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Cover Pages Newsletter
July 29, 2003
Website: http://xml.coverpages.org
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Sponsored by: Corel Corporation, Global eXchange Services,
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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]
Web Services Composite Application Framework (WS-CAF) for Transaction Coordination.
A draft set of Web Services Composite Application Framework (WS-CAF) specifications outlines an open, multi-level framework for standard coordination of long-running business processes across multiple, incompatible transaction processing models and architectures. The WS- CAF proposal consists of three main specifications: Web Service Context (WS-CTX), Web Service Coordination Framework (WS-CF), and Web Service Transaction Management (WS-TXM).
http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-07-29-a.html
New Scalable Vector Graphics 1.2 Working Draft Positions SVG as an Application Platform.
W3C's updated "Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.2" Working Draft moves SVG beyond an XML format for graphics, positioning it as an application platform. New features include Rendering Custom Components (RCC); Live Templates alternative; dSVG reference (a UI toolkit); filter region extensions; SVGTimer interface; better network data fetching; Document Simple Model (scripting without DOM); tooltips; an experimental RelaxNG schema.
http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-07-25-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
"Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) TC Submission: Web Services Manageability." By Heather Kreger (IBM), Igor Sedukhin (Computer Associates), and Mark Potts (Talking Blocks). July 24, 2003. 10 pages. Posted to the OASIS WSDM TC list by Ellen Stokes (IBM). The Web Services Manageability specification design does not imply the implementation of the manageability or the manager; it captures manageability with XML and WSDL and is consistent with existing standards based Web Service infrastructures. http://xml.coverpages.org/WS-Manageability20030724.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#KregerWS-Manageability
"Introducing BPEL4WS 1.0. Building on WS-Transaction and WS- Coordination." By Dr. Jim Webber and Dr. Mark Little (Arjuna Technologies Limited). In Web Services Journal Volume 3, Issue 8 (August 2003), pages 28-33. With source code and 3 figures. The value of BPEL4WS is that if a business is the sum of its processes, the orchestration and refinement of those processes is critical to an enterprise's continued viability in the marketplace. This article introduces the key features of BPEL4WS and shows how it builds on the features offered by WS-Coordination and WS-Transaction. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=622 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#WebberBPEL4WS
"Double Standards." By Sean Rhody (WSJ Editor-in-Chief). In Web Services Journal Volume 3, Issue 8 (August 2003), page 3. In June I attended the JavaOne conference... and was reminded, once again, that the lack of a single standards body is a serious roadblock to implementation of Web services. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=617 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#Rhody
"Microsoft Brings Secure Web Services Closer." By John McIntosh. In IT-Director.com (July 28, 2003). As the noise of secure communications and identify management continues unabated and vendors clamour at the door, Microsoft's recent announcement of Web Services Enhancements 2.0 might have been missed. WSE is potentially of deep significance for the Web Services market and the security market. http://www.it-director.com/article.php?articleid=11087 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#McIntoshWSE
"Using the WS-I Test Tools." By Yasser Shohoud (Microsoft). July 24, 2003. 18 minutes. Tutorial prepared as an MSDN TV Episode; the presentations is played using the Microsoft Windows Media Player. The Web Services Interoperability organization (WS-I) has published a draft version of the Basic Profile Test Tools, including a Monitor Tool and Analyzer Tool. Yasser Shohoud shows how to use these tools to test your Web service for WS-I Basic Profile conformance. http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/episode.aspx?xml=episodes/en/20030724websvcsys/manifest.xml http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#Shohoud
"Understanding XML Digital Signature." By Rich Salz. In Microsoft MSDN Library (July 30, 2003). This article looks at the XML Digital Signature specification, explaining its processing model and some of its capabilities. It also provides a low-level understanding of how the WS-Security specification implements its message security feature. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwebsrv/html/underxmldigsig.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#SalzDS
"Sun's Proposed New Web Services Standards." By Charles Babcock. In InformationWeek (July 39, 2003). A proposed set of specifications called Web Services-Composite Application Framework (WS-CAF) is designed to take the guesswork and ambiguities out of how to coordinate services from scattered systems into one composite application. http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=12803408 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#BabcockWSCAF
"XHTML-Print." Edited by Jim Bigelow (Hewlett-Packard). W3C Last Call Working Draft, 29-July-2003. Produced by members of the W3C HTML Working Group as part of the W3C HTML Activity. The Last Call review period ends on 7-September-2003. XHTML-Print is a member of the family of XHTML Languages defined by the W3C Recommendation Modularization of XHTML. It is designed to be appropriate for printing from mobile devices to low-cost printers that might not have a full- page buffer and that generally print from top-to-bottom and left-to- right with the paper in a portrait orientation. http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-xhtml-print-20030729 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#XHTML-Print
"Microsoft Plays Hiring Hardball." By Darryl K. Taft. In eWEEK Volume 20, Number 30 (July 28, 2003), pages 1, 16. Microsoft Corp. has been paying top dollar for top talent in an effort to dominate the new playing fields of XML and Web services; during the past 18 months the company has gobbled up some of the best-known XML, Web services and application development brains around. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1204327,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#TaftHiring
"Sun, Oracle, Others Propose Transaction Specification Middleware Vendors Publish Web Services Composite Applications Framework." By James Niccolai and Peter Sayer. In InfoWorld (July 28, 2003). Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., Fujitsu Software Corp., Iona Technologies PLC and Arjuna Technologies Ltd. published the Web Services Composite Applications Framework (WS-CAF), designed to solve problems that arise when groups of Web services are used in combination to complete a transaction or share information. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/07/28/HNtransactionspec_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#NiccolaiWSCAF
"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). W3C Working Draft 28-July-2003. The 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; it is anticipated that different applications will use different vocabularies. http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-CCPP-struct-vocab-20030728/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#CCPP
"IBM To Update Portal With Document Management and Collaboration Technology. New WebSphere Software to Ship Next Month." By Elizabeth Montalbano. In CRN (July 28, 2003). IBM has unveiled an upcoming version of its WebSphere portal that the company says has new capabilities for document management and collaboration. http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=43574 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#MontalbanoWebSphere
"Sun Proposes New Web Services Specifications." By Martin LaMonica. In CNET News.com (July 27, 2003). Sun Microsystems and a handful of partners have announced they are seeking the approval of Web services specifications for coordinating electronic transactions. WS-CAF, which comprises three individual specifications, proposes a mechanism for coordinating transactions across many machines in multistep business processes. http://news.com.com/2100-1013_3-5055658.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#LaMonicaWSCAF
"The Future of XML Documents and Relational Databases. As New Species of XML Documents Are Emerging, Vendors Are Unveiling Increased RDBMS Support for XML." By Jon Udell. In InfoWorld (July 25, 2003). Having absorbed objects, the RDBMS vendors are now working hard to absorb XML documents. XML clinches the argument for moving documents into databases. As business documents morph from existing formats to XML, it becomes possible to correlate the two flavors of data. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/07/25/29FEdocs_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#UdellSpecies
"Interwoven Unwraps Version 6. New Versions of Platform and Server Offer Content Control for Business Users." By Cathleen Moore. In InfoWorld (July 25, 2003). Content management vendor Interwoven has launched new versions of its platform and content server with a new customization framework dubbed 'ContentServices UI Toolkit'. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/07/25/HNinterwoven_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#MooreInterwoven
"Standards Stupidities and Tech's Future." By Charles Cooper. In CNet News.com (July 25, 2003). The technology business may employ more brainy people on a per capita basis than any industry in the world, but when it comes to agreeing on technical standards, the behavior of some of these very bright people more resembles the plot in 'Dumb and Dumber'. http://news.com.com/2010-1071_3-5054062.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#CooperTechFuture
"Eve Maler of Sun Microsystems Discusses the Future of Web Services Security." By Janice J. Heiss. From WebServices.org (July 24, 2003). Janice Heiss speaks to Sun Microsystems' Eve Maler, vice-chair of the WS-I Basic Security Profile Working Group and currently coordinating editor of the SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) Technical Committee, seeking an update on the development of Web services security. http://www.webservices.org/index.php/article/view/1090/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#HeissMaler
"Why Choose RSS 1.0?" By Tony Hammond. In XML.com News (July 23, 2003). RSS, a set of lightweight XML syndication technologies primarily used for relaying news headlines, has been adapted to a wide range of uses from sending out web site descriptions to disseminating blogs. This article looks at a new application area for RSS: syndicating tables of contents for serials publications. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/07/23/rssone.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#Hammond
"Extending RSS." By Danny Ayers. In XML.com News (July 23, 2003). The boom of weblogs has boosted interest a family of applications known as aggregators or newsreaders; currently the two major formats for these data feeds are RSS 1.0 and RSS 2.0. This article shows how the RDF foundation of RSS 1.0 helps when you want to extend RSS 1.0 for uses outside of strict news item syndication, and how existing RDF vocabularies can be incorporated into RSS 1.0. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/07/23/extendingrss.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#AyersRSS
"HP Buys Swedish VoiceXML Company. HP to Expand OpenCall Unit With Purchase of PipeBeach." By Gillian Law. In InfoWorld (July 23, 2003). Hewlett-Packard plans to expand its OpenCall business unit with the purchase of Swedish VoiceXML company PipeBeach. HP will integrate the acquired interactive voice portal products into its OpenCall media platform. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/07/23/HNhpbuys_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200307.html#HP-PipeBeach
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Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html
"NetContinuum and SPI Dynamics Integrate Attack Prevention And Application Vulnerability Assessment Technologies. First Integration Between Independent Solutions Demonstrates Real-World Benefits of Emerging AVDL Standard for Application Security Interoperability." http://xml.coverpages.org/NetContinuum-SPI-Schema.html
"MPEG Approves Another MPEG-21 Technology." http://xml.coverpages.org/MPEG21-5-Trondheim.html
"Global eXchange Services Announces the First Generation of Supply Chain Analytics and Visibility Services. Value-added Solutions Extend the Capabilities of the GXS Transaction Delivery Network." http://xml.coverpages.org/GXS-Analytics.html
"Nortel Networks Announces New Security Products and Security Partner Program. Enhanced Portfolio Offers Customers More Choices in Network Security." http://xml.coverpages.org/NortelWSSecurity.html
"Arjuna Enables Reliable Web Services-Based Business Applications with Arjuna XTS. Technology to Address the Reliable Coordination Issues Preventing the Early Adoption of Serious E-Business Solutions Through Web Services." http://xml.coverpages.org/ArjunaXTS.html
"Industry Leaders Drive Convergence, Publish Web Services Specifications to Coordinate Business Applications. Arjuna Technologies, Fujitsu Software, IONA, Oracle and Sun Microsystems Open Development with Imminent Standardization of Specification Framework." http://xml.coverpages.org/WSCAF-Announce.html
"Orbeon Ships Version 2.0 of Its Open XML Framework (OXF). Productivity, Flexibility, Reuse, and Web Services Are Not Buzzwords Anymore." http://xml.coverpages.org/OXFv20-Announce.html
"Sabre Travel Network Launches Web Services Capabilities for Agents. New Offering Provides Standard, Industry-Accepted, Easy-to-Use Technology to Access Sabre Global Distribution System Products and Capabilities." http://xml.coverpages.org/SabreWebServices.html
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Selected references from the events calendar at: http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html
Web Services Edge West 2003. September 30 - October 2, 2003. Santa Clara, California, USA. http://www.sys-con.com/webservicesedge2003west/index.cfm http://www.sys-con.com/webservicesedge2003west/sched.cfm http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#sysconWSEdgeWest2003
W3C Workshop on Binary Interchange of XML Information Item Sets. September 24 - 26, 2003. Santa Clara, California, USA. http://www.w3.org/2003/07/binary-xml-cfp.html http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-infoset/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#BinaryInterchange
Seybold San Francisco 2003. September 8 - 12, 2003. Moscone Center West, San Francisco, California, USA. http://www.seybold365.com/sf2003/ http://www.seybold365.com/sf2003/conference/glance.php http://xml.coverpages.org/SeyboldSF2003C10.html http://xml.coverpages.org/SeyboldSF2003.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#seyboldSF2003
XML Database Symposium (XSym 2003). September 8, 2003. The Humboldt- Universitaet zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany. http://www.lirmm.fr/~bella/XSym/ http://www.lirmm.fr/~bella/XSym/program.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/XSym2003-CFP.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#XSym2003
HyperText '03. The Fourteenth ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia. August 26 - 30, 2003. Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. http://www.ht03.org/ http://www.ht03.org/papers http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#ht2003
ECDL 2003. Seventh European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. August 17 - 22, 2003. Britannia Hotel, Trondheim, Norway. http://www.ecdl2003.org/ http://www.ecdl2003.org/ecdl.program.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#ECDL2003
XML Web Services One Boston. "Solutions for Practical XML Web Services Development." August 12 - 15, 2003. World Trade Center, Boston, MA, USA. http://www.xmlconference.com/boston/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#wsOneBoston2003
Extreme Markup Languages 2003. August 4 - 8, 2003. Hilton Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. http://www.extrememarkup.com/extreme/2003/program.asp http://www.mulberrytech.com/Extreme/At-A-Glance.html http://www.mulberrytech.com/Extreme http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#Extreme2003
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