, Enigma Sign Service Life-Cycle Management Deal. The Carmaker Will Use Enigma's 3C Platform." By Linda Rosencrance. In Computerworld (June 02, 2003). "Volvo Car Corporation has signed a multimillion-deal to use software from Enigma Inc. to simplify relationships with its 18,000 dealers and independent repair shops across the globe; Volvo will use Enigma's 3C Platform to build an application that ties together its existing XML-based service manuals, electronic parts catalogs and service bulletins, as well as its diagnostic and software downloads for onboard automotive control systems. http://www.computerworld.com/industrytopics/automotive/story/0,10801,81731,00.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#Rosencrance
"HP Turns to Jabber for Enterprise IM." By John K. Waters. In Application Development Trends (June 02, 2003). Instant messaging (IM) is fast emerging as a useful and productivity-enhancing enterprise technology, and many businesses have begun to embrace it in a serious way. One example of this trend can be seen in the alliance between industry heavyweight Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Jabber, a Denver-based IM and presence technology developer. http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=7786 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#WatersIM
"MS Homes in On Jupiter With BizTalk Server Beta. Test Version Seen as First Phase of Jupiter Project." By Joris Evers (IDG News Service). In InfoWorld (June 02, 2003). Microsoft has announced the availability of the first beta version of BizTalk Server 2004, marking the first phase in its 'Jupiter' project to provide software for integrating business applications. Jupiter will unify BizTalk with two of Microsoft's other 'E-Business Server' products, Commerce Server and Content Management Server. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/06/02/HNjupiter_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#EversJupiter
"Starting a Healthy Dialogue. CDC Lays Groundwork for XML-Based National Health Data Exchange." By Ron Miller. In Federal Computer Week (June 02, 2003). Using Extensible Markup Language, Health Level 7 and industry-standard development tools, states can transmit data to CDC from many databases and computer systems in a common messaging format. CDC has developed a base system (general XML schema) for states to use, or they can develop their own systems using grant money supplied by CDC. http://www.fcw.com/supplements/homeland/2003/sup2/hom-system-06-02-03.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#MillerNEDSS
"Federated Identity Management Addresses E-Business Challenges. Industry Commentary." By John Worrall (RSA Security) and Jason Rouault (Hewlett-Packard); RSA and HP are founding members of the Liberty Alliance Project. In Web Services Journal Volume 3, Issue 6 (June 2003), page 58. Because a single organization cannot effectively manage or control an e-business initiative from beginning to end, many are turning to federated identity management to address their e- business challenges. In a federated environment, a user logs on through his identity provider and then leverages that authentication to easily access resources in external domains. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=567 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#WorrallLiberty
"XML Variant Consolidates Business Reporting." By John S. McCright. In eWEEK (June 02, 2003). "The Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) data format could help companies more quickly create reports on business conditions and thus comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act reporting requirements, say proponents of the format. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1113384,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#McCrightXBRL
"Introducing WS-Transaction, Part 1. The Basis of the WS-Transaction Protocol." By Dr. Jim Webber and Dr. Mark Little (Arjuna Technologies Limited). In Web Services Journal Volume 3, Issue 6 (June 2003), pages 28-33 (with 6 figures and source code). WSJ Feature Article. BPEL4WS, WS-Transaction, and WS-Coordination together form the bedrock for reliably choreographing Web services-based applications, providing business process management, transactional integrity, and generic coordination facilities respectively. This article introduces the first publicly available WS-Coordination-based protocol (Web Services Transaction) and shows how WS-Transaction provides atomic transactional coordination for Web services. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=561 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200305.html#WSJ-WSTransaction
"Reconstructing J2EE: Java Business Integration Meets the Enterprise Service Bus. Changing the Economics of Integration." By Dave Chappell (Sonic Software; Web Services Journal Technical Editor). In Web Services Journal Volume 3, Issue 6 (June 2003), pages 12-16 (with 5 figures). An ESB is based on a distributed, federated network model which takes on the responsibility of reliable communication within the network with a common security model, and provides the integration capabilities that allow applications to easily interoperate. Integration capabilities implemented as services and can be independently deployed anywhere within the network. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=558 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200305.html#WSJ-Chappell
"Business Flows with BPEL4WS." By Doron Sherman (CTO, Collaxa). In Web Services Journal. May 2003. With 5 figures. BPEL4WS is now moving rapidly into becoming the de facto standard for Web service orchestration with most platform vendors following in IBM and Microsoft footsteps after the submission of the specification to OASIS. This article illustrates a payment flow example coded using BPEL, highlighting some of the main constructs of the language and demonstrating how the flow can be monitored and managed once it is deployed. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/articlenews.cfm?id=572 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200305.html#WSJ-Sherman
"The Differentiation of Web Services Security. How Can You Leverage Your Investment in Enterprise Security?" By Dave Stanton (Talking Blocks). In Web Services Journal Volume 3, Issue 6 (June 2003), pages 18-20. Web services are message oriented and lack the guarantee of a direct connection between service provider and consumer, so many traditional connection-oriented approaches to common security challenges are inappropriate or insufficient for a Web services security architecture. Understanding the differences in implementing a message-oriented architecture will allow a company to take advantage of new business opportunities. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=559 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200305.html#WSJ-Stanton
"Mappers Write Cookbook 1.0 for Web Services." By Susan M. Menke. In Government Computer News (May 30, 2003). The Open GIS Consortium Inc. has put together a batch of not-yet time-tested recipes in an implementation Cookbook. The consortium's Web Map Service interface specification makes a browser overlay (a maplike raster-graphic image) of multiple data layers from one or more distributed geographic information systems. http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22281-1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200305.html#MenkeWMS
"GSA Chooses Web, XML Access to Data." By Jason Miller. In Government Computer News Volume 22, Number 12 (May 26, 2003). The cost of reporting data to the Federal Procurement Data Center this fall will drop to less than $1 per transaction from a current average of $32. The General Services Administration expects to save the government about $20 million annually on about 500,000 transactions by revamping the Federal Procurement Data System. http://www.gcn.com/22_12/manager/22164-1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200305.html#MillerGSA
"The HumanML Initiative: Enabling Internet Communication in a Global Market." By Russell Ruggiero. From WSReview.com (May 29, 2003). Human Markup Language (HumanML) is a specification being developed by an OASIS TC. HumanML has been designed to represent human characteristics through XML, and is focused on enhancing the fidelity of human communication. http://www.wsreview.com/online/articles/read.cfm?ContentID=3148 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200305.html#Ruggiero
"OASIS to Develop Common Security Language." By Paul Roberts (IDG News Service). In InfoWorld (May 29, 2003). A new committee at OASIS is laying the groundwork for a new classification system to describe Web security vulnerabilities. The OASIS Web Application Security (WAS) Technical Committee will be responsible for developing an XML schema that describes Web security conditions and provides guidelines for classifying and rating the risk level of application vulnerabilities. The new OASIS WAS standards will be similar to the list of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) that is used to standardize the description of network level vulnerabilities. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/29/HNoasissec_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200305.html#RobertsWASTC
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Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html
"UN/CEFACT Plenary Endorses Latest ebXML Specifications." http://xml.coverpages.org/UNCEFACT-Endorse-ebXML.html
"Iopsis Unveils Web Services Assembly Product for ebXML and Business Process Orchestration. Iopsis iNsight Provides Architecture and Modeling Tools for Web Services Applications." http://xml.coverpages.org/Iopsis-iNsight.html
"Microsoft and VeriSign Teaming Up to Provide Next-Generation Security Solutions for Enterprise Customers. Windows Server 2003 and VeriSign Trust Network to Ease Certificate Deployment and Management for a Range of PKI Services." http://xml.coverpages.org/MicrosoftVeriSignPKI.html
"Enigma Has Been Selected By Volvo Cars as the Foundation For Its Global, Integrated Aftersales Support Solution. Standards-Based Technology Delivers Integrated Service and Parts Information in Real Time to Dealers and Independent Service Technicians WorldWide." http://xml.coverpages.org/EnigmaVolvo.html
"OASIS and RosettaNet Form Standards Development-to-Implementation Alliance. Consortia Collaborate to Advance E-Business Standards Across Industries." http://xml.coverpages.org/OASIS-RosettaNet.html
"Industry Leaders Announce New Consortium to Develop Standards for IP- Based Design. SPIRIT Consortium Focused on Increasing Efficiency Through Standards for IP Packaging and IP Tools." http://xml.coverpages.org/SPIRIT-SoC.html
"Jabber, Inc. Announces Global Agreement with HP. HP Becomes Development Partner and Global Reseller of Open-Architected Jabber, Inc. Commercial Product." http://xml.coverpages.org/Jabber-HP.html
"Microsoft Delivers Beta for First Phase of 'Jupiter,' Dubbed BizTalk erver 2004. BizTalk Server 2004 Delivers Jupiter's Core Foundation for E-Business." http://xml.coverpages.org/JupiterBeta.html
"SchemaSoft and W3C to Host SVG Open Conference in July 2003." http://xml.coverpages.org/SVGOpenConference2003.html
"Global Computer Enterprises Wins E-Government Contract from GSA. FPDS-NG Will Collect Procurement Data From Across the Federal Government in Real-Time." http://xml.coverpages.org/GCE-GSA.html
"New XML DTD Describes Standard Content Model for Electronic Archiving and Publishing of Journal Articles." http://xml.coverpages.org/NLM-JournalDTDs.html
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Selected references from the events calendar at: http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html
SVG Open 2003. July 13 - 18, 2003. Westin Bayshore Resort and Marina, Vancouver, BC, Canada. http://www.svgopen.org/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#SVG-Open2003
O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention (OSCON) 2003. "Extend and Embrace." July 7 - 11, 2003. Portland Marriot Downtown, Portland, Oregon, USA. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2003/ http://xml.coverpages.org/clippings200301.html#clip2003-01-21-d http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#oscon2003
BPM 2003: International Conference On Business Process Management. "On the Application of Formal Methods to 'Process-Aware Information Systems." June 26 - 27, 2003. Eindhoven, The Netherlands. http://tmitwww.tm.tue.nl/bpm2003/
The Eighth Global Grid Forum (GGF8). "Building Grids: Obstacles and Opportunities." June 24 - 27, 2003. Seattle, WA, USA. http://www.ggf.org/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#ggf8
The First International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2003). June 23 - 26, 2003. Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. http://tab.computer.org/tfec/icws03 http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#icws03
Open Publish 2003. June 23 - 25, 2003, Sheraton Society Hill Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. http://xml.coverpages.org/OpenPublish2003PA.html http://www.open-publish.com/openpublish/2003/about.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#OpenPublish2003PA
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/schedule/index.en.jsp http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#javaone2003
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