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Cover Pages Newsletter
August 12, 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]
IBM Releases Updated Web Services Tool Kit for Mobile Devices.
IBM alphaWorks has released an update for its Web Services Tool Kit for Mobile Devices. Release 2.0.1 provides a preview implementation of the "J2ME Web Services Specification" (JSR 172) v 0.9 specification, together with support for J2ME, WCE, and SMF environments. The WSTKMD provides tools and run-time environments for development of applications that use Web Services on small mobile devices, gateway devices, and intelligent controllers.
http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-08-08-a.html
OASIS Members Form Product Life Cycle Support Technical Committee.
OASIS has announced a Product Life Cycle Support Technical Committee supporting owners/operators of complex products and systems such as aircraft, ships and power plants. The PLCS TC will establish structured data exchange and sharing capabilities for use by industry to support complex engineered assets throughout their total life cycle. Data Exchange Sets (DEXs) will be based upon the new ISO 10303 (STEP) Application Protocol 239.
http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-08-07-a.html
W3C Releases Public Working Draft for the Ink Markup Language (InkML).
The W3C Multimodal Interaction Working Group has issued an "Ink Markup Language" working draft defining a data format for representing ink entered with an electronic pen or stylus. InkML markup supports the input and processing of handwriting, gestures, sketches, music, and other notational languages. It provides a common format for exchange of ink data between handwriting and gesture recognizers, signature verifiers, and other ink-aware modules.
http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-08-06-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
"Fast Web Services." By Paul Sandoz, Santiago Pericas-Geertsen, Kohuske Kawaguchi, Marc Hadley, and Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart. Sun Microsystems Web Services library. Appendices include a WSDL Example and an ASN.1 Schema for SOAP. With 21 references. August 2003. Fast Web Services is an initiative at Sun Microsystems aimed at the identification of performance problems in existing implementations of Web Services standards. Fast Web Services explores the use of more efficient binary encodings as an alternative to textual XML representations. http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/WebServices/fastWS/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#FastWS
"The XML Enabled Directory." By Steven Legg (Adacel Technologies Ltd) and Daniel Prager (Department of Computing and Mathematics, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia). IETF Internet Draft. Reference: 'draft-legg-xed-roadmap-00.txt'. Intended Category: Standard Track. 10 pages. The XML Enabled Directory (XED) framework leverages existing Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and X.500 directory technology to create a directory service that stores, manages and transmits Extensible Markup Language (XML) format data, while maintaining interoperability with LDAP clients, X.500 Directory User Agents (DUAs), and X.500 Directory System Agents (DSAs). http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-legg-xed-roadmap-00.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#XEDIntro
"XED: Schema Language Integration." By Steven Legg (Adacel Technologies Ltd) and Daniel Prager (Department of Computing and Mathematics, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia). IETF Internet Draft. Reference: 'draft-legg-xed-glue-00.txt'. Intended Category: Standard Track. August 7, 2003. 14 pages. This document defines the means by which an Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) specification can incorporate the definitions of types and elements in specifications written in other Extensible Markup Language (XML) schema languages. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-legg-xed-glue-00.txt http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#XEDSchema
"Mindreef SOAPscope 1.0. Bring SOAP Protocol into View with Handy Diagnostic Tool." By Joe Mitchko. In Web Services Journal Volume 3, Issue 7 (July 2003), pages 54-55. Mindreef SOAPscope 1.0 is a Web services diagnostic tool, designed to provide toolkit-independent logging and monitoring of SOAP network traffic. It is composed of two components, a network sniffer and a browser-based message viewer. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/article.cfm?id=597 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#SOAPscope10
"Instant Logging: Harness the Power of log4j with Jabber. Learn How to Extend the log4j Framework with Your Own Appenders." By Ruth Zamorano and Rafael Luque (Orange Soft). From IBM developerWorks, Java technology. August 12, 2003. The authors explain how to use the extension ability of log4j to enable distributed Java applications to be monitored by instant messaging (IM). http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-instlog/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#Zamorano
"JBoss Fork Spawns Apache Project. ASF Begins Work on New J2EE Server Called Geronimo." By Robert McMillan. In InfoWorld (August 11, 2003). A rift between the developers of the open source JBoss J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) application server has brought the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) into the J2EE game. The ASF announced that it had begun work on a new J2EE server called Geronimo. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/08/11/HNjbossapache_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#Geronimo
"STnG: A Streaming Transformations and Glue Framework." By K. Ari Krupnikov (Research Associate, University of Edinburgh, HCRC Language Technology Group). In [Preliminary] Proceedings for Extreme Markup Languages 2003, held in August 2003, Montréal, Québec. STnG is a framework for processing XML and other structured text. The goal is to allow complex transformations beyond those afforded by traditional XML transforming tools, such as XSLT, yet make the framework simple to use. http://www.mulberrytech.com/Extreme/Proceedings/html/2003/Krupnikov01/EML2003Krupnikov01.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#Krupnikov
"XIndirect: Indirect Addressing for XML." By W. Eliot Kimber (ISOGEN International, LLC). In [Preliminary] Proceedings for Extreme Markup Languages 2003, held in August 2003, Montréal, Québec. XIndirect defines a simple mechanism for representing indirect addresses that can be used with other XML-based linking and addressing facilities, such as XLink and XInclude. This paper illustrates some of the key use cases that motivate the need for the XIndirect facility, describes the facility itself, and discusses a reference implementation of the XIndirect facility. http://www.mulberrytech.com/Extreme/Proceedings/html/2003/Kimber01/EML2003Kimber01.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#KimberXIndirect
"Datatype- and Namespace-Aware DTDs: A Minimal Extension." By Fabio Vitali, Nicola Amorosi, and Nicola Gessa (Department of Computer Science, University of Bologna). In [Preliminary] Proceedings for Extreme Markup Languages 2003, held in August 2003, Montréal, Québec. DTD++ provides a DTD-like syntax to XML Schema constructs, thereby enriching the ease of use and reading of DTDs with the expressive power of XML Schema. http://www.mulberrytech.com/Extreme/Proceedings/html/2003/Gessa01/EML2003Gessa01.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#VitaliDTDs
"New and Improved String Handling." By Bob DuCharme. From XML.com (August 06, 2003). In this Transforming XML column Bob DuCharme explains some of the new and improved string handling functions -- for concatenation, search, and replace -- in XSLT/XPath 2.0. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/08/06/tr.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#DuCharmeString
"XACML J2SE Platform Policy Profile." By Anne H. Anderson (Sun Microsystems Laboratories, Burlington, MA, USA). Version 1.28. Updated July 21, 2003. This document contains a proposed profile for supporting use of OASIS eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) Version 1.0 policies for applications written for the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE). The proposal recommends creation of a J2SE Policy Provider that accepts XACML policies as its policy input. http://research.sun.com/projects/xacml/J2SEPolicyProvider.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#AndersonXACML
"Web Services Architecture." Edited by David Booth (W3C Fellow / Hewlett-Packard), Hugo Haas (W3C), Francis McCabe (Fujitsu Labs of America), Eric Newcomer (Iona), Michael Champion (Software AG), Chris Ferris (IBM), David Orchard (BEA Systems). W3C Working Draft 8- August-2003. Third public Working Draft, produced by the W3C Web Services Architecture Working Group as part of the W3C Web Services Activity. This document defines the Web Services Architecture. The architecture identifies the functional components, defines the relationships among those components, and establishes a set of constraints upon each to effect the desired properties of the overall architecture. Since the last publication, the concepts and relationships have been organized into five architectural models. http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-ws-arch-20030808/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#WSA200308
"XML Namespaces and Training Wheels. It Would Help to Have Tools to Avoid Creating Problems for Downstream Applications." By Jon Udell. In InfoWorld (August 08, 2003). There is an ongoing controversy in the XML world about the use of a feature called namespaces. The idea is to be able to mix and match XML vocabularies in a modular way [but] clearly there's something counter-intuitive about XML namespaces. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/08/08/31OPstrategic_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#UdellNamespaces
"Special Report: E-Gov Under Construction." By Gail Repsher Emery. In Washington Technology (July 21, 2003). A look at three prominent programs reveals how far government has come and how far it has to go. http://www.wtonline.com/news/18_8/news/21222-1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#EmeryEgov
"BEA Pins Future on Weblogic as Integration Software. Greatly Expanded Role for Workshop Development Tool." By Robert McMillan. In InfoWorld (August 04, 2003). Executives from BEA Systems Inc. outlined their vision of BEA as an integration software vendor at the official launch of BEA's WebLogic 8.1 product, which represents a major upgrade to the previous version of the product. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/08/04/HNbeafuture_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200308.html#McMillanBEA
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Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html
"Mindreef Announces Availability of SOAPscope 2.0. Features First WSDL Interoperability Checker, Including Rules for WS-I Basic Profile 1.0." http://xml.coverpages.org/SOAPscopeV20.html
"WS-I Announces General Availability of the Basic Profile 1.0. WS-I Member Community Delivers Guidelines to Ensure Interoperability, Reduce Cost and Lower Complexity of Implementing Web Services Solutions." http://xml.coverpages.org/BasicProfileV10.html
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Selected references from the events calendar at: http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html
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
ICWS-Europe 2003. The International Conference on Web Services - Europe 2003. "Web Services Architectures, Infrastructures and Applications." September 23 - 24, 2003. Erfurt, Germany. http://www.jeckle.de/ICWS03-Europe http://www.jeckle.de/ICWS03-Europe/cfp.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/ICWS-Europe2003.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#ICWS-Europe03
W3C Event on P3P and Enterprise Privacy Languages. September 09, 2003. IBM Center, Sydney, Australia. http://www.w3.org/2003/09/09-sydney.html http://www.privacyconference2003.org/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#W3Cprivacy
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
24th Internationalization and Unicode Conference. "Unicode, Internationalization and the Web: Powering Global Business." September 3 - 5, 2003. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. http://www.unicode.org/iuc/iuc24/ http://www.unicode.org/iuc/iuc24/program.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#iuc24
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
First Universal Data Element Framework (UDEF) Conference. "Industry Trends Toward Automated Data Integration." August 19, 2003. Whitaker Hall, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. http://www.envision.com/feature/ http://www.envision.com/feature/udefagenda.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#udef1
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
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