"DataChannel's submission to XML.org is the Portal Markup Language (PML), which is designed to support inter-portal communication by providing an XML-based description of portal-related data and metadata. PML incorporates the basics of vocabularies such as Dublin Core, Directory Services Markup and WebDAV and will continue to closely track applicable standards of relevance to this arena." [from the announcement 1999-09-13]
Description: "This DTD describes portal related data and metadata. The objective is to allow portals of the same or of different manufacturers to exchange information about the information objects, users, groups, access controls subscriptions and notifications managed by the system. Is is not within the scope of this document to provide a protocol for the syndication process itself." [for release 0.9, 1999-09-13]
[June 27, 2000] Description: "Portal Markup Language. This DTD describes portal related data and metadata. The objective is to allow portals of the same or of different manufacturers to exchange information about the information objects, users, groups, access controls subscriptions and notifications managed by the system. Is is not within the scope of this document to provide a protocol for the syndication process itself. This DTD describes the structure of the Portal Markup Language DOM." FPI: "-//W3C//DTD Specification::19980910//EN".
References:
PML DTD - Portal Markup Language Version 0.9. [local archive copy]
Contact: Norbert Mikula
