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Cover Pages Newsletter
June 10, 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 [Full abstract] http://xml.coverpages.org/covernewsTOP.html [Brief summary] http://xml.coverpages.org/covernews.xml [RSS]
OpenGIS Consortium Adopts Revised Royalty-Free Intellectual Property Rights Policy.
The OpenGIS Consortium has announced the adoption of a revised IPR policy which requires all contributors to license technology on a royalty-free basis. OGC is an international industry consortium of 257 companies, government agencies, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available geo-processing specifications based upon XML. OGC's new patent policy reflects recent work undertaken at the W3C. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-06-10-b.html
OpenTravel Alliance Releases OTA Specification Version 2003A for Travel Related Services.
The OpenTravel Alliance has published OTA Specification Version 2003A which defines XML-based messages for the electronic exchange of business information among all sectors of the travel industry. The XML Message Sets package contains 140 XML Schemas corresponding to events and activities in various travel sectors. OTA Version 2003A provides three new message pairs, new sample instance documents, and expanded business scenarios. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-06-10-a.html
Java Web Services Developer Pack V1.2 Supports WS-I, WS-Security, and UBL Applications.
The Version 1.2 release of the Java Web Services Developer Pack (Java WSDP) includes several new features, including JavaServer Faces technology, a WS-I Supply Chain Management sample application, an early access version of XML and Web services security, and a JAXB 1.0.1 sample which processes a UBL order using JAXB-generated classes. Java WSDP is a free integrated toolkit for building, testing, and deploying XML applications. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-06-05-b.html
OASIS TC Releases Committee Specifications for Service Provisioning Markup Language (SPML).
The OASIS Provisioning Services Technical Committee (PSTC) has adopted draft documents as a Committee Specification set for the Service Provisioning Markup Language (SPML). The TC was chartered to define an XML-based framework for exchanging user, resource, and service provisioning information. The V1.0 specification defines the concepts, operations deployment, and XML schema for an XML-based request and response provisioning protocol. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-06-05-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
"Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax." Edited by Tim Berners-Lee (World Wide Web Consortium), WWW; Roy T. Fielding (Day Software), WWW; Larry Masinter (Adobe Systems Incorporated), WWW. IETF Network Working Group, Internet-Draft. Reference: 'draft-fielding-uri- rfc2396bis-03'. June 6, 2003, expires December 5, 2003. 60 pages. Updates: RFC 1738 (if approved). Obsoletes: 2732, 2396, 1808 (if approved). Appendix D: Summary of Non-editorial Changes. A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a compact string of characters for identifying an abstract or physical resource. This specification defines the generic URI syntax and a process for resolving URI references that might be in relative form, along with guidelines and security considerations for the use of URIs on the Internet. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-fielding-uri-rfc2396bis-03.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#URI-GenericSyntax
"SOAP 1.2." By Rich Salz. From O'Reilly WebServices.xml.com (June 10, 2003). The biggest difference between SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 is that the 1.2 specification is built around the Infoset. The descriptions SOAP message processing are no longer based on syntax but on the information that the message carries; an implementor can determine what information items are important and must be preserved. http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2003/06/10/salz.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#Salz
"Structured Writing, Structured Search." By Jon Udell. From O'Reilly WebServices.xml.com (June 10, 2003). Jon Udell explores further some ideas he's been pursuing with regard to structured search of content marked up with XML. Instead of making these searches web services, relying on the XPath or XQuery interfaces to databases, Jon experiments with moving the querying to the client side, and doing it with JavaScript and XSLT in a web browser. http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2003/06/10/xpathsearch.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#Udell
"How Web Services Helped Israel Deal With Bad Drivers." By Whit Andrews. Gartner Research Note. Case Studies, CS-19-9807. June 03, 2003. Israeli courts used Web services to collect unpaid traffic fines. The project was tied to an amnesty period, so the system had to be built quickly. The payoff for two weeks' work was an inflow of several million dollars. http://www.cw360ms.com/research/gartner/115326.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#Andrews
"Connecting with Java Web Services. BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, JBoss, and Sybase EAServer Plug In to the Next Wave of Web Apps." By Oliver Rist and David Aubrey. In InfoWorld (June 06, 2003). Review: We rounded up the two leading commercial J2EE servers, BEA Systems' WebLogic and IBM's WebSphere, plus a solid also-ran, Sybase's EAServer, and the most popular open source J2EE server, JBoss, and we put them to the test. Deploying Web services on each of these platforms, we evaluated their related management capabilities as well as their support for the core Web services standards, SOAP, XML-RPC (Remote Procedure Call), WSDL, and UDDI. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/06/06/23FEj2ee_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#RistJavaWS
"Java and the Model Driven Architecture." By Peter Varhol (Compuware Corporation). In JavaPro Magazine Volume 7, Number 6 (June 04, 2003), pages 40-41. Applications whose architectures are tied closely to supporting dynamic technologies don't have to become obsolete before their time. Employ MDA's core modeling techniques to separate architecture from implementation and extend the shelf life of distributed applications. http://www.fawcette.com/javapro/2003_06/magazine/columns/weblication/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#Varhol
"XML Catalogs." OASIS Committee Specification 1.0. Edited by Norman Walsh (Sun Microsystems, Inc). June 03, 2003. 36 pages. Produced by members of the OASIS Entity Resolution Technical Committee. A whole generation of tools has been developed without the added complexity of explicit entity management. However, the interoperability of XML documents has been impeded in several ways by the lack of entity management facilities. This Committee Specification defines an entity catalog that maps both external identifiers and arbitrary URI references to URI references. http://xml.coverpages.org/Entity-XMLCatalogs-CS10.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#Catalogs-CS
"IBM Unites Enterprise Development. WSED 5.0 Neatly Supports Legacy Apps, Java, XML, and Web Services Projects." By Maggie Biggs. In InfoWorld (June 06, 2003). With its integrated development environment, WSED 5.0 (WebSphere Studio Enterprise Developer 5.0), IBM has nicely blended development support for mission-critical legacy technologies, such as Cobol and PL/1, together with tools that support Web technologies. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/06/06/23TCwsed_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#Biggs
"Microsoft Enhances FrontPage, SQL Server. Users Can Build Data-Driven Web Sites." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (June 10, 2003). Microsoft has announced efforts to support development of XML-based Web sites in Office FrontPage 2003 and to extend SQL Server database capabilities to more than 50 proprietary databases and files. Part of the Microsoft Office System, FrontPage 2003, will serve as a WYSIWIG Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation Editor (XSLT) editor in which users can work with live data to develop interactive, dynamic Web sites. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/06/11/HNfront_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#KrillFrontPage
"FrontPage to Embed Full XSLT Editor, Blogging Tools." By Barbara Darrow. In CRN (June 10, 2003). Microsoft isn't ready to ship FrontPage 2003 or any of the new Office Systems applications, but it continues to mete out feature info. FrontPage 2003, which Microsoft already has said will target professional Web developers, will incorporate a full WYSIWYG editor for Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSLT). http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=42521 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#DarrowFrontPage
"UDDI Rises From Basement to Board Room." By Peter Coffee. In eWEEK (June 02, 2003). UDDI 2.0, just ratified this month as the highest- level OASIS Open Standard, is already supported in platforms such as Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 and by Microsoft's Visual Studio .Net tool set. UDDI, Version 3 will make UDDI keys more convenient to use and will incorporate digital signature mechanisms for greater confidence in using UDDI with external parties. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1119757,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#CoffeeUDDI
"Introducing Examplotron: The Fastest Road to Schema." By Uche Ogbuji (Principal Consultant, Fourthought, Inc). From IBM developerWorks, XML zone. June 10, 2003. A zoo of XML schema languages is out there, and although some of the beasts are bigger than others none is as friendly as Examplotron. With Examplotron, your example XML document is your schema, for the most part. It requires you to learn very little new syntax, and most of the core features of XML can be specified by providing representative examples in the source. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-xmptron/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#OgbujiExamplotron
"Scripting with Jython Instead of XML." By Jonathan Simon. In Java Today (June 10, 2003). XML is often used as the basis of a custom scripting language; as a result, common programmatic constructs are duplicated and the code is difficult to understand. In this article, the author shows examples from the Java community using XML as a scripting language and the same examples coded in the Jython scripting language. http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2003/06/10/jython.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#Simon
"Design and Test of the Cross-Format Schema Protocol (XFSP) for Networked Virtual Environment." By Ekrem Serin (Lieutenant Junior Grade, Turkish Navy, B. S., Turkish Naval Academy, 1997). Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science from the Naval Postgraduate School. March 2003. 149 pages. The thesis presents a description, design and implementation detail of Cross Format Schema Protocol (XFSP) and a general automatic protocol handler for schema-defined XML document or message. A networked simulation can work for 24x7 with an extensible schema based networking protocol, and it is not necessary to hard code and compile the protocols into the networked virtual environments. http://theses.nps.navy.mil/03Mar_Serin.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#Serin
Java.net: The JCP Alternative? Critics Say Group is Losing Momentum." By Robert McMillan. In InfoWorld (June 09, 2003). Observers are saying that Sun's new Java.net open source portal, which the company unveiled at JavaOne this Tuesday, may prove to be a strategically important move as Sun seeks to remain a vital force in the development of Java standards. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/06/09/HNjavanet_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#McMillan
"Bell Tolling for PNG Graphics Format?" By Paul Festa. In CNET News.com (June 09, 2003). A patent underlying one of the Web's most popular graphics formats (GIF) is set to expire later this month, raising the question of whether a rival, open format, created as a royalty-free alternative, will become obsolete. The situation has also rekindled debate about patents, innovation and the freedom of communication. http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-1014236.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#FestaPNG
"Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification. Second Edition." ISO Reference: Information technology -- Computer graphics and image processing -- Portable Network Graphics (PNG): Functional specification. ISO/IEC 15948:2002 (E). W3C Reference: W3C Proposed Recommendation 1-October-1996, revised 20 May 2003. Second Edition edited by David Duce (Oxford Brookes University). Produced by ISO/IEC JTC1 SC24 and the PNG Group as part of the Graphics Activity within the W3C Interaction Domain. This document describes PNG (Portable Network Graphics), an extensible file format for the lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of raster images. PNG provides a patent-free replacement for GIF and can also replace many common uses of TIFF. http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/PR-PNG-20030520 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#PNGv20
"Microsoft Roads All Lead to Longhorn." By Martin LaMonica. In CNET News.com (June 05, 2003). ['Microsoft this week gave customers a sneak peek at forthcoming development and management tools which are part of company's multiyear plans for the product.'] At the TechEd customer conference, Microsoft executives sketched out its product release plans for the next major release of the Windows desktop operating system, code-named Longhorn. Microsoft is also working on the building blocks, or 'language constructs,' of a programming language called X# that can handle XML data more effectively than current languages. http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1013530.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#LaMonicaLonghorn
"e-Business Messaging Interchange Assessment." From the OASIS/CEFACT Joint Marketing Team. White Paper. May 23, 2003. 19 pages. Supplied by David Webber (Acting Chair, OASIS/CEFACT JMT). The paper evaluates a 'bewildering array' of interchange format and mechanism choices, including FAX, Dial-in IVR, EDI VAN (sftp), AS2 EDIINT, Email, Dial-in modem, Web Pages, SOAP, and ebMS. The report attempts to provide analysis tools that can help the reader decipher the optimum choices for a given set of business needs. http://xml.coverpages.org/OASIS-MessagingReq052303.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#MessagingReqWP
"WebDAV Ordered Collections Protocol." By Jim Whitehead (UC Santa Cruz, Dept. of Computer Science) and Julian F. Reschke (greenbytes GmbH, editor); WWW. IETF WEBDAV Working Group, Internet-Draft. Reference: 'draft-ietf-webdav-ordering-protocol-08'. May 12, 2003, expires November 10, 2003. 43 pages. Under consideration as an IETF Proposed Standard. This specification extends the WebDAV Distributed Authoring Protocol to support server-side ordering of collection members. Of particular interest are orderings that are not based on property values, and so cannot be achieved using a search protocol's ordering option and cannot be maintained automatically by the server. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-webdav-ordering-protocol-08.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#webdavOrderingPS
"Consortium Brings 'Spirit' to IP Integration." By Michael Santarini. In EETimes (June 04, 2003). A new silicon intellectual property (IP) consortium called Spirit (Structure for Packaging, Integrating, and Re-using IP within Tool Flows) will work toward developing a standard IP metadata description in XML code that aims to capture all the IP design, test and integration information and views needed to transfer and exchange IP between companies. http://www.electronicstimes.com/tech/news/OEG20030603S0022 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#Santarini
"Microsoft Schedules Project Update." By David Becker. In CNET News.com (June 04, 2003). Microsoft hopes to make project management a substantial part of office routines with a new version of Microsoft Office Project 2003; like the main Office 2003 applications it will link with, Project will allow workers to output data in XML. http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-1013059.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#BeckerMSProject
"Microsoft's Browser Play." By Paul Festa. In CNET News.com (June 04, 2003). Purveyors and consumers of Web content and software, already unsettled by the pact between archrivals Microsoft and AOL Time Warner, may be in store for an even more radical upset: the end of Microsoft's standalone Internet Explorer browser. http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-1012943.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200306.html#FestaIE
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Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html
"Microsoft Announces Commitment to Support Uniform Code Council in Commercialization of RFID Technology. Microsoft Will Work Closely With Organization to Develop Standards For Radio Frequency Identification Technology." http://xml.coverpages.org/MicrosoftRFID200306.html
"Sun Microsystems Fuses Java Technology and Web Services. Announces Availability of J2EE 1.4 Beta2 SDK, WS-I Basic Profile Support, Web Services Developer Pack Version 1.2, and New Software for Secure Java Technology-Based Web Services. Major Open Source Donation of Web Services Technology to the java.net Initiative." http://xml.coverpages.org/SunJavaWebServices.html
"Sun Microsystems Unveils java.net, the Ultimate Destination for Developers and Focal Point for Open Source Collaboration. Sun Will Contribute Millions of Lines of Code to Newly Launched java.net Community Led by Father of Java Technology, James Gosling. New 'Javapedia' Provides Easy Access to Java Terms and Content, Wikis and Blogs Facilitate Collaboration." http://xml.coverpages.org/SunJavaDotNet.html
"Microsoft Reinvents FrontPage, Tapping Into the Power of XML To Build Live Data-Driven Web Sites. Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Provides More Power to Connect PeopleTo Dynamic Information on the Web." http://xml.coverpages.org/MSFrontPage-XML.html
"OGC Board Approves IPR Policies To Further Safeguard Open, Public Standards." http://xml.coverpages.org/OGC-RF-IPRPolicy.html
"OpenTravel Alliance Announces Publication of OTA Specification Version 2003A." http://xml.coverpages.org/OTA2003ASpec.html
"Tibco Drives Web Services Standards to Benefit Enterprise Customers. TIBCO Continues Leadership in Shaping Interoperability Standards." http://xml.coverpages.org/TIBCO-Enterprise.html
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Selected references from the events calendar at: http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html
Digital ID World Conference 2003. "Identity is Center." October 15 - 17, 2003. Denver, Colorado, USA. http://conference.didw.com/2003/index.php http://conference.didw.com/2003/schedule.php http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#DigitalID2003
Burton Catalyst Conference North America 2003. July 9 - 11, 2003. San Francisco, California, USA. http://www.burtongroup.com/catalyst/catna03/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#catalystNA2003
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
IEEE Conference on E-Commerce (CEC 2003). June 24 - 27, 2003. Newport Beach, California, USA. http://tab.computer.org/tfec/cec03/index.html http://tab.computer.org/tfec/cec03/program.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#cec2003
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
24th International Conference on Application and Theory of Petri Nets. June 23 - 27, 2003. Eindhoven, The Netherlands. http://www.tue.nl/atpn2003/ http://www.tue.nl/atpn2003/call-for-papers.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#atpn2003
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
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