==================================================================== Cover Pages Newsletter January 27, 2004 Website: http://xml.coverpages.org Hosted by: OASIS Sponsored by: Global eXchange Services, Innodata Isogen, SAP, and Sun Microsystems ==================================================================== CONTENTS Featured News Stories Selected Articles and Papers Selected from the Press Events Cover Pages Sponsors -------------------------------------------------------------------- Featured News Stories -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Microsoft Files for Patents Related to XML Parsing and Word Processing. Patent applications related to XML processing have been filed by Microsoft with various patent offices worldwide. "Word-Processing Document Stored in a Single XML File" has been filed in the European Patent Office, and similarly in Canada (CIPO) and New Zealand (IPONZ). Applications to the USPTO include "System and Method for Validating an XML Document and Reporting Schema Violations" and "Word Processor for Freestyle Editing of Well-Formed XML Documents." http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2004-01-27-a.html OASIS Web Services Security TC (WSS) Approves Committee Draft Specifications. Five documents approved as Committee Draft specifications by the OASIS Web Services Security (WSS) TC are being submitted for consideration as OASIS standards. The main CDs include "Web Services Security: SOAP Message Security 1.0," "Web Services Security UsernameToken Profile," and "Web Services Security X.509 Certificate Token Profile." The WSS specification describes enhancements to SOAP messaging to provide message integrity and confidentiality. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2004-01-26-a.html IBM and X-Hive Present XML Schema API as a W3C Member Submission. IBM and X-Hive have submitted an "XML Schema API" to W3C. The specification provides API access to properties of the XML Information Set, and is implemented in Apache Xerces2 Java Parser. The document defines interfaces allow ing developers to access the XML Schema components which follow as a consequence of validation and/or assessment, a set of interfaces for accessing the PSVI from an instance, and a set of interfaces for loading XML Schema documents. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2004-01-23-a.html OJP Releases Global Justice XML Data Model (GJXDM) Version 3.0 Operational Version. The U.S. Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global) and Office of Justice Programs (OJP) have released the first operational version of the Global Justice Extensible Markup Language (XML) Data Model (GJXDM) Version 3.0 to the justice community. More than 50 law enforcement and justice-related projects have been implemented using the GJXDM prerelease versions. The goal is public safety based upon automated cross-jurisdiction data sharing. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2004-01-22-a.html OASIS Members Form XRI Data Interchange (XDI) Technical Committee. A new OASIS XDI Technical Committee has been created to define a generalized, extensible, location-, application-, and transport- independent service for sharing, linking, and synchronizing data over the Internet and other data networks. XDI supports the creation of a "dataweb" using XML documents and XRIs (Extensible Resource Identifiers), a URI-compatible abstract identifier scheme defined by the OASIS XRI TC. XDI TC deliverables are to be royalty-free. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2004-01-21-b.html Approved OpenLS Specification Supports Interoperable Location Service Applications. The OpenGIS Consortium (OGC) has approved the Location Services (OpenLS) Implementation Specification for public release. OpenLS defines access to the Core Services and Abstract Data Types (ADT) that comprise the GeoMobility Server, an open location services platform. Core interfaces are defined for accessing directory services, route determination, location determination gateway, geocoding, reverse geocoding, and portrayal services using standard Web protocols. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2004-01-21-a.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- Selected Articles and Papers -------------------------------------------------------------------- Selections of abstracted and annotated articles/clippings at: http://xml.coverpages.org/articles.html http://xml.coverpages.org/clippings.html "Web Services Security Spec Moves Toward Approval. OASIS Braces for Membership Vote." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (January 27, 2004). WS- Security, a widely supported proposal for securing Web services, could become an official OASIS standard by March. OASIS in mid-February anticipates a full-membership vote on the WS-Security specification, which is intended to provide critical security for Web services. http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/27/HNwssecurity_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#KrillWSS "XML in Yukon: New Version Showcases Native XML Type and Advanced Data Handling." By Bob Beauchemin. In Microsoft MSDN Magazine (February 2004). The next version of Microsoft SQL Server, code-named 'Yukon,' adds native XML data storage to the database management system (DBMS) through a new native XML data type. The introduction of this native XML data type, coupled with the emerging industry standard XQuery language, should spark a revolution in database application development. http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/02/XMLinYukon/default.aspx http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#Beauchemin "Oracle to Add RFID Support to Warehouse Application." By John Pallatto. In eWEEK (January 05, 2004). Oracle Corp. said it plans to release a new version of Oracle Warehouse Management in the summer season that will support radio frequency identification (RFID) and electronic product code (EPC) features. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1467942,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#Pallatto "Inside XAML." By Ian Griffiths. From O'Reilly ONDotnet.com (January 05, 2004). One of Longhorn's most interesting technologies for developers is its new XML-based markup language, codenamed XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language). This article looks at how XAML relates to the underlying support provided by WinFX. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/01/19/longhorn.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#Griffiths "Parasoft Touts Security, WS-I in Web Services Test Tool. Web Services Product Complies With Industry Efforts." By Paul Krill. In InfoWorld (January 27, 2004). Parasoft is releasing SOAPtest 2.5, an upgrade of the company's Web services testing tool that sports security enhancements and adherence to upcoming WS-I test tool functions. http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/27/HNparasoft_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#KrillParasoft "XForms 1.1 Requirements." Edited by John Boyer (PureEdge Solutions Inc), Roland Merrick (IBM), and Sebastian Schnitzenbaumer (SAP). W3C Working Group Note. 26-January-2004. "XForms is an XML application that represents the next generation of forms for the Web. XForms 1.1 version makes incremental improvements over version 1.0 to provide expanded behaviors for the existing and established XForms Model-View- Controller Framework and by embracing SOAP. It also makes adjustments to XForms to facilitate its adoption in other host languages. http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/NOTE-xforms-11-req-20040126/ http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#XFormsV11Req "XML Data Formats Take Center Stage in the Financial Services Industry." By Uche Ogbuji. From XMLHack.com (January 05, 2004). The Third Annual XML for Financial Services conference, held in New York City, USA, casts doubt on the conventional wisdom about Web services and the role of tightly-coupled middleware in real-world XML developments. This conference is dominated by technical managers from the Financial Services industry. http://www.xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2148 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#OgbujiFinance "IBM Patents Developer Payment Method." By Darryl K. Taft. In eWEEK (January 27, 2004). In a nod to the open-source development model, IBM has patented a scheme that maps out a method of payment for broad numbers of developers working together on projects, a move that has upset some developers. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1462778,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#TaftIBM "OWL Web Ontology Language: Parsing OWL in RDF/XML." By Sean Bechhofer (University of Manchester). W3C Working Group Note. 21-January-2004. An OWL-RDF parser takes an RDF/XML file and attempts to construct an OWL ontology that corresponds to the triples represented in the RDF. This document describes a basic strategy that could be used in such a parser. http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/NOTE-owl-parsing-20040121 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#ParsingOWL "Use XInclude to Synchronize WSDL with Source Schemata. Importing the Payload Format for Document/Literal Message Descriptions." By Uche Ogbuji (Principal Consultant, Fourthought, Inc). From IBM developerWorks. January 22, 2004. This article shows how to use XInclude to incorporate external schema fragments into a WSDL file. XInclude is simple and is supported by many XML tools. It is a handy tool for many situations, and can certainly help improve the maintenance of document/literal style WSDL documents. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-tipxinc.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#XInclude "A Standards-Based Registry/Repository Using UK MOD Requirements as a Basis." By Paul Spencer (with OASIS TC Members). Version 0.3 (draft). January 22, 2004. 13 pages. This paper is the result of a joint study by Paul Spencer and three OASIS Technical Committees -- the ebXML Registry TC (regrep), the Content Assembly Mechanism (CAM) TC and the e-Government TC. It considers whether and how the standards being developed by the regrep and CAM TCs can help meet the needs of the MOD, and wider Government needs, for managing schema components. http://boynings.co.uk/mod/regrep-currentdraft.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#Spencer "Lightweight XML Search Servers." By Jon Udell. In XML.com (January 21, 2004). The author demonstrated a browser-based technique for searching XHTML/CSS content using XPath. I've been using a variation of this technique on my weblog. In the spirit of this lightweight browser-based solution, he creates an equally lightweight server-based version based on Python and libxml2/libxslt. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/01/21/udell.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#UdellServers "Web Services Make Enterprise Strides." By Peter Coffee. In eWEEK (January 19, 2004). Web services crossed key thresholds of enterprise acceptance during the last months of 2003, with corporate IT builders expressing dramatically greater interest in using the model for transactions up and down the supply chain as well as for in-house applications. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1455562,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#Coffee "A Survey of XML Standards. Part 1: The Core Standards.." By Uche Ogbuji (Principal Consultant, Fourthought, Inc). From IBM developerWorks. January 20, 2004. The author provides a summary of what the most important XML technologies, and discusses how they each fit into the greater scope of things in the XML world. He also recommend tutorials and other useful resources for evaluating and learning to use each technology. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-stand1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#OgbujiSurvey "Eclipse 3.0 Upgrade Demos on Tap at EclipseCon." By Vance McCarthy. >From Integration Developer News (January 09, 2004). Eclipse developers are hard at work on upgrade features for Eclipse 3.0, slated for release in summer 2004. Key improvements will include a generalized Eclipse platform for building non-IDE applications, increased UI responsiveness, improved user experience, and generalized Java tools to support Java like languages. http://idevnews.com/IntegrationNews.asp?ID=97 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#McCarthy "Learn XForms Today: XForms Institute." By Micah Dubinko. In O'Reilly ONLamp.com (January 18, 2004). Readers have asked for a gentler tutorial to W3C XForms, and others have asked to see some examples of 'real-world' XForms. The new XForms Institute (Interactive XForms School) web site provides both, with progressive lessons and interactive quizzes, written without script in XForms. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/wlg/4214 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#DubinkoXFI "RSS for President." By Steve Gillmor. In eWEEK (January 20, 2004). The Net has enormously accelerated the conversation that the aggregated campaigns have joined. A range of collaboration software, from sales force automation to wikis to the nascent social software tools, has compressed the electorate into rapidly forming affinity groups. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1454345,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#GillmorCampaigns "Telco Punts $2.5m on Interactive-Voice XML." By Julian Bajkowski. In ComputerWorld Australia (January 20, 2004). AAPT will invest more than $2.5 million on a new, VXML-based retail-customer interactive voice project that ports directly back into its mainframe billing and transaction systems in an effort to reduce call centre and administration costs. http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=717782077 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#Bajkowski "Red Hat Offers Software Warranty." By Stephen Shankland. In CNET News.com (January 19, 2004). "In response to SCO Group's legal action against Linux, Red Hat is offering new legal protection that guarantees the company will replace any code found to infringe copyrights. http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5143326.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#Shankland "Software Patents 'Threaten Linux'." By Clark Boyd and Bruce Perens. In BBC News, UK Edition (January 23, 2004). Open source advocate Bruce Perens tells BBC technology correspondent Clark Boyd why the real threat to Linux and the open source movement is not from the SCO lawsuits, but from software patents. Perens: "We're looking at a future where only the very largest companies will be able to implement software, and it will technically be illegal for other people to do so." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3422853.stm http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#PerensSCO "Next-Generation E-Forms." By Jon Udell. In InfoWorld (January 23, 2004). E-forms provide a more accurate, intuitive replacement for paper forms than plain HTML forms or antiseptic data entry screens. Common to all the vendors' approaches is the use of XML as the bridge between applications that gather data from end-users and the back- office systems that absorb that data. http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/23/04FEforms_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#UdellEForms "SAML Tops Federation Projects Survey." By Dave Kearns. In Network World (January 09, 2004). Ping Identity, sponsor of the SourceID Web site, recently surveyed folks who downloaded its open-source Liberty Alliance tool kit. SAML is the transport mechanism for the Liberty Alliance proposals, and one of the allowed transports for WS- Federation, but it appears that a number of projects are working directly with SAML and by-passing the 'higher' layers of the two competing standards. http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/dir/2004/0119id1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#KearnsSAML "ebXML Adoption Update." By Monica Martin (Sun Microsystems) and others, ebXML MARKETING. December 22, 2003. 44 pages. OASIS ebXML Marketing has prepared this document in collaboration with OASIS member organizations and partners to give a global picture of the current status of ebXML adoption. The report aims at increasing awareness of the substantial amount of ebXML-related activity occurring throughout the world today; it summarizes the status of close to 100 completed, ongoing, or progressive ebXML-related projects. http://www.ebxml.org/documents/ebxml_adopt_update_122203.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#ebXMLAdopt "Multimodal Interaction on the Web." By Peter Mikhalenko. In XML.com (January 21, 2004). The W3C Multimodal Interaction Activity is developing specifications as a basis for a new breed of Web application with multiple modes of interaction. It is implemented by several drafts (InkML, EMMA) which are reviewed in this article. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/01/21/multimodal.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#Mikhalenko "Tags for Identifying Languages." By Addison Phillips (Editor, webMethods, Inc) and Mark Davis (IBM). IETF Network Working Group, Internet Draft. Reference: 'draft-phillips-langtags-02'. December 17, 2003; expires June 16, 2004. 29 pages. Document design goals are to maintain backward compatibility, reduce the need for large numbers of registrations, provide a more formal structure to allow parsing into subtags even where software does not have the latest registrations, provide stability in the face of potential instability in ISO 639, 3166, and 15924 codes, and allow for external extension mechanisms. http://www.inter-locale.com/ID/draft-phillips-langtags-02.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#PhillipsLangTag [Apropos of Localization:] "GDP by Language." By Mark Davis (President, The Unicode Consortium; IBM Corporation). Unicode Technical Note #13, Version 1 (first public version). 2003-01-22. While English is a major language, it only accounts for around 30% of the world Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and is likely to account for less in the future. Neglecting other languages means ignoring quite significant potential markets. http://www.unicode.org/notes/tn13/tn13-1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#DavisGDP "Microsoft Seeks XML-Related Patents." By David Becker. From CNET News.com (January 23, 2004) Microsoft applies for patents that could prevent competing applications from reading documents created with the latest version of Office. XML capabilities have been one of the main selling points for Office 2003. The patents could create a barrier for competing software, such as future versions of OpenOffice and StarOffice, from working with Microsoft's XML format. http://news.com.com/2100-1013-5146581.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#beckerEUPatent "Word-Processing Document Stored in a Single XML File." European Patent Office. Patent Number: EP1376387. [Register] Publication Date: 2004-01-02. Date of filing: April 30, 2003. Inventor(s): Krueger Anthony D (US); Jones Brian M (US); Bishop Andrew K (US); Little Robert A (US); Sawicki Marcin (US); Snyder Daniel R (US) Applicant(S): Microsoft Corp (US). "A word processor including a native XML file format is provided. The well formed XML file fully represents the the word-processor document, and fully supports 100% of the word- processor's rich formatting. There are no feature losses when saving the word-processor document as XML. A published XSD file defines all the rules behind the word-processor's XML file format..." http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#MSPatentEU "System and Method for Validating an XML Document and Reporting Schema Violations." United States Patent Application #20040006744. Assignee: Microsoft Corporation. Application publication date: January 8, 2004. "Inventors: Jones, Brian M. (Redmond, WA); Sawicki, Marcin (Kirkland, WA); Little, Robert A. (Redmond, WA)." Patent application filed: June 27, 2002. "A system and method for validating an extensible markup language (XML) document and reporting schema violations in real time. A parallel tree is maintained that includes nodes corresponding to non-native XML elements of the XML document. When changes occur to the XML document, the non-native XML elements corresponding to the changes are marked..." http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#MSPatent "Microsoft Justifies Its XML Patent Moves." By Mary Jo Foley. From Microsoft Watch (January 23, 2004). Microsoft's Not-So-Secret Plot to Overthrow XML? Microsoft is seeking to patent XML interoperability technology around Word. The company claims it isn't seeking to derail XML. And it denies that its patent moves contradict its decision last fall to open up its XML schemas for Word, Excel and InfoPath. Is Microsoft within its rights to seek protection for technology that rides above the XML standard? Or is this just another example of Microsoft seeking to monkey with standards? http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,4248,1458631,00.asp http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#FoleyMSPatents "Globus Details Roadmap for Toolkit. Grid Computing Software to Gain Performance, Reliability and Usability." By Joris Evers. In InfoWorld (January 22, 2004). The Globus Alliance plans to release an updated version of its Globus Toolkit for grid computing in March 2004, adding performance, reliability and usability improvements and bug fixes. The 4.0 release of the GT will include support for draft WS-Resource Framework (WSRF) specifications. http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/22/HNglobusmap_1.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#EversGT "WS-Resource Framework:Globus Alliance Perspectives." By Ian Foster (Argonne National Laboratory / University of Chicago / Globus Alliance). Presentation January 20, 2004 at GlobusWORLD 2004. See especially slide #9, "From OGSI to WSRF:Refactoring and Evolution." "... Despite enthusiasm for OGSI [Open Grid Services Infrastructure (OGSI) Version 1.0], adoption within Web community turned out to be problematic. The solution: WSRF partitions OGSI version 1.0 functionality into a family of composable specifications, tones down the usage of XML Schema, and makes an explicit distinction between the 'service' and the stateful 'resources' acted upon by that service. http://xml.coverpages.org/FosterWSRF200401.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#FosterWSRF "Grid and Web Services to Converge." By Peter Abrahams (Bloor Research). In IT-Analysis (January 23, 2004). Announcements were made for new web services specifications necessary to make the grid computer resources available to the applications without the applications having to be grid aware. The two are the WS-Resource Framework and the WS-Notification. http://www.it-analysis.com/article.php?articleid=11602 http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#AbrahamsWSRF "HP, IBM and Akamai Bring Web Services to Grid Computing." By Jay Lyman. From TechNewsWorld (January 21, 2004). In an effort to pair and propel two emerging technologies, IBM, HP, Akamai, and other tech companies have proposed new specifications to integrate grid computing with Web services. Rob Batchelder, industry analyst and president of IT consultancy Relevance, said the joining makes perfect sense. http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/story/32652.html http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlPapers200401.html#Lyman -------------------------------------------------------------------- Selected from the Press -------------------------------------------------------------------- Selected references for abstracted and annotated industry news at: http://xml.coverpages.org/press.html "CambridgeDocs Announces Linux Versions of Its xDoc Server Products for XML Conversion and Publishing. Server Provides End to End Document Transformation and Publishing Services Using XML for Unstructured Content for Linux." http://xml.coverpages.org/xDoc-Linux.html "Parasoft Releases SOAPtest 2.5 for Comprehensive Web Services Testing. Web Services Testing Product Now Offers Security Features, MIME Attachment Support and Enhanced Load Testing Features." http://xml.coverpages.org/SOAPtestV25.html "Denmark Becomes First Country to Adopt OASIS Universal Business Language." http://xml.coverpages.org/Denmark-UBL.html "The OASIS Symposium on Reliable Infrastructures for XML OASIS Annual General Meeting and Technical Committee Meetings to Follow April 26 - 29, 2004 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA." http://xml.coverpages.org/OASIS-Symposium200404.html "OFX Consortium Releases OFX 2.0.2 XML Schema. Building OFX Clients and Servers Now Easier and More Cost-Effective Than Ever." http://xml.coverpages.org/OFX202-Schema.html "OASIS TC Call For Participation: XRI Data Interchange (XDI) Technical Committee." http://xml.coverpages.org/XDI-CFP.html "OGC Members Adopt Implementation Specification for Location Based Services." http://xml.coverpages.org/OpenLS-Ann.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- Events -------------------------------------------------------------------- Selected references from the events calendar at: http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html Extreme Markup Languages 2004. August 2 - 6, 2004. Hotel Europa, Montreal, Canada. http://xml.coverpages.org/Extreme2004CFP.html http://www.mulberrytech.com/Extreme http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#extreme2004 O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) 2004. "Opening the Future: Discover, Develop, Deliver". July 26 - 30, 2004. Portland Marriott Downtown, Portland, OR, USA. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2004/ http://xml.coverpages.org/OSCON2004-CFP.html http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/create/e_sess http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#os2004 2004 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2004). "Convergence of Web Services, Grid Computing, e-Business, and Autonomic Computing." July 6 - 9, 2004. Westin Horton Plaza Hotel, San Diego, California, USA. http://conferences.computer.org/icws/2004/ http://conferences.computer.org/icws/2004/industry.html http://conferences.computer.org/icws/2004/icws-CFP.pdf http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#icws2004 Workshop on XML-Based Richly Annotated Corpora. LREC 2004 Post- Conference Event. May 29, 2004. Lisbon, Portugal. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-12-29-a.html http://coli.lili.uni-bielefeld.de/forschung/xbrac/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#lrec-XML WWW2004. The Thirteenth International World Wide Web Conference. May 17-22, 2004. New York Sheraton, New York, NY, USA. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-09-05-a.html http://www2004.org/ http://www2004.org/cfp/refereed.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#www2004 OASIS Symposium on Reliable Infrastructures for XML. April 26 - 29, 2004. New Orleans Marriott, 555 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA, USA. http://xml.coverpages.org/OASIS-Symposium200404.html http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium/ http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium/program.php http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#oasisSymp200404 ODRL International Workshop 2004. April 21 - 23, 2004. Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria. http://odrl.net/workshop2004/ http://xml.coverpages.org/ODRL-Workshop2004.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#odrl2004 http://xml.coverpages.org/drm.html XML Europe 2004. "Documenting the Future." April 18 - 21, 2004. Amsterdam, Netherlands. http://www.xmleurope.com/2004/ http://www.xmleurope.com/2004/call.asp http://usefulinc.com/edd/blog/contents/2003/11/24-xmleurope/read http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#XMLEurope2004 RIDE WS-ECEG 2004. 14th International Workshop on Research Issues on Data Engineering. Web Services for E-Commerce and E-Government Applications. March 28 - 29, 2004. Omni Parker House Hotel, Boston, MA, USA. http://www.nvc.cs.vt.edu/ride04 http://europa.nvc.cs.vt.edu/ride04/RIDE04_Accepted_Papers.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#ride2004 The Gilbane Conference on Content Management. March 24 - 26, 2004. Los Angeles, CA, USA. http://www.gilbane.com/CM_conference_LA_04.html http://sales.lighthouseseminars.com/lighthouse/conference-grid.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#gilbaneCM200403 DATAX Workshop 2004. International Workshop on Database Technologies for Handling XML information on the Web. March 14, 2004, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. http://xml.coverpages.org/DATAX2004.html http://www.disi.unige.it/person/MesitiM/dataX/ http://www.edbt04.gr/workshops.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#datax2004 AIIM 2004 Conference. March 8 - 10, 2004. Javits Convention Center, New York, NY, USA. http://www.aiim2004.com/ http://www.aiim.org/ http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#aiim2004 Web Services Edge 2004 East International Conference & Expo. February 24 - 26, 2004. Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA, USA. http://www.sys-con.com/webservicesedge2004east http://www.sys-con.com/webservicesedge2004east/papers.cfm http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#wsEdge2004East Third Annual O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. February 9 - 12, 2004. Westin Horton Plaza San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA. http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech/ http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/28/etech04_grid.html http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/28/speakers.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#etech2004 RSA Conference 2004. 13th Annual RSA Event. February 23 - 27, 2004. Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, USA. http://2004.rsaconference.com/ http://2004.rsaconference.com/agenda.aspx http://2004.rsaconference.com/show-at-a-glance.aspx http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#rsa2004 OMG Workshop on Deploying Service Oriented Architectures. February 23 - 26, 2004. San Jose, CA, USA. http://xml.coverpages.org/OMG-SOAWorkshop.html http://www.omg.org/news/releases/pr2003/11-10-03.htm http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#omgSOA EclipseCon 2004. February 2 - 5, 2004. Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, CA, USA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/index.htm http://www.eclipsecon.org/press-release.htm" http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/feb2004foundationpr.html http://xml.coverpages.org/conf.html#EclipseCon2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cover Pages Sponsors -------------------------------------------------------------------- Publication costs for the Cover Pages website and for this newsletter are underwritten by OASIS Members committed to providing this OASIS resource freely to the public: Sun Microsystems, Inc. URL: http://sun.com SAP URL: http://www.sap.com Innodata Isogen URL: http://www.innodata-isogen.com Global eXchange Services URL: http://www.gxs.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send a post to: newsletter-unsubscribe@xml.coverpages.org