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XML/SGML PAVILION AT SEYBOLD

Seybold Seminars New York
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, NYC
Tuesday - Thursday, March 17-19, 1998

At last, it's easy to find the XML and SGML companies you're looking for on the Seybold exhibit floor. The XML/SGML Pavilion provides a central location for all SGML exhibitors, including:

You won't want to miss the XML/SGML Theatre, located in Booth #671 in the center of the XML/SGML Pavilion. Here, you can sit down and be informed and enlightened on a variety of XML and SGML topics from the industry's leading experts. You can even register to win a complimentary one-year Participant Membership in OASIS--a $2000 value--as well as a variety of other valuable offers from OASIS members.

Make plans now to attend these exciting presentations:

Authoring and Publishing SGML and XML with Adobe FrameMaker+SGML

Presented by Adobe Systems
Tuesday 11:00 and 2:00; Wednesday 11:30 and 2:00; and Thursday11:00 and 2:00

Learn how you can create and maintain tagged information without knowing the technicalities of SGML. Adobe FrameMaker+SGML provides a user-friendly environment with professional authoring capabilities and robust WYSIWYG formatting. With FrameMaker+SGML, you can author your information once and publish documents in the format of your choice: PostScript, PDF, HTML, XML and SGML.

XML: What HTML Always Wanted To Be When It Grew Up

Presented by ArborText
Tuesday 1:00 and 3:30; Wednesday 12:30; and Thursday 10:30

The World Wide Web is the most powerful vehicle ever created for global communication and information dissemination. As Internet/Intranet/Extranet capabilities continually to evolve, it is vital to identify the tools and technologies that will maximize the performance, functionality and ease-of-use of tomorrow's Web. Both SGML and HTML offer undeniable benefits for information creation and dissemination, but the short-comings of each are quite pronounced. XML may be the alternative we have been waiting for. This emerging scripting language tool has the potential to streamline and simplify our current use of the World Wide Web for information dissemination, and may drive the development of future Web functionalities.

XML Benefits for Commercial Publishers

Presented by Enigma
Tuesday 12:00

This presentation will show why the potential for direct impact on the consumers of your information, especially via the Web, is greater now than ever. Ways to reap the available benefits will be shown, including: how to turn smart data into increased advertising and subscription revenue; how to make your browsers and clients structure-aware; and browser support--what to take advantage of today and what to plan on in the future. Customer examples will be used to show how XML naturally improves both data presentation and commercial viability of your information and how it smoothly transitions from your current information management strategy.

Content Management with Astoria

Presented by Chrystal Software
Tuesday 2:30, Wednesday 1:30 and Thursday 1:30

In almost every manufacturing industry, product development cycles are being compressed through the use of reusable components and concurrent engineering methods. The documents that support products, however, are still largely handcrafted. Learn how Chrystal Software's product, Astoria, enables organizations to bring engineering efficiencies to the publishing processes and produce documents at the same accelerated pace as products.

How to Leverage SGML for Competitive Advantage in Information

Publishing: Adobe and Texcel
Presented by Adobe Systems and Texcel Wednesday 11:00

Come learn how you can establish an editorial, content management, and publishing system that improves your time to market for traditional products while making it possible to bring new, electronic products to market in a cost-effective and timely way.

Presentation Schedule

Tuesday, March 17
10:30Xyvision
11:00Authoring and Publishing SGML & XML with Adobe FrameMaker+SGML, Adobe
11:30XML in Action: The New Look of Web Documents, RivCom
12:00XML Benefits for Commercial Publishers, Enigma
12:30Inso
1:00XML: What HTML Always Wanted To Be When It Grew Up, ArborText
1:30Texcel
2:00Authoring and Publishing SGML & XML with Adobe FrameMaker+SGML, Adobe
2:30Content Management with Astoria, Chrystal Software
3:00Inso
3:30XML: What HTML Always Wanted To Be When It Grew Up, ArborText

 

Wednesday, March 18
10:30Xyvision
11:00How to Leverage SGML for Competitive Advantage in Information Publishing, Adobe and Texcel
11:30Authoring and Publishing SGML & XML with Adobe FrameMaker+SGML, Adobe
12:00i4i
12:30XML: What HTML Always Wanted To Be When It Grew Up, ArborText
1:00Data Conversion Laboratory
1:30Content Management with Astoria, Chrystal Software
2:00Authoring and Publishing SGML & XML with Adobe FrameMaker+SGML, Adobe
2:30Inso
3:00GCA
3:30AIS/Berger Levrault
4:30Inso
5:00XML in Action: The New Look of Web Documents, RivCom

 

Thursday, March 19
10:30XML: What HTML Always Wanted To Be When It Grew Up, ArborText
11:00Authoring and Publishing SGML & XML with Adobe FrameMaker+SGML, Adobe
1:00Texcel
1:30Content Management with Astoria, Chrystal Software
2:00Authoring and Publishing SGML & XML with Adobe FrameMaker+SGML, Adobe
3:00XML in Action: The New Look of Web Documents, RivCom

 

OTHER SGML/XML ACTIVITIES AT SEYBOLD

Is XML Open: What Are the Possibilities?

Conference session
Tuesday, March 17, 2:00 -3:30 pm

OASIS will moderate this exciting XML session that will explore conformance issues associated with the rapid development of XML tools on the market. Speakers include representatives from Adobe, Microsoft, Netscape and Sun Microsystems.

SGML Free for All

Wednesday, March 18, 7:30 - 9:00 pm.

A Seybold tradition for nearly seven years, the SGML Free for All allows attendees to discuss issues and ask questions pertaining to SGML, XML and other related standards. OASIS, in cooperation with the SGML Forum of New York, Inc., will moderate this year's SGML Free-For-All which will begin with an introductory session defining SGML, XML, HTML and DSSSL and how they all work together. The various tools that are available to support these standards will also be discussed.

Attendees will be asked to submit questions and industry experts will be on hand to answer them and encourage open discussion. As the name implies, there is no charge to attend the SGML Free for All; it is open to all conference and exhibit attendees and exhibitors.

SEYBOLD REGISTRATION

To register for Seybold, contact Seybold Seminars directly at 1-888-473-9265, http://www.seyboldseminars.com.