XML Industry Support

Adobe

[Table of Contents]

• Adobe Home Page
• [March 02, 1999] "Adobe Founders Chart Direction of Web and Print Publishing. Geschke and Warnock Announce Adobe Strategies, Products and Technologies That Address the Publishing Industry's Needs for the 21st Century." -"Adobe Systems co-chairmen Charles Geschke and John Warnock outlined the company's strategy for continued leadership in providing Web and print publishing solutions. They used the forum to unveil the industry's much-anticipated state-of-the art page layout software, Adobe InDesign. Their presentation also featured a demonstration of Adobe GoLive, the company's new cross-platform professional Web design and publishing software. . . 'Industry collaboration that is based on standards will always be the key to true innovation for both print and the Web,' Geschke continued. 'That is why we are active members of the WWW consortium as co-editors of XML, XSL and CSS and the chairman of the Scalable Vector Graphics committee. I cannot overstate the importance of SVG to the future of Web production'."
• [January 18, 1999] "Adobe Brings Advances in Web Graphics Into the Mainstream." - "Adobe will show SVG [Scalable Vector Graphics] running within Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer and a 'micro-viewer' technology on a range of clients-from hand-held devices to desktop computers. SVG is a part of XML, so it also works seamlessly with JavaScript, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and DOM (Document Object Model) Web standards. This makes SVG easy to manage and control and provides developers with a fully-integrated solution for posting professional graphic content to the Web." Note: 'The W3C has chartered a Scalable Vector Graphics working group to produce a specification for an SVG format, written as a modular XML tagset and usable as an XML namespace, which can be widely implemented in browsers and authoring tools and which is suitable for widespread adoption by the content authoring community as a replacement for many current uses of raster graphics.' [W3C] [local archive copy]
• [October 14, 1998] "Adobe FrameMaker Outputs XML. Adobe FrameMaker Now Supports Word '97 Files and Easy Creation of Web-Ready Documents. Adobe FrameMaker 5.5 and FrameMaker+SGML now output to XML, Import Word 97 Files and Support Placed PDF." - "Create Web-Ready Documents: The ability to export to the Extensible Markup Language (XML), the next generation standard for Web content, allows customers to create and publish searchable content to the Web."
• [April 13, 1998] Adobe Submits Proposal to Improve Quality of Web Graphics with IBM, Netscape, and Sun. Submission of Precision Graphics Markup Language (PGML) Specification Acknowledged by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - PGML as an XML-based vector graphics format for the Web. See also the submission announcement and the the full text. [local archive copy]
• "Precision Graphics Markup Language (PGML) Questions & Answers [From Adobe]."
• [January 1998] "XML Support in FrameMaker Product Line." In Adobe Frame of Reference (January 1998) 7. XML in Adobe FrameMaker 5.5 and FrameMaker+SGML 5.5, Q2 1998.
• [December 9, 1997] Adobe Announces XML Support in FrameMaker Product Line
• [December 9, 1997] "Adobe Prepares to Publish XML." By Alex Lash. In CNET News.com December 9, 1997, 8:55 a.m. PT

AIS/Balise

[Table of Contents]

• AIS White Paper - Balise and XML - Balise Release 4.0 has a set of unique features oriented towards XML support; [local archive copy]
• [December 5, 1997] AIS Software Announces Dual Prism. New Product Provides Solution Framework for Content Management and Online Delivery. Dual Prism integrates SGML, XML, HTML, RDBMS and RTF information sources with Web services.
• [November 1997] AIS Software announces Balise Release 4.0 - Native support of the emerging XML standard; XML document processing with or without DTD. [local archive copy]
• [November 19, 1996] AIS Software, the Software Development Division of BL/AIS, announces XML support in Balise; [local archive copy]

Allaire

[Table of Contents]

• Allaire Home Page
• Creating a Multi-Supplier System with XML. August 11, 1998. In Microsoft's collection of XML Scenarios.
• WDDX Main Section
• [December 08, 1998] "Allaire Announces the Web Distributed Data Exchange (WDDX). XML-based Technology Offered in Newly Released Software Development Kit; WDDX.org Web Site Launched to Support Open-Source Technology Development." - "WDDX gives companies the power to create 'Web Syndicate Networks,' where the content and commerce assets of any Web site can be exposed as services to other Web sites. This technology will enable new types of business on the Web, and increase interoperability between varying Web application platforms."
• [August 31, 1998] "Allaire Corporation Announces ColdFusion 4.0. New Web application server provides enhanced features for scalability and productivity." - "The new release adds additional support for the Extensible Markup Language (XML) and expands connectivity to distributed object technology with support for the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)." See the Allaire home page.
• [July 14, 1998] "Allaire Releases HomeSite 4.0 Beta. More than 75,000 registered users to test product." - "HomeSite 4.0 will support the latest Web standards including XML and the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL). . ."
• [September 15, 1997] "Allaire Introduces Online Exchange for Cold Fusion Custom Tags. Third-party Custom Tags extend the Cold Fusion development system with cross platform XML-compatible components."
• "The XML Solution. The Emerging Distributed Web [Part 3 of 4.]" By Jeremy Allaire. In Columns & Articles [Series] (December 08, 1998). "In this article, Jeremy Allaire describes the purist and pragmatic approaches to XML implementation. The pragmatic approach has been at the center of the Web platform's success and evolution, and the specific opportunities created by XML are at the center of Allaire's XML strategy."

ArborText

[Table of Contents]

• ArborText Home Page
• ArborText Loves XML
• XML Resources
• XML News
• [March 08, 1999] "Arbortext, Inc. Advances Power of XML with 'Free-Form XML Editing' Capability. XTech Attendees to Preview New XML innovation from Arbortext's Epic." - "Arbortext, Inc., today demonstrated a ``free-form'' eXtensible Markup Language (XML) editing capability that will be available in upcoming releases of Epic and ADEPT products. Content management systems that allow free-form editing enable an author to create and refine XML documents without a corresponding DTD, or document type definition, a type of file associated with SGML and XML documents that define how the markup tags should be interpreted by the application presenting the document. Arbortext's support for free-form editing means Epic and ADEPT users can edit well-formed XML documents as easily as they edit valid XML documents today."
• [February 02, 1999] "Arbortext, Inc. Enhances Senior Management Team With CFO, Marketing, Sales and Business Development Appointments. Arbortext Continues To Positions Itself For Success in the Enterprise Software Arena." - "Arbortext, Inc., a leading provider of XML-based enterprise software that lets companies share, manage and reuse vital information across the enterprise product information chain, announced today the appointments of four experienced members to its executive management team. The four executives will provide the talent and experience needed to drive Arbortext's powerful Epic solution (Enterprise Product Information Chain), introduced in November, 1998, as well as the company's market leading SGML and XML editor, Adept 8.0, as the most powerful, integrated solutions for managing the flow of product information across the enterprise."
• [February 01, 1999] "Arbortext, Inc. Announces $10.25 Million Financing. Leading XML Company Raises Additional Funds to Expand Sales and Marketing." - ". . . announced it has received $10.25 million in second round financing. This round of funding was led by Invesco Private Capital and included investments from Norwest Venture Partners and Access Capital. This funding will be used primarily to expand sales and marketing efforts."
• [December 1998] "West Group Selects Arbortext's ADEPT as Cornerstone of SGML/XML Solution. ADEPT Editor Provides Media-Neutral Content Creation and Management." - "West Group, a division of The Thomson Corporation and the preeminent provider of information to the US legal market, has chosen ADEPT Editor as the cornerstone software for its document creation, management and publishing system."
• [November 09, 1998] "Arbortext Introduces Epic - the Industry's First XML-Based Enterprise Software System for Information Creation and Publishing. Includes Applications Tailored for Telecommunications and Computing" - "Also announced are Epic applications for the telecommunications and computing markets with additional vertical market applications planned in 1999.The Enterprise Product Information Chain encompasses the creation, management, delivery and use of document information related to a company's products and services." [local archive copy]
• [September 01, 1998] "ArborText Announces ADEPT 8 Release. Includes Enhanced XML Support, New Contributor Version, and NT-Based XML Composition Engine." See also the ArborText Inc. home page.
• [May 05, 1998] "Structured Authoring Leader ArborText to Support POET Software's New Content Management Suite. POET Content Management Solution to be Seamlessly Integrated With ArborText's Document Creation and Delivery Software."
• [March 17, 1998] "ArborText Unveils XML Styler Version 2. Ehanced Editor Simplifies Creation/Modification of XML Stylesheets." See also the download page or the XML Styler FAQ. [local archive copy]
• [March 17, 1998] "ArborText Announces ADEPT Command Language (ACL) Designer. Fast and Easy Customization for SGML and XML Tools."
• [March 11, 1998] "InterCAP Graphics Systems and ArborText Announce Integration of Intelligent CGM Graphics into Standards-based Structured Documents>" - "to achieve true graphics interactivity inside their SGML and XML documents..."
• [February 17, 1998] United Space Alliance Selects ArborText's ADEPT 7 for Space Shuttle Documentation.
• [January 27, 1998] ArborText Announces XML Styler. Leverages Extensible Style Language -XSL- Support in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0; [local archive copy]
• [December 9, 1997] ArborText to Support Style Sheets for the Extensible Markup Language (XML); [local archive copy]
• [December 9, 1997] West Group Selects ArborText's ADEPT as Cornerstone of SGML/XML Solution ADEPT Editor Provides Media-Neutral Content Creation and Management
• [September 30, 1997] ArborText Announces ADEPT Version 7: Global Software for Structured Knowledge Capture and Delivery Includes XML and Java Support
• [August 5, 1997] World Wide Web Consortium Appoints ArborText's Eve Maler to Co-Edit XML Linking Specification

Architag International Corporation

[Table of Contents]

• [October 02, 1998] "Established XML Firm Changes Name and Consolidates Services. Architag International: A New Name for an Established XML Firm with Added Capabilities." - Formerly 'Information Architects'.
• Information Architects Home Page
• "XML: What Is It?" - White Paper
• "SGML, XML, HTML, What's the Difference?" - White Paper
• "Minimum XML: Creating Well-formed Documents" - White Paper
• SGMLU XML Training

Bowstreet

[Table of Contents]

• Bowstreet Home Page
• Backgrounder
• Bowstreet participates in standards work of the W3C, ACORD, CommerceNet, and RosettaNet. "Bowstreet Web Services Architecture is a unique and revolutionary approach to dynamically creating customized extranets for Internet Channel Management. This architecture leverages XML and directory services to define dynamic, custom applications and inter-company processing. Dynamic customization for each extranet experience is made possible by using XML templates and is driven by profile information stored in an LDAP directory."
• "Bowstreet Receives $20 Million in Second Round of Venture Financing"
• Bowstreet To Lead Work On First XML Standard For Directory Services; IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, and Sun-Netscape Alliance Support Effort to Develop Directory Services Markup Language (DSML)
• "Bowstreet Endorses Rosettanet's eConcert Initiative"

CAP Ventures

[Table of Contents]

• CAP Ventures Home Page
• [February 09, 1999] "CAP Ventures Announces XML Early Adopter Study at Documation '99 West." - "CAP Ventures Inc. announced the industry's first market study on the early adopters of XML, or Extensible Markup Language. The study will provide vital market information to all software vendors and service providers. In addition, it will prove useful for end-user companies who are evaluating the viability of XML projects. The research will uncover user motivations for employing XML, identify the corporate applications it will be used for most frequently by early adopters, and estimate spending on XML projects through 1999. It will also gauge the industry standards and vocabularies related to XML in which users are most interested. Data for the study will be collected through 250 telephone interviews with companies that have XML-based IT projects either planned or underway."
• [February 11, 1999] "CAP Ventures' Gilbane Report Now Published Monthly. Focus on critical web and document computing technologies including dynamic content management and XML." - Each issue of the report includes critical analysis as well as relevant news summaries. Some of the topics that have been covered in the Gilbane Report on Open Information & Document Systems are: data and document application interoperability, document and content management, document query languages and search technology, XML and other markup languages, style sheets, formatting technologies and standards, document architectures and standards such as the W3C Document Object Model (DOM), Web authoring, object technologies and databases."
• [February 11, 1999] "CAP Ventures' Document Software Group Adopts New Name and Expands Staff. Document Software Strategies (DSS) becomes Dynamic Content Software Strategies Consulting Service." - "DSS provides market research and strategic consulting services to vendors of dynamic content management software. 'Dynamic content' management software includes Web content management and publishing tools, XML-based products and tools, document management, knowledge management, and groupware."
• "A Tour of W3C Standards." By Tim Bray, for Documation West 1998.

Chrystal Software

[Table of Contents]

• "XML: Tap into tomorrow."
• Ask Me About XML
• Hot Off the Press
• [August 27, 1998] "Chrystal Software Introduces Lingua. New Application for Astoria Manages Translation Process." - "Initially available for Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and Extensible Markup Language (XML) based documents and components, later releases of Lingua will be available for other component types."
• [August 12, 1998] "Chrystal Software's Nicholson Elected Chairman of OASIS Board." [local archive copy]
• [June 30, 1998] Personal Investment Management Using XML." June 26, 1998. In Microsoft's collection of XML Scenarios.
• [June 22, 1998] "Chrystal Software Ships New Applications For Astoria 3.0. Web Connection To Content Management System Ensures Dynamic nd Universal Access To Corporate Information." - "Any document type may be accessed using Web Services: XML and SGML documents are converted on-the-fly to HTML and displayed within the browser; other web standards (such as HTML, JPEG and GIF) are viewed directly from within the browser; formats not supported by the browser are downloaded to the desktop."
• [May 29, 1998] "Chrystal Software Unveils Range of New Applications. Applications to improve translation process management, extend information access via database replication, remote user access, and the Web."
• [March 17, 1998] "Chrystal Software Announces Availability of Astoria 3.0. Document Management System Provides Enterprise Solution for Extended Authoring Communities." ". . .Astoria 3.0 manages all data types, including XML. . ."
• [January 27, 1998] Chrystal Software Launches XML Resource Site at Business Wire.
• [December 9, 1997] Chrystal Software Announces XML Support at Internet World & SGML/XML '97. Demonstrates Authoring and Publishing Through Web.
• XML information by email request: xmlinfo@chrystal.com

CommerceNet

[Table of Contents]

• Home Page
• [August 03, 1998] "CommerceNet Member Companies And Federal Agencies Launch Pilot To Ensure Government Catalogs Can Work Together. GSA, NASA, DISA, DLA, and the Department of the Navy Partner to Demonstrate New Technology Capabilities." - The technology making this possible is based on the CommerceNet eCo Framework and XML, the Extensible Markup Language that expands the utility of current Worldwide Web pages. . ." [local archive copy]
• [July 17, 1998] "CommerceNet Acquires XML Exchange From XMLSolutions. Foundation for Global eRegistry Service Vital to XML-based Electronic Commerce." - "Only ten weeks after its initial launch, the XML Exchange (http://www.xmlx.com) has been acquired [by CommerceNet]." CommerceNet's XML Exchange will be 'a component of its eRegistry Service'. [local archive copy]
• [July 13, 1998] "CommerceNet Buys into XML."
• [May 26, 1998] "CommerceNet To Offer an eCommerce Registry Service. Service Will Advance the Future Development and Growth of XML-based Electronic Commerce." [local archive copy]

Copernican Solutions

[Table of Contents]

• [February 13, 1998] "Copernican Solutions Releases the beta 2 of the DAE SDK and DAE Server Software." - A new XML 1.0 well-formed processor, updates for XMLWriter to support writing valid XML.
• [January 07, 1998] Copernican Solutions Releases the DAE SDK and DAE Server Software in Beta

DataChannel

[Table of Contents]

• DataChannel Home Page
• DataChannel XML News
• DataChannel Overview
• XML Training
• xDev: The Definitive Site for Serious XML Developers
• xRay Newsletter
• XML Toolkit
• [April 16, 1999] "Ardent Software Partners with DataChannel to provide XML-based EIP Software Solution." - "DataChannel, Inc., a leading provider of XML-based Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) solutions and Ardent Software, Inc., a leading global data management software company, today announced that Ardent has joined DataChannel's xPertPartner program as a Solutions Partner."
• [April 16, 1999] "DataChannel Releases the Most Advanced XML Parser -- XJParser -- and Introduces xDev, Its XML Developers Program." - "DataChannel announced today the immediate availability of the latest XJParser(tm), a cornerstone of its XML Toolkit for XMLFramework and the XML Developers Program, xDev. Formerly referred to as the DataChannel XJ2 Parser, co-developed with Microsoft, the new release adds substantial functionality with significant improvements in performance. DataChannel's XML Developers Program, xDev is designed to showcase developers work and real-world implementations and provide the XML tools and technology needed to realize the true power of XML. The XJParser can be downloaded at the new xDev site at http://www.datachannel.com/xdev. XJParser becomes the industry's most complete, reliable, and innovative XML parser for delivering powerful, server-based enterprise applications utilizing open web-standards."
• [April 05, 1999] "DataChannel XMLFramework extends Cross-Platform Functionality with New Solaris Edition. DataChannel's RIO 3.2 Builds Enterprise Information Portals Powered by XML." - "RIO, an Enterprise Information Portal (EIP), is the core offering for Solutions Software within DataChannel's XMLFramework which consists of Solution Software, XMLToolkit, XMLBlueprint, XMLTraining, and XMLServices, providing the computing foundation for enterprises competing in today's Global Information Economy. As more enterprises turn to universal Web technology standards to manage their information, they are discovering the benefits of extensible markup language (XML). This flexible, new data schema used by the Internet makes it easier for organizations to access information anywhere on the Internet and local legacy systems and exchange it with their knowledge workers, customers, and suppliers."
• [March 02, 1999] "DataChannel Announces XML Framework, the First XML Solution for Cross-Platform Enterprise Information Portals. With General Motors as the First Enterprise Customer and Microsoft as a Strategic Technology Partner." - "DataChannel, the premier XML value added integrator for the delivery of on demand corporate data through Enterprise Information Portals (EIP), announced today XML Framework, the first XML cross-platform solution. DataChannel's XML Framework embraces and extends XML by providing a comprehensive portfolio of training, architectural design and consulting integration services, as well as developer tools, solution software and extensive maintenance and support offerings."
• [February 26, 1999] "DataChannel Announcement: DataChannel's New XML Framework and General Motors' Enterprise Information Portal (EIP)." - "DataChannel's New XML Framework offers a portfolio of XML solution software, training, architectural design and consulting integration services to build General Motors' Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) and deliver personalized information from disparate legacy sources. The XML Framework provides Microsoft with additional critical capabilities to offer a comprehensive cross-platform solution to address enterprise customer requirements."
• [January 19, 1999] "DataChannel's XML Server Technology Demonstrates Interoperability With Microsoft Office 2000 at Showcase '99. Commitment to Open Web Standards Enables New Web-Based Solutions." - "DataChannel demonstrated web integration capabilities between RIO, its advanced XML Java technology, and Microsoft Office 2000 to show how strong support for open Web standards such as XML, WebDAV and Java can be used to extend mission critical applications to the web."
• [January 18, 1999] "The Right Information on Time Comes with Security, Storage Management, and the Most Advanced XML Java Technology in the Upgraded Release of DataChannel RIO." - "DataChannel RIO is an XML-enabled solution designed to build a dynamic two-way corporate portal with input (i.e., publishing) and output (i.e., retrieval) capabilities that make Intranets and Extranets easier to use, integrate, manage, and support. With this release, new features and functionality have been added to ensure smoother deployment in a secure environment, help better manage documents and integrate data. This newest release also represents the first implementation of the XML Java parser co-developed by Microsoft and DataChannel in a commercial product." [local archive copy]
• [December 21, 1998] "DataChannel Announces the Immediate Availability of eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) Implementations, Delivering the Most Advanced XML Framework in a Java-based Parser. Download Beta 2 of the XML Java-based Parser co-developed by Microsoft and DataChannel now available." - ". . .they have delivered the Beta 2 version of the XML parser (XJ2) written in Java that is being co-developed with Microsoft. This release brings the promise of XSL and XSL pattern matching capabilities to a Java-based XML parser for the first time. XJ2 includes significant enhancements from the Beta 1 version of the parser including: a validating XML engine, XSL support, and transformations of data."
• [December 01, 1998] "Software AG and DataChannel Form Strategic Partnership To Provide the First Mainstream Enterprise Application Offering XML Capabilities. Partnership to Advance the Scalability and Reliability of XML by Transforming the Web into a Giant Database." - "Under the agreement, DataChannel will integrate Software AG's highly scalable XML data server with its RIO server. The combined solution will achieve the highest scalability, security and availability for Web-based XML transactions and Internet applications available in the marketplace."
• [November 27, 1998] "DataChannel Joins the Open Applications Group in Support of their Work with XML and the Supply Chain." - "As a member of the OAGI, DataChannel will further the Open Applications Group Integration Specifications (OAGIS) adoption in the industry." From earlier this year: "The Open Applications Group Supports Supply Chain and XML."
• [November 03, 1998] "DataChannel Adds eXtensible Security Architecture (XSA) to Enable Unified Security of XML-Based Applications on Corporate Portals." - XSA provides the critical security functionality needed to migrate important e-commerce applications to corporate Intranets and Extranets without creating additional hurdles for end users or headaches for IT staffers."
• [October 27, 1998] "Vignette Leverages DataChannel's XML Technology to Automate Internet Communication via Vignette Syndication Server. The DataChannel XML Technology Enables Vignette Syndication Server to Allow The Exchange of Information Between Companies Using a Common Vocabulary; The First Application Compatible With the Information and Content Exchange (ICE) Specification."

• [September 14, 1998] "Microstar and DataChannel Develop Partnership to Realize the Power of XML for Intranets. Integrated Products and Services Offer Cutting-Edge Content Management Solution." [local archive copy]

• [August 20, 1998] "DataChannel and Microsoft Co-Develop Enhanced Version of Leading XML Technology for Java. Brings the Power of XML to Java Developers." - "... have collaborated to deliver XML technology, specifically, an enhanced XML parser written in the Java language. . ." [local archive copy]
• [August 05, 1998] "Feeding the Internet's rapid growth, DataChannel announces XML-enabled next generation data integration services as part of the Professional Services Division. Norbert Mikula, XML pioneer, heads up Data Integration Services." - ". . . due to customer demand of the professional services division at DataChannel, the company is providing data integration services geared for an XML-enabled world. These services will be led by Norbert Mikula, recently elected Chief Technology Officer of OASIS, the organization for the advancement of structured information standards." [local archive copy]
• [August 03, 1998] "DataChannel and Pipeline UK Form Strategic Alliance to Provide Internet Infrastructure Products and Services to the United Kingdom." - "Pipeline UK is using DataChannel RIO as a framework for their Avaline products and services... This intelligent framework utilizes XML as the data standard and the DataChannel RIO engine to route data through the enterprise."
• [July 17, 1998] "DataChannel extends DataChannel RIO's Openness and Flexibility with Quick and Easy XML Integration for Lotus Notes and Microsoft Active Server Pages." - DataChannel is making its "jumpstart" kits available for free in order to further accelerate the already rapid adoption of XML on the Web.
• [June 02, 1998] "DataChannel Ships DataChannel RIO 3.0 with its 'Save to the Web' Technology Replacing the Need for a Webmaster. Provides data integration with Lotus Notes and Microsoft Active Server Pages."
• [May 12, 1998] "W3C Formally Acknowledges DataChannel's Submission of WebBroker Specification for Application Linking. Unified XML Component Object Model for the Web Takes an Important Step toward Reality." See also the database entry.
• [April 21, 1998] DataChannel XML Support - Updates. URLs are given for DataChannel WebBroker, DataChannel Save to the Web functionality, DataChannel XML Parser (validating parser with DOM support), DataChannel DOM Builder, DataChannel XML Library, and the DataChannel XML Development Kit.
• [March 30, 1998] "XML Takes Religion Out of Web Computing by Making Java & Windows Interoperable. DataChannel Announces Effort to Reach a Unified XML Component Object Model for the Web." - WebBroker, a foundation for Web-native distributed computing. . . a free Web-server extension that integrates the Web and client/server paradigms." See also "XML for Distributed Computing: WebBroker," by John Tigue [Slides from a presentation at 'XML: The Conference', Seattle, March 26th, 1998].
• [March 31, 1998] "First You Had E-mail, Then You Had the Browser, Now You Have "Save to the Web. 'Save to the Web' eliminates the need for a Webmaster and maximizes the return on your Intranet."
• [March 10, 1998] "DataChannel Inc. Announces Availability of DataChannel RIO 3.0 Beta With 'Save To The Web' Technology." - First Enterprise Router for XML-Enabled Active Content Alleviates the Webmaster Bottleneck by Allowing Anyone to Instantly Save to the Web; [local archive copy]. See also DataChannell RIO at Spring Internet World '98, and the DataChannel entry.
• [February 25, 1998] DataChannel Announces the DataChannel Alliance Program
• [February 13, 1998] DataChannel Announces Enterprise Knowledge Distribution Solution [With XML Framework]. DataChannel Ships ChannelManager 2.0 Beta with Multiple Client Options.
• [February 11, 1998] DataChannel delivers XML Client Server Development System in conjunction with the W3C-recommended XML 1.0. XML to be basis for Internet transactions.; [local archive copy]
• [January 27, 1998] Microsoft, ArborText, DataChannel and Inso Submit XML-Data Specification to W3C. XML-Data to Improve Integration Between Databases; [local archive copy]
• [January 26, 1998] "DataChannel announces support for the Microsoft Site Server Platform" - XML/CDF enabled thru Open API with XML interface
• [December 9, 1997] DataChannel Accelerates the Pace of Building Real World XML Applications: DataChannel provides free online toolkit for XML developers
• [December 8, 1997] DataChannel Applauds W3C Advance of XML to Proposed Recommendation Status

Data Conversion Laboratory

[Table of Contents]

• DCL Home Page
• "DCL on XML" - XML FAQ Document
• See the company brochure: "The trend in conversion these days is predominantly SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language - and its subset XML. Properly executed, both SGML and XML result in flexible electronic data and ensure a uniform look for the end product."

eFa Group

[Table of Contents]

• eFa Group Home Page
• Qu'est ce que XML?
• Demos
• Veille Technologique XML
• Contact: Joel Amoussou

Enigma

[Table of Contents]

• Home Page
• XML Resource Site
• XML Adoption Curve ("XML Adoption for Document-Based Applications") - Enigma White Paper
• INSIGHT SGML/XML Style Sheet Editor
• INSIGHT Electronic Publishing Software
• [June 30, 1998] "Building an Integrated Maintenance and Ordering System Using XML." Enigma INSIGHT and XML. June 26, 1998. In Microsoft's collection of XML Scenarios.
• [May 29, 1998] "Enigma Commits Further Development Resources to the World Wide Web Consortium." - "Enigma to take a leading role in shaping emerging standards, such as XSL. . ."

Ensemble Information Systems, Inc

[Table of Contents]

• Home Page

• [May 29, 1998] "Ensemble's Relevant Powers Web Site for Fechheimer, the Nation's Leading Uniform Manufacturer." - ". . . Ensemble's Relevant uses XML to deliver a flexible and open content management system. . ." [see "Relevant in the News"]

Extricity Software

[Table of Contents]

• Extricity Hopme Page
• "Leveraging XML: Extricity Alliance Business-to-Business Application Suite"
• [February 08, 1999] "Extricity Software Announces Support for Commerce XML Standard for Business-to-Business E-Commerce. Extricity Joins Ariba Technologies in Open, standards-based model for e-Commerce to facilitate expansion of business-to-business trading communities." - "Extricity Software, the leader in business-to-business integration, today announced support for Commerce XML (cXML), an open standard for business-to-business e-commerce that facilitates the exchange of catalog and transaction information between buyers and suppliers. Developed by a group of over 50 leading companies including Extricity, cXML is a suite of lightweight, end-to-end protocols that allow trading partners to exchange catalog content and transaction management information securely across the Internet."

GCA

[Table of Contents]

• What is XML?
• XML Files: The XML Magazine
• [February 24, 1999] "GCA's XTech '99 Will Be Venue for New XML-Related Product Announcements." - "After months of rhetoric and accolades on the potential of XML, several international and domestic companies plan to announce and demonstrate the first real XML-related applications at the X\Tech '99 Conference and XIO '99 Exposition, March 7-11, 1999 at the San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California."
• [February 11, 1999] "GCA's XTech '99 Presents Solutions For Data and Content Exchange on the Web." -"The five-day event includes pre-conference tutorials on XML, related standards, and technologies; three tracks including presentations on XML development issues, applications, case studies, and management paybacks; and the XIO '99 Interoperability Exposition.
• [June 16, 1998] "New Project Advances XML for Electronic Data Interchange in Europe." - "Electronic Commerce Workshop of the Information Society Standardization System within the European Committee for Standardization (CEN/ISSS) approves a major new project . . . to study and promote XML." [local archive copy]
• [June 03, 1998] "XML Global Alignment. International Cooperation Set to Enable Global XML Use." - "Electronic business standards organizations [DISA, XML/EDI Group, GCARI - Graphic Communications Association Research Institute] align to globally enable Extensible Markup Language (XML) use for business-to-business communication by providing a common framework for interchanging 'document structure grammars' between trading partners." [local archive copy]
• [April 1998] GCA renames the "SGML/XML 'XX" conference to "XML 'XX". See the [1998] 1999 entries in the conference page.
• [March 24, 1998] "GCA Announces SGML/XML Japab '98." - SGML/XML Japan '98 conference, September 30 - October 2, 1998 at the Nippon Convention Center, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan. [local archive copy]
• [January 30, 1998] GCA's XML Conference Sponsored by Microsoft and DataChannel. See also the conference entry. [local archive copy]
• [December 11, 1997] GCA Votes "YES" On Proposed XML 1.0 Recommendation
• [September 5, 1997] Web Developers Convene to Set Course for New XML Production Development at GCA Workshop

Grif S.A.

[Table of Contents]

• Authoring and Formatting XML Documents
• XML: Adding intelligence to your business-critical documents
• Infrastructures for Information Inc. Acquires GriF S.A

IBM

[Table of Contents]

• [November 25, 1998] IBM XML Web Site
• [November 25, 1998] IBM's XML News
• [November 25, 1998] XML Tools and Technologies (November 1998)
• IBM XML for Java' - a validating XML processor written in Java.
• "Writing XML Documents for the Web."
• Developer Tools: RDF for XML
• RDF for XML
• [November 23, 1998] "IBM Weighs in with XML Technology. Introduces 10 New XML Tools and Applications, Web Site for Developers and Customers." - "IBM is showcasing at XML '98 a collection of XML tools, applications, and resources that demonstrate a company-wide commitment to XML. Most of these new technologies will be made available free to customers and developers from IBM's alphaWorks Web site. . . The nine new XML technologies are: Bean Markup Language (BML), The XML Editor Maker, DataCraft, Dynamic XML with Java, PatML, TeXML, XML BeanMaker, XMLTreeDiff, and XML Productivity Kit." [local archive copy]
• [November 23, 1998] "alphaWorks Delivers Nine New XML Technologies Free for Developers." -"provides direct access to IBM's emerging technologies, posted nine new XML tools to support the emergence of the new standard in data integration and interchange. These new technologies are part of alphaWorks' growing collection of XML tools that support the needs and objectives of developers as they explore developing applications based on the XML standard." [local archive copy]
• [June 25, 1998] "IBM Partners with PLATINUM technology to Deliver Industry-leading Data Modeling Companies integrate PLATINUM ERwin into IBM VisualAge." - "IBM and PLATINUM are collaborating on an open, industry standard XML interface, which will integrate ERwin into VisualAge through TeamConnection so that users will be able to take advantage of IBM's workgroup support features."
• [June 12, 1998] <XMI> "XML Metadata Interchange" </XMI> - An OMG SMIF Proposal - Information on XML from IBM

Innovision

[Table of Contents]

• Innovision actively participates with several open standards/technology initiatives including OFX, Financial Information eXchange (FIX), XML/EDI, and Sun Microsystems' Java Platform."
• Innovision Home Page
• XML Protocol Technology
• [February 23, 1999] "Innovision Advances New XML Financial Protocols with First FIXML Application. Steps Toward Interoperability Evidenced in Securities Industry's Rewrite Of Pioneering FIX Protocol Using XML." -"nnounced the availability of the Innovision FIXML PSOM, the first software application to support the securities industry's new FIXML protocol. The product makes it easy for firms to add FIXML support to existing applications and systems. FIXML is the XML-enabled version of the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) protocol. FIX is a standard for real-time electronic exchange of securities transactions that was developed in 1992 by Fidelity Investments and Soloman Brothers." [local archive copy]

• [November 23, 1998] "Innovision Announces XML Protocol Server with Development Toolkits. Second-generation product for XML protocols exposes core engine used in the financial industry's leading OFX server." - "The 'generalized' Innovision XML Protocol Server is built on the same core Java/CORBA architecture used in the company's OFX server and includes new XML development tools."

• [October 06, 1998] "Quick & Reilly to Offer Customers OFX-Enabled Account Access Via Quicken 98, Money 98. Innovision XML Protocol Server Will Be at the Heart of New Service." - "The Innovision Financial Server is the industry-leading XML protocol server capable of exchanging XML protocols including OFX. It provides the most complete OFX solution available and runs on leading platforms including Sun's Solaris and Microsoft's Windows NT. Built with Java, the Innovision server uses distributed object technology to provide a flexible and scaleable architecture for the most demanding environments." On OFX, see Open Financial Exchange.

Inso Corporation

[Table of Contents]

• Inso Corporation Home Page
• XML Community - An Inso XML Forum
• Overview of Inso Products and Support or XML
• "Publishing the documents of the future today: XML and DynaText." Inso XML White Paper.
• XML Introduction [under development]
• XML Community Newsgroup
• [March 02, 1999] "Inso Announces Version 3.1 of DynaBase, the Leading XML-based Web Content Management and Dynamic Publishing Platform for the Enterprise. Doubles Performance for Personalization and Searching, Adds Support for Multiple Content Repositories, Includes New Java API, Enhanced Java Client, and XML Authoring Templates." - "DynaBase 3.1 delivers 100% performance improvements versus version 3.0 for content personalization and searching, while also adding new usability features and Java-based management capabilities that address the most demanding requirements of large-volume corporate and commercial publishers. DynaBase 3.1 includes a new Java API (application programmers interface) that provides full content management functionality (e.g., check-in/check-out, version control, etc.) and can be used to automate much of the Web publishing process. Full content management capabilities have also been added to Web Author, DynaBase's Java-based interface, providing Macintosh, Solaris and other Java users with access to all content management functions. The new version of DynaBase also includes a unique XML template system, along with sample templates, to make it possible for designers to create dynamic HTML pages without programming."
• [February 19, 1999] "Inso and enCommerce Announce Technology and Marketing Partnership. Integration of enCommerce's getAccess with Inso's DynaBase to Enable Rapid Deployment of Secure Enterprise Information Portals." - "The partnership with enCommerce, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise-class secure Web access management solutions, will add significant value to DynaBase, Inso's industry leading XML-based Web content management and dynamic publishing platform. Explosive growth has been slowed by the difficulty of building an e-commerce environment that can manage the complex content, metadata and transaction components required and by tying this information to the right people on both sides of a transaction. The combination of DynaBase and getAccess effectively address this bottleneck directly." See also the announcement on the Inso Web site.
• [February 18, 1999] "Inso Corporation and Basis Technology Corporation Announce Partnership. Basis Develops Asian Language Modules for Inso's DynaText ePublishing System." - "Inso Corporation and Basis Technology Corporation today announced a technology and service partnership at Inso's International User Group Conference in New York City. Under the agreement, Basis has developed Korean and Chinese (traditional and simplified) 'pluggable' language system modules that drop into DynaText, Inso's Extensible Markup Language (XML)-based professional publishing system." See also the announcement on the Inso Web site.
• [January 18, 1999] "Inso's DynaBase Web Content Management and Publishing Platform Selected by Quantum Corporation for Enterprise-Wide Web Publishing Initiative. Inso Becomes Strategic Technology Supplier to Quantum." - "Quantum, the world's leading maker of desktop hard disk drives and DLTtape drives, is implementing DynaBase in an enterprise-wide project to migrate a variety of loosely linked Internet, intranet, and extranet Web sites around the globe into a single environment that provides customized online capabilities for stakeholders inside and outside the enterprise."
• [January 12, 1999] "Inso Corporation Acquires AIS Software S.A. from Berger-Levrault. Complements Inso's XML Distribution Solutions." - "Inso Corporation today announced that it has acquired AIS Software S.A. (AIS Software) from Berger-Levrault S.A., a leading French publisher, for approximately $3.0 million in cash. AIS Software, based in Paris, is the developer of Balise, a premier SGML and XML transformation tool and scripting language, as well as Dual Prism, a Web-based XML and SGML publishing system. With more than eight years of experience with data conversion and distribution, and over 100 customers, AIS Software will add significant technical expertise and a strong installed base to Inso's Electronic Publishing Solutions business and Inso's Enterprise Information Platform." See also the announcement on the Inso Web site.
• [November 23, 1998] "Inso Announces DynaText/Technicians Edition, an Advanced Document Delivery System that Enables Technicians to Efficiently Install, Maintain, and Repair Equipment. DynaText/TE to Enable Complex Equipment Manufacturers to Reduce Maintenance and Repair Costs by Helping Technicians Provide Higher Quality and More Timely Service." - "DynaText/TE includes a 'conduct procedure mode' to guide technicians through procedures in a step-by-step manner." See also the press release from Inso.
• [September 15, 1998] "Inso's DynaBase XML-based Web Content Management and Publishing Platform Implemented by Adams, Harkness & Hill. Leading Investment Bank Utilizes DynaBase to Automate Web Delivery of High-quality, Up-to-the-minute Financial Research to its Clients." - "Early AH&H calculations indicate that DynaBase will save AH&H nearly $100,000 in annual labor costs by reducing tedious, manual staff work by more than 1,500 hours." Note also "Inso's DynaBase Selected by Hearst New Media & Technology."
• [September 03, 1998] "Inso Corp. Announces Technology and Marketing Partnerships with Engage Technologies, NewsEdge Corp., Publishing Connections, Inc. and Resonate Inc. Partners' Market Leading Products and Services to Add Value to Inso's DynaBase 3.0 XML-based Web Content Management and Dynamic Publishing Platform." - "partnerships with these four market-leading vendors of Web-based products and services are designed to add value to DynaBase 3.0, Inso's recently launched XML-based Web content management and dynamic publishing platform. Inso and its partners will cooperate to insure effective integration of the partners' respective offerings with DynaBase, create a mutual statement of compatibility, certification and support, provide an escalation path within each organization. . ." [local archive copy]
• [September 03, 1998] "Inso Corporation Acquires MediaBank From Bitstream Inc. Enables Inso to Provide Corporate and Commercial Publishers with the Industry's Most Comprehensive Media-Independent Publishing Platform." ". . . [also a] technology licensing agreement, under which Bitstream will license Inso its forthcoming XML-based PageFlex client/server software application. . ." [local archive copy]
• [August 24, 1998] "Inso Announces Availability of Version 3.0 of the Award-Winning DynaBase Web Content Management and Dynamic Web Publishing System. Delivers Unprecedented Support for XML, Adds Workflow, Automatic Conversion-to-HTML, Java Client and Java Command Line Interface, Enhances Performance, Security and Replication."
• [June 15, 1998] "The Dallas Morning News Selects Inso's DynaBase XML-based Web Publishing System to Develop, Manage, and Automate dallasnews.com. DynaBase to Enable One of the Top Ten US Newspapers to Expand its Web Publishing Efforts and Improve the Timeliness, Quality, and Consistency of its Online Information." [local archive copy]
• [May 12, 1998] "Inso's DynaBase Integrated Web Publishing System Wins a Network Computing Magazine 'Well-Connected' Award - Best Web Content Management Software." - "The DynaBase content management environment stores and manages all types of Web site components, including XML and HTML content, graphics, multimedia files, applets and scripts. Central to the environment is the XML-based Data Server, a version-controlled, object-oriented repository that embeds the industry-leading Object Store database from Object Design, Inc." NC said: "Of the products we put to the test in our labs, Inso Corp.'s DynaBase offers the most complete solution for managing Web documents, developing dynamic pages and publishing Web sites."
• [April 15, 1998] "Inso Unveils the First Commercially Available ICE Application at CNET's Web.Builder Conference. The DynaBase Command Line Interface Leverages Inso's XML Expertise to Provide Controlled Exchange and Management of Online Assets Between Web Servers Today." See also the announcement on the Inso server, and DynaBase ICE Frequently Asked Questions.
• [March 17, 1998] "Inso Announces DynaText 4.0 and DynaWeb 4.0, the Leading Standards-Based Publishing Solution for Delivering Documents on CD-ROM, LAN, or the Web. New DynaText and Companion DynaWeb Server Include Major Search Enhancements and Unprecedented XML Support." [local archive copy]
• [March 12, 1998] "Inso Corporation Acquires Synex Information AB." [local archive copy]. Note also: in December 1997, Synex "announced XML and WebSGML Adapations support in Synex ViewPort. Synex ViewPort version 2.0 release 12 supports essential features needed for XML processing and browsing. . ." [local archive copy]
• [February 04, 1998] AT&T WorldNet Licenses Inso's DynaBase Integrated Web Publishing System for Developing and Managing Web-based Customer Support System - "AT&T WorldNet, the first ISP to license DynaBase, will benefit from the product's team publishing environment, its capability to dynamically generate personalized information based upon a member's user profile, and its support for Extensible Markup Language (XML)." [local archive copy]
• [January 27, 1998] "Microsoft, ArborText, DataChannel and Inso Submit XML-Data Specification to W3C. XML-Data to Improve Integration Between Databases." See also the XML-Data entry.
• [December 9, 1997] Inso Demonstrates the First End-to-End XML Publishing Solution; Announces New DynaTag(r) Data Rescue Module for Converting Proprietary Formats to XML
• [September 29, 1997] Lifetime Television Selects Inso Corporation's DynaBase Dynamic Web Publishing System for Web Site Development and Management. Ability to Manage Content, Presentation, and Scripts Separately, Manage Multiple Media Types, and Support for XML and CDF are Important Factors in its Adoption
• [September 29, 1997] Inso Announces DynaBase 3.0, a New Version of the Leading Web Publishing System for Teams Developing and Managing Dynamic Web Sites. 3.0 to Include Java-based Client, Full XML Support, Enhanced Security, New Workgroup and Personal Pack Offerings, and Support for Microsoft's IIS 4.0
• [September 11, 1997] Microsoft, ArborText and Inso Submit XSL Proposal to W3C. Stylesheets for XML Are Compatible With Cascading Style Sheets, Go Beyond CSS to Handle Unique Characteristics of XML
• [August 12, 1997] Inso Corporation Announces DynaWeb 3.1. First Web Publishing Solution To Support Interactive Mathematical Equations. IEEE Computer Society Implements DynaWeb 3.1 For Publishing "Digital Library" of Technical Material On The Web

Interleaf

[Table of Contents]

• Interleaf Home Page
• "Putting XML to Work. Business-to-Business Advantages Through Enterprise Content Management." Interleaf White Paper. July 1998.
• [March 22, 1999] "Interleaf Acquires Texcel, Accelerating e-content Technology Vision. Advanced Web Desktop Environment Complements and Extends BladeRunner Functionality." - "Interleaf, Inc. today announced it has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Texcel International AB, a leading provider of XML-enabled content management solutions. Texcel, founded in 1991, provides software and services to corporations and government agencies that depend on information access and efficient reuse for competitive advantage, through its flagship product, Information Manager.
• [March 11, 1999] "Interleaf to Host Introductory XML Seminars With Microsoft. Training Sessions Will Highlight XML's Impact on E-Commerce, Relationship Management and Publishing Applications." - "The training seminars will be held in eight cities around the United States in late March 1999 and will focus on the evolution of XML technology, how to implement XML-based applications without becoming experts in the underlying language, and how XML-based applications can benefit businesses, particularly in e-commerce, relationship management and publishing applications."
• [March 08, 1999] "Interleaf's XML-Based E-Content Solution Selected by European Leaders Fiat Avio and Alcatel SA. Implementations Demonstrate European Commitment to XML-Based Content Management and BladeRunner." - "Fiat Avio, an Italian aerospace manufacturer, and telecommunications leader Alcatel SA, have selected Interleaf's XML-based e-content(TM) solution, BladeRunner(TM), to solve their enterprise content management business issues. . ."
• [September 25, 1998] "Interleaf Acquires Technology and XML/SGML Expertise From SoftQuad. Acquisition Supports Interleaf's XML-Based Enterprise Content Management Strategy." - "Interleaf has purchased the Panorama product line, a leading-edge collection of SGML publishing and viewing products, to expand its content management and complex publishing offerings. The Panorama product line includes Panorama Publisher, Panorama Viewer, Panorama CDWeb Publisher and Author/Editor."
• [July 18, 1998] "Interleaf's BladeRunner Content Management Solution Enables Microsoft Word Users to Create Valid XML. Company Announces the Industry's First End-to-End Content Management System." - "BladeRunner addresses the three critical areas of XML content management: creation, management, and publishing." [local archive copy]
• [May 20, 1998] Interleaf Announces Support for Microsoft Word in Upcoming Content Management System." - ". . .plans to integrate its upcoming XML assembly environment, code named BladeRunner, with Microsoft Word. BladeRunner is part of Interleaf's XML Content Management Solution. . ." [local archive copy]
• [March 28, 1998] "Interleaf Announces Plans for Industry-Leading XML Support in New Product Offering." ". . .The BladeRunner product will be comprised of an integrated visual Data Type Definition (DTD) modeling tool, WYSIWYG authoring and assembly environment, and publishing engine designed for users without XML and SGML expertise. . ." [local archive copy]

ISOGEN International Corp

[Table of Contents]

• Home Page
• XML Quickstart
• XLink Quickstart
• Summer/Fall 1998 Training Schedule (XML, XLink)

Junglee Corporation

[Table of Contents]

• Home Page
• Improving the Online Shopping Experience with XML. August 11, 1998. In Microsoft's collection of XML Scenarios.
• Virtual Database Technology, XML, and the Evolution of the Web - XML White Paper, by Anand Rajaraman
• The Junglee XML Technology Page
• Junglee XML News and Events Reference List
• Junglee XMLizer Demo
• [August 4, 1998]AMAZON.COM Acquires Two Leading Internet Companies. Innovators PlanetAll and Junglee to Enrich Customers' E-Commerce Experience.

Media Design

[Table of Contents]

• Home Page
• [April 30, 1998] "Media Design in*Progress Releases Interaction 2.0. Dynamic Adaptive Websites with Server-Side XML."
• [November 01, 1997] Announcing Interaction 1.2: Dynamic Server Side XML with Drag & Drop Entities
• XPublish is a professional XML publishing system

Microsoft

[Table of Contents]

• Extensible Markup Language (XML)
• XML Overview
• Microsoft Support for XML - Local Database Entry
• Microsoft's XML newsgroup
• [March 31, 1999] "Microsoft Delivers Industry's First XML-Compliant Browser Comprehensive XML Support Enables Developers to Build New Generation Of Data-Driven Applications." - Microsoft Corp. today announced that Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 is the first commercially available browser software to support the Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 recommendation developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). XML provides a universal language for data interchange and powers a new generation of data-driven applications such as consumer and business-to-business electronic commerce, enterprise application integration and interoperability across disparate systems, data sources and business processes. Complete XML support in the Microsoft Windows operating system lets developers focus on building great applications, as opposed to spending time implementing their own XML infrastructure. Internet Explorer 5 is the only shipping browser with complete support for XML 1.0. Further, Internet Explorer is the first and only shipping browser to support a wide variety of other XML technologies, including a subset of the Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) W3C working draft, the XML Document Object Model (DOM), the XML Namespaces 1.0 Recommendation and a technology preview for advanced XML schemas. By making these technologies an integral part of the Windows operating system, developers and end users can count on widely available, consistent and complete support for XML. Further, this implementation makes XML easily accessible to developers, regardless of their programming language choice." [local archive copy]
• [December 07, 1998] "Microsoft Announces Technology-Independent Open Information Model, XML Interchange Format for Meta Data, and OIM Expansion." - "To support the technology-independence of the Open Information Model, Microsoft announced the XML Interchange Format, by which meta data can be moved between any two repository products. Microsoft also announced the availability of the Microsoft Repository XML Import/Export Utility."
• [November 05, 1998] "Microsoft Brings IntelliSense to the Web With Beta of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5." - "announced the immediate availability of a beta version of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 for technical evaluation. The Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 beta is designed to give IT managers and PC enthusiasts an opportunity to evaluate the technology, provide feedback and become familiar with the technologies early in the development process."
• [October 13, 1998] "Microsoft to Deliver Advanced XML Support. Windows to Include Industry's Most Complete Implementation of XML and XSL." - "At its Professional Developers Conference today, Microsoft Corp. demonstrated the latest Extensible Markup Language (XML) technologies it will add to Microsoft(R) Internet Explorer 5 and the Windows(R) operating system, including XML 1.0, XSL, XML DOM and XML Namespaces. With these new technologies, Microsoft becomes the first major software vendor whose browser incorporates support for many of the latest XML specifications coming out of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Now, the integration of these XML technologies into the Windows platform promises to make designing multitier applications for heterogeneous information systems faster and easier than ever."
• [August 20, 1998] "DataChannel and Microsoft Co-Develop Enhanced Version of Leading XML Technology for Java. Brings the Power of XML to Java Developers." - "... have collaborated to deliver XML technology, specifically, an enhanced XML parser written in the Java language. . ." [DataChannel source or the local archive copy]
• [July 21, 1998] "Microsoft Announces Chromeffects Software Development Kit. Next-Generation Interactive Media Toolkit to Spark a New Genre Of Tools, Applications and Interactive Media Content." - For 2-D, "a set of XML tags, based on the Vector Markup Language (VML) proposed standard, can be used to generate complex animated artwork integrated with HTML content without using script; for 3-D, Chromeffects provides a library of XML tags and a real-time 3-D rendering engine for adding 3-D objects, scene objects, textures, animations, interactivity and lighting to content; for Sound. Chromeffects allows developers to use XML tags to insert wave audio and MIDI into a scene with controls for various playback methods, volume, pan and muting. . ." [local archive copy]
• [May 28, 1998] "Autodesk, HP, Macromedia, Microsoft and Visio Submit Vector Markup Language Specification to W3C. Enables Authors to Easily Exchange, Edit and Deliver High-Quality Vector Graphics To the Web." See the database entry.
• [January 27, 1998] Microsoft, QUALCOMM and Lotus Submit HTML Threading Proposal to W3C. Will Enable Data-Rich Features in HTML E-Mail Applications. [local archive copy]
• [January 08, 1998] Technology Preview of the Microsoft XSL Processor
• [December 10, 1997] "XML Gains Tool Vendor and Industry Initiative Support. Industry to Take Advantage of Microsoft's Leading Implementation of XML." [local archive copy]
• [October 6, 1997] Remarks by Bill Gates on XML: Gartner Symposium, Orlando, FL

Microstar

[Table of Contents]

• Microstar Home Page
• Microstar XML Area
• Microstar XML Area
• Ælfred - Microstar's Java-Based XML Parser
• [September 16, 1998] "Microstar Announces Availability of FastTAG Version 3.0 - A Powerful New Conversion Tool for Content Managers." - "FastTAG lets users convert existing corporate data to SGML and XML with a unique Visual Recognition Engine which will recognize, decipher and convert inconsistently styled documents - the most common and expensive problem when converting legacy information." [local archive copy]

• [September 14, 1998] "Microstar and DataChannel Develop Partnership to Realize the Power of XML for Intranets. Integrated Products and Services Offer Cutting-Edge Content Management Solution." [local archive copy]

• [April 01, 1998] "Microstar Fastracks XML Application Development." ". . . Microstar Software Ltd. is pleased to assist in and encourage the rapid development of XML with the release of version 1.1 of its free Java-based XML parser, Ælfred. Ælfred is the only XML parser optimized for use in Java applets: it provides extensive XML support in only 26K of class files. . ."
• [April 01, 1998] "Interleaf Announces Plans for Industry-Leading XML Support in New Product Offering." ". . .BladeRunner is being co-developed with Microstar Software Ltd. of Ontario, Canada. BladeRunner will be a visual XML document assembly and authoring environment that will enable companies to achieve the information reuse and cross-media publishing benefits of XML. . ."
• [April 01, 1998] "Microstar Provides the Key Tool for Validated XML Documents." - "...next version of its popular Document Type Definition design tool, Near & Far Designer. Repurposing, hi-fidelity searching and intelligent processing depend upon the use of XML document structure models called Document Type Definitions or DTDs. Near & Far Designer, with its popular visual interface, allows users to rapidly create, maintain and validate XML DTDs. . ."
• [March 24, 1998] "Microstar Fastracks XML Development." ". . .assists in and encourage the rapid development of XML with the release of version 1.1 of its free Java-based XML parser, AElfred. . ."
• [February 06, 1998] Interleaf and Microstar Announce Product and Services Partnership. ". . . announced a far-reaching SGML/XML partnership under which Interleaf and Microstar will jointly develop new XML products." [local archive copy]
• [December 3, 1997] Microstar Software Ltd. Introduces Near & Far Designer 3.0 With Support for New Web Standard - XML. See the Near & Far Designer description.
• [December 3, 1997] Microstar Software Ltd. Introduces XML Internet Transaction Development Technology

Mulberry Technologies Inc.

[Table of Contents]

• Home Page
• XSL -- Extensible Style Language Support
• XML Training
• General XML Consulting

NC.Focus

[Table of Contents]

• Home Page
• The Forthcoming Metadata Revolution
• The Data Centric Computing Picture Becomes Clearer

Netaway

[Table of Contents]

• Netaway Home Page
• XML Support - XMLways
• XML Introduction
• XML References
• XML News

Netscape

[Table of Contents]

• Netscape Home Page
• mozilla.org Home Page [Source code as of March 31, 1998]
• [March 09, 1999] "Netscape Announces Plans to Integrate XML Into E-Commerce Applications. Netscape CommerceXpert Applications to Support XML to Enable Collaborative Business Processes." - "Netscape Communications Corporation announced that it will integrate comprehensive support for XML across its portfolio of e-commerce applications. This process is enabling business customers to harness the benefits of XML to streamline interoperability between companies to better manage their commerce foundation in the Net Economy. The Netscape CommerceXpert solutions are expected to use XML to facilitate management of cross-company business processes between trading partners. For example, ECXpert and TradingXpert allow companies to send and receive data transmissions over the Internet, an Intranet or an Extranet in an encrypted manner. Using XML as the enabling technology, customers can integrate ECXpert's or TradingXpert's communications features with other industry defined processes to build their own e-commerce structure. Netscape CommerceXpert products that are scheduled to support XML include Netscape BuyerXpert, Netscape ECXpert, Netscape SellerXpert, and Netscape TradingXpert." See also the announcment from the Netscape Web site, and the related press release, "Planet 411 and Netscape Announce Agreement to Use Netscape Software to Build Virtual Cities E-Commerce Sites. Planet 411 to Provide Easy-to-Adopt E-Commerce Solutions Based on Netscape MerchantXpert Software for Small Businesses and Consumers."
• [December 07, 1998] "Netscape Delivers 'Gecko' Browsing Engine Incorporating Advanced Features For Internet Browsing Anywhere. Small, Fast Browsing Engine for Virtually Any Application, Computing Platform, Device or Developer." - "Netscape delivered the first version of 'Netscape Gecko' its next-generation browsing engine, to thousands of Internet developers. Netscape Gecko -- formally code-named 'Raptor' -- reaches a new milestone for browser technology in speed, smaller size and full standards support. . .Gecko features full support for open Internet standards such as CSS, HTML4, DOM1, RDF, and XML."
• [April 16, 1998] "Netscape's mozilla.org Releases Additional Source Code To Developers Including XML Parser And Technical Preview Version of Next-Generation Layout Engine."
• [April 14, 1998] "Netscape Rallies Content Community Around Leading Web Development Technologies of Today and Tomorrow - JavaScript, XML and RDF. JavaScript Now Used on 3.5 Million Web Pages. Several of the Largest Internet Sites Deploy RDF-Based Sitemaps; Netscape Adopts Most Advanced XML Parser Available Today." [local archive copy]
• [April 01, 1998] Netscape Accelerates Communicator Evolution with First Release of Next-Generation Communicator Source Code to Developer Community via mozilla.org." ". . .The source code also includes XML support, user interface enhancements, modular Java support through Netscape's recently announced Open Java VM Interface, and integral software components from various third parties who have given Netscape the right to release their source under the terms of the Netscape Public License (NPL)." [local archive copy]
• See (excerpts from) "Netscape Opens Mozilla Code." By [Seybold News & Views Staff]. In The Bulletin: Seybold News & Views on Electronic Publishing Volume 3, Number 26 (April 1, 1998).

OASIS - Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards

[Table of Contents]

• OASIS Home Page
• [April 15, 1999] "OASIS, ISO and W3C Join Together to Present Standards Update at XML Europe '99." - "Three major information standards organizations, OASIS (the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards), ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and W3C (the World Wide Web Consortium), will join forces to present the XML Europe Standards Update. Addressing industry representatives from around the world, the XML Standards Update will be held in Granada, Spain, April 27, 1999. 'XML Europe is providing a great opportunity for communication amongst the information standards groups,' commented Norbert Mikula (DataChannel), Chief Technical Officer of OASIS. 'The technical work of OASIS plays an important role in the XML world of standards and interoperability, and we look forward to updating participants on our progress.' At the XML Europe Standards Update, Mikula will focus on the latest achievements and work-in-progress of OASIS technical committees and affiliates including XML Conformance, XML Tables model, XML Registry and Repository, Docbook and CGM."
• [September 14, 1998] "OASIS Co-Sponsors SGML/XML Japan '98 at World PC Expo. International Consortium Joins with GCA to Launch First Major SGML/XML Conference in Japan." - "World PC Expo will devote a section of the show floor to the OASIS SGML/XML Pavilion where leading vendors of SGML and XML technologies from around the world will demonstrate their products." See the conference entry.
• [September 01, 1998] "OASIS Appoints New Board. New Leadership Provides Direction for XML Market." - ". . .new board of directors led by Simon Nicholson (Chrystal Software) as chairperson and Carla Corkern (ISOGEN) as president."
• [July 27, 1998] "OASIS Assumes Responsibility for DocBook DTD. SGML/XML Industry Consortium Takes Ownership of Documentation DTD." See also: the post from Eve Maler and "Davenport Group: DocBook DTD." [local archive copy]
• [May 04, 1998] "DataChannel Transfers X-ACT Council to OASIS. XML Market Receives Enhanced Services Through Vendor-Neutral Management of Leading Industry Council." [Datachannel copy of news release]
• [March 16, 1998] XML/SGML Pavilion at Seybold Seminars New York. Information from OASIS. [local archive copy]
• [September 22, 1997] SGML Open Launches InterX.org Initiative in Support of XML

Object Design

[Table of Contents]

• Object Design Home Page
• Object Design's XML Resource Page
• Microsoft XML Parser for ObjectStore PSE/PSE Pro for Java - Download. 'This free ObjectStore PSE/PSE Pro utility illustrates the power of managing XML with an object database.'
• A Time and Attendance System: Integrating Data Sources with XML. August 11, 1998. In Microsoft's collection of XML Scenarios.
• [March 01, 1999] "Object Design Announces General Availability of Industry's First XML Data Server. Company begins shipping eXcelon, a revolutionary data server for building eXtensible Markup Language (XML) Web applications." - "Object Design, Inc. today announced the general availability of eXcelon, the industry's first eXtensible Markup Language (XML) data server. eXcelon is a revolutionary XML data server that enables companies to build and deploy highly scalable XML-based business-to-business and business-to-consumer Web and electronic commerce applications. eXcelon is an easy-to-use, general-purpose solution that works with all data sources, application servers and client software and it fully complies with XML and all related standards as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium."
• [March 01, 1999] "Object Design Announces Partner Program For eXcelon XML Data Server." "Object Design, Inc. announced that it has launched the eXtreme Advantage Partner Program for solutions providers and systems integrators interested in reselling or providing services based on the company's new eXcelon(TM) eXtensible Markup Language (XML) data server.
• [September 28, 1998] "Object Design Announces Industry's First Database Suite For Embedded Java and C++ Applications." - "The suite includes new data synchronization and enterprise connectivity features via XML and COM/DCOM, enabling any ObjectStore PSE Pro 3.0 database application to exchange data with virtually any enterprise application or database management system."
• [September 09, 1998] Object Design Joins World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Will Help Define XML Standard." - "Object Design joined the W3C in order to participate in the development of the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) specification, an emerging universal standard for describing data. Object Design views XML as a major new business opportunity because the company's ObjectStore database is ideally suited as an XML data management solution, especially when applied to the problems associated with data interchange between disparate systems." See: ODI news archive.
• [August 22, 1998] "Server-Side XML: Taming the Tower of Babel." White paper from Object Design. Fall, 1998. 'This paper discusses the XML market, how XML can simplify data integration in the middle tier, and the data management challenges of managing server-side XML.' [local archive copy]
• [August 17, 1998] "Object Design Announces XML Object Manager." - "First Tool For Creating Data-Driven Web Applications Using XML. XML Object Manager Lets Companies Add Dynamic Processing To Web Applications Quickly and Easily." - See XML Object Manager description. [local archive copy]

OmniMark

[Table of Contents]

• XML Power Tools
• [April 24, 1998] "OmniMark Konstructor (TM) ships today--already being deployed by AGENCY.COM and other leading web developers. XML-enabled Internet development suite designed for high-volume, personalized web content management and delivery." See: http://www.omnimark.com.
• [March 28, 1998] "Announcing OmniMark Konstructor 1.0." - "OmniMark Konstructor, the first XML-enabled development suite for high-volume, personalized web content management and delivery to combine extended XML/hypertext support, rapid custom development, distributed processing, and intelligent load management for large-scale web delivery. . ."
• OmniMark Konstructor - with built-in XML support.
• [March 4, 1998] OmniMark joins new XML Active Content Technologies Council (X-ACT)
• [December 06, 1997] OmniMark's New Banff Product Suite (incorporating OmniMark 4.0) Adds Support for XML, Unicode
• [December 06, 1997] Banff Product Details from OMUG '97
• [November 19, 1997] Creating HTML from XML/SGML

Ontology.Org

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[Remembering that XML is syntax, not semantics. . .] "The main purpose of an ontology is to enable communication between computer systems in in a way that is independent of the individual system technologies, information architectures and application domain. The term 'ontology' has been used in this way for a number of years by the artificial intelligence and knowledge representation community, but is now becoming part of the standard terminology of a much wide community including object modelling and XML. An ontology is more than an agreed vocabulary . . . An ontology is more than a taxonomy or classification of terms. . . a shared ontology allows [agents/partners in relationship to] interoperate without misunderstanding, and to retain a high degree of autonomy, flexibility and agility."

• Ontology.Org Home Page
• Ontology.Org - Frequently Asked Questions
• "The Role of Shared Ontology in XML-Based Trading Architectures." By Howard Smith and Kevin Poulter. "Ontology.Org is contributing to the development of XML-based Web-agent architectures by developing foundation ontologies and associated XML schemas."
• [September 30, 1998] Ontology.Org and CommerceNet Form Strategic Alliance. Success of XML for eCommerce Accelerated by Advanced Knowledge Representation Techniques." "CommerceNet and Ontology.Org will study the incorporation of ontology to XML-based architectures, in a range of research projects and industrial pilots. Results will be integrated with standardization efforts." [local archive copy

Oracle Corporation

[Table of Contents]

• Oracle Corporation Home Page
• Oracle XML Information
• White Paper: "XML Support in Oracle8i and Beyond."
• "Built-in database support will integrate with DOM on client side" (Seybold Report)
• [June 22, 1999] "Oracle Frees Data for E-Business, Extends XML Support to All Major Development Languages. New XML Components Offer Unprecedented Flexibility in Application Development And Ease Data Exchange Between Business Applications." - "At iDevelop 99 today, Oracle Corp., the number one choice for e-Business, announced the immediate availability of new XML components, making it the only vendor to offer XML interfaces to all major development languages -- Java, C, C++ and PL/SQL."
• [April 15, 1999] "Oracle Delivers XML-Enabled Infrastructure for E-Business. Message Broker Capabilities Build on Oracle Application Server and Oracle8i To Enable Reliable Content Exchange Across the Internet." - "At Internet World today, Oracle Corp. announced a complete infrastructure, based on the eXtensible Markup Language (XML), for the exchange and management of information associated with all aspects of e-business. Specifically, Oracle today announced: (1) XML-enabled message broker capabilities: a scalable, reliable infrastructure that will allow businesses to intelligently process, transform and route XML-based information; (2) XML support in Oracle8i: available immediately in the form of an XML Parser. The XML Parser facilitates the storage and re-construction of XML documents to and from Oracle8i; (3) A new version of Oracle Application Server (see separate release), and a roadmap for the product that is a central component of Oracle's XML-enabled Internet platform." [local archive copy]
• [December 22, 1998] Oracle XML Parser for Java and the PLSXML Utils/Demos for Oracle - Announcement for the Beta version of the Oracle XML Parser for Java, and for the XML "PLSXML" suite of PL/SQL-package-based utilities.
• [November 11, 1998] Oracle Enhances Internet Platform with XML Support. Oracle8i, Oracle Application Server, and Internet Development Tools to Include Full Support for W3C Standard Data Language. XML Enables Portability, Scalability, and Interoperability of Data-Driven Systems." "XML support in Oracle8i is comprised of three key components: The Oracle XML Parser provides programmatic processing of XML documents or document fragments. Oracle iFS (Internet File System), the new next-generation file system included with Oracle8i that gives users 'write once, read anywhere' content in a heterogeneous enterprise, will include XML support to automate parsing and rendering of data between XML and the database. In addition, XML-enabled 'section searching' in Oracle interMedia will provide more precise searches over structured documents." [local archive copy]
• [November 10] "Oracle8i Gives Content Management a New Foundation." -"The new products, Oracle8i interMedia and Oracle iFS, coupled with the aggressive support Oracle announced today for the exTensible Markup Language (XML) standard . . Oracle iFS uses XML for data parsing, data rendering, and document type definitions."
• [November 11, 1998, 1998] "Oracle powering up XML, data warehousing." By Paul Krill and Jon Cornetto.
• [July 28, 1998] "Oracle Unveils Repository Roadmap to Help Corporations Better Manage Enterprise Information. Oracle Repository 7 Offers Enterprise Meta Data Management, Supports Open Standards for Java, UML and XML."

Perspecta

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• Home Page
• [December 08, 1997] Perspecta Integrates XML Support Into Perspecta SmartContent System. Companies will be able to organize and navigate through XML-based content using industry's first OLAP for Information platform.

Poet Software

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• XML - The Foundation for the Future
• XML and the Internet - Driving the Future of EDI - White Paper
• POET XML Resource Library
• POET Content Management Suite - Evaluation Copy
• [March 04, 1999] "POET and Ariba Form Strategic Partnership to Provide Supplier Tools For Ariba.com Network. POET's Experience in Object Technology and XML Management Allows Suppliers To Use Legacy Data for e-Commerce." - "POET Software today announced that Ariba Technologies is leveraging POET's industry-leading expertise in XML and object management to provide critical tools to suppliers participating in Ariba.com Network, a new business-to-business e-commerce service that connects buyers to suppliers worldwide. POET's technologies will allow suppliers to convert their legacy data into Commerce XML (cXML) to allow them to exchange content and transaction information with buyers through Ariba.com Network."
• [February 08, 1999] "POET to Support Commerce XML (cXML) - Joins Industry Alliance Expanding XML For e-Commerce. Dirk Bartels, POET CEO, Says Ariba is Helping Establish XML as 'The lingua franca for data messaging in the 21st century'." - "POET Software announced support for Commerce XML -- or cXML, Inc., an open-standard subset of XML for electronic commerce designed to reduce online business costs by facilitating the exchange of content and transaction information between buyers and sellers."

• [September 03, 1998] "POET Software's Object Database and XML Repository Support Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0." - POET Object Server Suite and POET Content Management Suite to provide full support for the Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 development system. [local archive copy]

• [February 08, 1999] "Knowledge Navigators Uses POET Software's XML- and Java-based Technology to Build Learning Engine. Knowledge Navigators Becomes Reseller of POET Object Server Suite." - "POET today announced that the POET Object Server Suite will be embedded into Knowledge Navigators' Learning Engine and used as a repository for a variety of digital learning objects. POET's database is favored over the competition because of its ability to directly store structured objects. Storing these Java objects directly in the ODMG-standard, zero-administration database eliminates the object mapping to relationally joined tables, and thereby provides developers of the Learning Engine with a simple design, more robust code, greater speed and significant savings of development time."
• [August 22, 1998] "POET Software Offers Free Download of Evaluation Versions of its Content Management Suite. XML-Savvy POET CMS Allows Users to Conduct Hands-on Testing, Prior to Purchase Decision." See download page." [local archive copy]
• [August 10, 1998] "POET Software Announces Modular Java Object Database for Embedded Devices. 'Navajo' Is Ideal for a Broad Range of Embedded Devices From Cellular Phones To PDAs to Automobiles. Ericsson Is First to Partner With POET to Define New Database" - "[Because] the embedded device market has very unique requirements, such as power consumption, unique hardware and memory constraints. . . [this database design] requires a new architecture that provides a small footprint transactional object database foundation, with separate modular extensions that provide valuable add-on features like two-phase commit, XML and more."
• [May 12, 1998] "Poet Software Announces General Availability of New Content Management Suite for XML/SGML Applications. Leading Object Database Vendor Advances Its Market Position With Innovative XML/SGML Management Solution. Only Vendor to Develop Complete Solution for Structured Content and the Underlying Database." - availability of the new POET Content Management Suite (CMS)
• [December 9, 1997] POET's Object-Oriented SGML/XML Repository Pioneers the Market in Addressing XML and SGML Storage Requirements. Leading-Edge, Scalable and Embeddable Repository Generally Available Q1, 1998.

RivCom

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• RivCom Home Page
• RivCom and Standards
• "XML and Evolving Standards"
• RivComet - Secure, small-footprint XML browser
• RivCom Affiliations - W3C, ISO, OASIS, STEP for the Process Industries
• RivCom Consultants
• Contact Addresses

Sequoia Software

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• Home Page
• XML Links
• Sequoia Interchange '98
• White Paper
• [February 02, 1999] "Sequoia Software Completes Second Phase of Equity Funding." - "Sequoia Software Corp. today announced its second successful round of venture funding. Venture funding sources included Anthem Capital, Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds and Flanders Language Valley Fund. The funds are to be used to continue the advancement of Sequoia's product development and global marketing efforts for its XML-based technologies. Businesses that use [Sequoia's] i98 are provided such features as a distributed XML and document repository, data distribution and replication services, XML publishing, XML data entry, standardized security, workflow, and content-based routing."
• [August 18, 1998] "Sequoia Software Demonstrates First XML-Based Content Management System with SQL 7.0 and VBA at COMDEX/Fall '98." - "Microsoft Corporation and Sequoia Software Corporation are introducing the first XML-based content management system, Sequoia Interchange98, running with SQL 7.0 and VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), at COMDEX/Fall '98 on November 16-20, 1998, in Las Vegas. Sequoia's use of SQL Server 7.0 and VBA will be demonstrated at COMDEX/Fall '98 in the Microsoft Partner Pavilion and coincides with Microsoft's official global launch of Microsoft SQL Server 7.0."
• [August 12, 1998] "Major Health System Commits To XML-Based IT Environment. St. John Medical Center is First End-user Licensee of Sequoia Interchange '98." - "the first announcement by any major health system in the nation to link all future clinical applications through an XML-based back office technology that allows unprecedented electronic access to medical records and clinical data."
• [August 07, 1998] "MedQuist & Sequoia Software Strategic Partnership to Spur Access, Delivery and Storage of Electronic Medical Transcriptions. XML Based Backoffice for Healthcare links 'Best of Breed' Healthcare Solutions." [local archive copy]
• [May 05, 1998] "Live Demonstration of Sequoia's XML for Healthcare to Explode 'Time-to-Market, Interoperability Barriers." [local archive copy]
• [April 13, 1998] "Sequoia Interchange98 to Support Azron Electronic Medical Record Product in OEM Partnership. XML for Healthcare."
• "HealthCare's First XML Transaction Server."

SoftQuad Software, Inc.

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• SoftQuad Software Home Page
• Introducing XMetaL
• XML White Paper
• XMetaL Features and Benefits
• XMetaL Beta Program
• XML Resources
• Introduction to XML - FAQ
• [July 22, 1999] "SoftQuad's XMetaL Wins Web'99 Award as Best Authoring Tool of the Year." - "XMetaL, the XML content creation software solution from SoftQuad Software Inc., a leading provider of content creation solutions, has won the Web'99 Web Tools Awards' Outstanding Product of the Year in the Authoring Tools category.
• [May 26, 1999] "XMetaL 1.0 Now Shipping - Setting the Standard for XML Content Creation." - "XMetaL is an advanced, simple to deploy XML authoring tool that delivers unprecedented ease of use to customers working with XML and SGML. Modeled on common word processing applications, it offers a familiar, easy-to-use, authoring environment that virtually eliminates unnecessary learning curves and training costs. By easily creating XML content, XMetaL eliminates the need to convert documents authored in traditional word processors, streamlines the publishing process and substantially reduces conversion expenses."
• [June 07, 1999] "SoftQuad Breaks New Ground with XML Editor." By Herb Bethoney. In PC Week [Online] (June 03, 1999) [PCLabs Review].
• [March 18, 1999] "SoftQuad Software Teams with Microsoft for Launch of Internet Explorer 5. SoftQuad Software's HoTMetaL PRO 5.0 and XMetaL Enable Users to Take Full Advantage of New Features of Internet Explorer 5." - "SoftQuad Software Inc., a leading provider of standards-based content publishing tools, today announced that its products HoTMetaL PRO 5.0 and XMetaL work with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 to provide an ideal platform for building applications for the Web. SoftQuad Software's products are optimized for quick development and ideally suited to take advantage of the rich development platform of Internet Explorer 5. Together, HoTMetaL and Internet Explorer 5 enable professional- level web developers to create rich, enterprise-ready web applications with low support costs."
• [December 07, 1998] "SoftQuad Forges XML Trail. Easy-to-use XMetal Editor Speeds Up Authoring, Offers Variety of Wizards." By Antone Gonsalves. In PC Week [Online] (December 07, 1998). "Softquad Software Inc. is one of the latest vendors to build a new tool simplifying development in XML, which is attracting growing corporate interest as a standard for distributing data across Web-based environments. XMetal, scheduled to ship in March, is one of the few authoring tools that provide features to speed up the process of writing in Extensible Markup Language."
• [November 23, 1998] "SoftQuad Software Inc. Announces XMetaL, Latest XML/SGML Content Authoring Tool. New XMetaL Ushers in Next Generation of Structured Document Authoring. Delivers Unprecedented Ease of Use and Deployment for Corporate Customers." XMetaL is a 'full-featured XML/SGML content authoring tool.' See also the SoftQuad Web site.
• [November 17, 1998] SoftQuad HoTMetaL and XMetaL (an XML editor under development) have been given a new lease on life with the recent formation of SoftQuad Software, Inc. An announcement from the new company carries the title "SoftQuad Software, Inc. Formed by Management Buyout of SoftQuad, Inc., Affirms Commitment to HTML, XML Market Leadership." An earlier press release from SoftQuad Software, Inc. revealed that the assets of SoftQuad had been sold to a group that included several SoftQuad employees. See also the SoftQuad Press Release.
• [September 25, 1998] "Interleaf Acquires Technology and XML/SGML Expertise From SoftQuad. Acquisition Supports Interleaf's XML-Based Enterprise Content Management Strategy." - "Interleaf has purchased the Panorama product line, a leading-edge collection of SGML publishing and viewing products, to expand its content management and complex publishing offerings. The Panorama product line includes Panorama Publisher, Panorama Viewer, Panorama CDWeb Publisher and Author/Editor."
• Building an Interactive Frequent-Flyer Web Site Using XML. July 12, 1998. In Microsoft's collection of XML Scenarios.
• [March 11, 1998] "SoftQuad Introduces HoTMetaL Application Server, Powerful Web Application Development and Deployment Tool For Web Developers, ISPs. New Tool Makes Application Development As Easy As Using Industry-Standard HTML Tags; Features XML-Compliant Syntax, Promotes Commerce Applications." - "Based on XML," the server "provides a robust and secure development environment that utilizes an XML-based scripting language and HTML-like syntax, thus offering Web developers a familiar interface. . ." [local archive copy]
• [March 11, 1998] "SoftQuad Offers Free Power Pack For HoTMetaL Users. New Combination of HoTMetaL Power Pack and HoTMetaL Application Server Represents the Ultimate Web Application Development Toolkit." - Power Pack a free, downloadable kit designed to help HoTMetaL users take full advantage of the features in SoftQuad's HoTMetaL Application Server, which uses an XML-based syntax, and supports extraction of data from databases, XML or HTML documents. . ."
• [December 8, 1997] SoftQuad Ships Panorama Publisher and Panorama Viewer on Multiple Platforms, Adds XML Support

Stilo

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• Home Page
• WebWriter captures the essential simplicity and flexibility of XML in an authoring tool that everybody will be able to use

Sun Microsystems

[Table of Contents]

• Sun Microsystems Home Page
• Sun XML Resources
• "XML, Java, and the Future of the Web." By Jon Bosak [Chair, W3C XML Working Group]
• "Media-Independent Publishing: Four Myths About XML. [The W3C's Working Group Chair Dispels Some Myths About XML.]" By Jon Bosak. First appeared in IEEE Computer Volume 31, Number 10 (October 1998), pages 120-122. [PDF]
• "XML - Questions & Answers." By Jon Bosak.
• [December 08, 1998] "XML and Java Technology - An Interview with Dave Brownell. [Part One]" From java.sun.com ['The Source for Java Technology']. December, 1998. "XML, the eXtensible Markup Language, is the universal syntax for describing and structuring data independent from application logic. This past February, XML 1.0 became a Technical Recommendation of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). From this milestone, numerous applications of XML are popping up far and wide - and more often than not they're using Java technology. We asked David Brownell, designer of Sun's Java Project X, for some perspective."
• [October 01, 1998] "Sun Announces Availability of Java Embedded Server 1.0. Application Server Product Line Extends to Industrial Infrastructure and Consumer Devices." - ". . . commercial availability of Java Embedded Server, a small footprint network server that enables real-time deployment and installation of applications to remote embedded devices. Java Embedded Servers run on the standard Java platform, known as the Java Development Kit (JDK), as well as on the industry-embraced PersonalJava platform, the Java platform for consumer devices. The servers are XML-enabled, and are designed to be layered on top of any real-time operating system (RTOS), enabling developers to take advantage of the functionality and performance of these highly-tuned systems."
• [September 25, 1998] On September 16, 1998, Sun Microsystems, Inc. released an 'Early Access 1' version of The Sun XML Library. It supports fast parsing of XML documents, including optional validation, and supports an optional in-memory object model tree for manipulating and writing XML structured data. In addition, the core functionality supports an implementation of the W3C DOM APIs and the XML Namespaces proposal. See "The Sun XML Library."
• The Sun XML Library. Presented by David Brownell at the XML Developers' Conference, August 1998. This is "a highly modular XML library that has been developed by the Java Software Division of Sun. The XML library is written in the Java programming language and provides support for the W3C DOM APIs and for the SAX 1.0 API. It includes: 1) fast validating and nonvalidating XML parsers; 2) preliminary support for XML Beans; 3) examples, including an XML Validation Service.
• Serial article on XML, by Todd Freter (Sun Microsystems, Programs Manager). [Part 1:] "XML: Mastering Information on the Web." [Part 2:] "Beyond Text and Graphics. XML Makes Web Pages Function Like Applications." [Part 3:] "XML: It's the Future of HTML." [Part 4:] "XML: Document and Information Management."
• docs.sun.com XML document for display with Mozilla source - TocView.xml and disability.xml. "The docs.sun.com service from Sun stores information in a compiled SGML format and can deliver either XML or HTML data dynamically, according to requests from a client."

Sybase, Inc.

[Table of Contents]

• Sybase Home Page
• [December 09, 1998] "Sybase Previews Next Release of Enterprise Application Server 3.0 and Enterprise Application Studio 3.0. First to Marry Integrated Development with Enterprise-Class Deployment Platform for Enabling Sophisticated, Secure Web Applications." - Includes "support for generating and parsing XML as well as sending and receiving enterprise information encoded as XML. This includes returning result sets and serializing scripting objects as XML."

Techno 2000 Project, Inc.

[Table of Contents]

• Techno 2000 Project, Inc. - Home Page
• XML validation service from Techno 2000 Project Inc.
• Contact: Kangchan Lee

Texcel Ventures, Inc.

[Table of Contents]

• Home Page
• "XML and Modern Software Architectures. XML in the world of the Internet, JavaBeans, Software Components, and Controls." By Jonathan Robie.
• Automating Customer Service with XML. July 12, 1998. In Microsoft's collection of XML Scenarios.
• [March 22, 1999] "Interleaf Acquires Texcel, Accelerating e-content Technology Vision. Advanced Web Desktop Environment Complements and Extends BladeRunner Functionality." - "Interleaf, Inc. today announced it has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Texcel International AB, a leading provider of XML-enabled content management solutions. Texcel, founded in 1991, provides software and services to corporations and government agencies that depend on information access and efficient reuse for competitive advantage, through its flagship product, Information Manager.
• [January 11, 1999] "Texcel International Announces New Release of Information Manager Web Application. Upgrade From Leading Provider of Content Management Solutions Allows Remote End Users to Collaborate Across the Document Lifecycle." - "Building on its momentum as a leading provider of XML-enabled content management solutions, Texcel International today announced the availability of the latest release of the Texcel Information Manager Web Application. This latest release of Information Manager?s Web-based client offers new capabilities, including the ability to check documents and other content in and out of a repository, and to author and update information from a remote site using the Web."
• [October 06, 1998] "Texcel Announces General Availability of Texcel Information Manager Release 2.0 and Information Manager Web Application. Leading XML Content Management Solution Delivers Updated Environment for End Users and Ease of Integration through ActiveX." [local archive copy]
• [August 03, 1998] "Texcel Secures Round of $5 Million to Finance Growth and Accelerate Product Development." Texcel [...] a pioneer in the new XML standard for the Web, today announced that it has secured a $5 million round of financing through a private placement."
• [October 1, 1997] Texcel Announces Upcoming Support for XML in Texcel Information Manager

Ultraseek

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• Ultraseek Home Page
• [November 23, 1998] "Infoseek Launches Ultraseek Server 3.0. First Search and Index Solution To Support Automated Topic Generation. Ultraseek Server Now Supports Automated Creation of Browsable Topics, Indexes XML Documents, Offers SSL Encryption Support." - "Documents written in the Extensible Markup Language (XML) can now be indexed."
• "Infoseek Goes Bilingual." By Chris Oakes.
• [November 23, 1998] "Infoseek Rolls Out Enterprise Server." By Kathleen Ohlson. In Computerworld Online News (November 17, 1998).
• Release Notes - 'XML: Documents written in the Extensible Markup Language (XML) can now be indexed. XML documents need to be well-formed (lexically correct) but do not need to be valid (consistant with their DTD). The first <title> or <TITLE> element in the document will be used as the title for results display. The expected content type for XML documents is "text/xml".'
• Ultraseek Server CCE Uses XML - Walter Underwood

UserLand Software Inc.

[Table of Contents]

• UserLand Home Page
• Frontier 5 and XML
• XML-RPC Specification
• XML-RPC for Newbies

UWI.com

[Table of Contents]

• UWI.com Home Page
• UWI.com's XFDL Proposal
• XFDL DIGEST
• [December 15, 1998] UWI.Com Integrates Java into Award-Winning XML Software Line. Legally-Binding E-Commerce Forms Integrate XML and Java>
• "UWI.Com Releases First XML Software for Complex Business Forms on the Web."

Veo Systems

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[Note: CN Group is now Veo Systems.]

• Veo Systems Home Page
• Veo XML Resource Center
• Introduction to the Common Business Library (CBL) - "a set of building blocks with common semantics and syntax to ensure interoperability among XML applications."
• Metastructures 1998 Presentation. Murray Maloney (VEO Systems)  -  "Electronic Commerce and the Common Business Language."
• Common Business Library - Main Section
• [January 19, 1999] "Commerce One Acquires Veo Systems, Inc. Leading Electronic Commerce Solutions Provider Acquires XML Technology Leader to Rapidly Expand Open Internet Trading Communities." - "Commerce One, Inc., the global leader in enterprise procurement solutions, today announced that it has acquired privately held Veo Systems, Inc., the leading solutions provider of Extensible Markup Language (XML)-based open commerce networks. With this acquisition, Commerce One will rapidly accelerate the pace of development of industry-leading XML-based business-to-business electronic commerce solutions to enable open Internet trading communities." See also the anouncement on the Commerce One Web site. [local archive copy]
• [December 08, 1998] "Veo Systems Announces Support For Sun Microsystems' New Java Development Kit With Java-Based Parser. Veo Systems Leads Integration of XML and Java." -"Due to ship in Q1 of 1999, Veo Systems' XML parser will bridge the gap between XML and Java by being the first parser to support the Schema for Object Oriented XML (SOX) submission to the W3C XML-Schema working group. The Veo parser will combine unprecedented speed with XML DTD and SOX validation. SOX extends XML for e-commerce and distributed computing by adding strong typing, inheritance, global name spaces, and legal attribute values."
• [December 08, 1998] "Veo Systems Participates in Development of Next Generation Open Trading Community. Veo Systems Partners with CommerceNet To Complete Landmark Pilot for The Nations Largest Procurement Organization." - "The pilot enables authenticated government buyers to search across multiple electronic catalogs in a consistent manner by using XML (Extensible Markup Language) and a prototype of the CBL (Common Business Library) to standardize the content."
• [November 03, 1998] "Veo Systems Announces Schema for Object-Oriented XML." (SOX)
• "Joint Venture Awarded $5 Million To Develop Next-generation Infrastructure for Electronic Commerce" - According to Robert Glushko, the goal with eCo System is to make Web sites and services self-descriptive or 'smart enough' to function as 'plug and play' components that all work together. ECo will enable innovative commerce services that use software agents to compare, aggregate, integrate, and translate data in Web documents, databases, and applications. . . eCo frameworks will utilize emerging industry standards such as XML, Java Beans, and CORBA. . . CNgroup will also provide expertise in the use of XML in eCo to describe Web services and catalogs and the messages exchanged by business objects." [local archive copy]
• See "Ecologies of Scale." Software developers are searching for common ground in which to grow business-to-business commerce." By Constance Loizos. In Red Herring (February 1998). - "CommerceNet's EcoSystem partners are particularly well suited to the task of building such an architecture. CNgroup brings a strong understanding of XML, the programming language that will be used in EcoSystem's framework."
• "Common Business Languages for Interoperable Commerce." By Dr. Robert J. Glushko (CNgroup). 26 slides from the presentation, at Defining the Advanced Technology Challenges of the Electronic Commerce Marketplace, March 9-10, 1998, National Institute of Standards and Technology.
• Project Brief - Component-Based Commerce: The Interoperable Future
• [October 14, 1998] "Veo Systems Announces The Common Business Library to Accelerate XML Applications in Electronic Commerce. Veo Systems Delivers Version 1.1 of Specification to CommerceNet and RosettaNet to Become Standard XML Components for Electronic Commerce." - "Built from existing standards, the CBL specification fulfills the promise of XML (Extensible Markup Language) by clearly defining a set of common data elements for the open exchange of catalog content, purchase orders, invoices and other business documents."
• [September 09, 1998] "Commerce One and Veo Systems Form Strategic Partnership to Develop XML-Based Trading Partner Solutions." - "Together, the two companies will integrate Veo Systems' XML-based technology into the Commerce Chain Solution by Commerce One to create dynamic, self-describing, electronic commerce services that can be leveraged across trading communities." See: Veo News page.

Vervet Logic

[Table of Contents]

• Vervet Logic Home Page
• [June 30, 1998] "Create XML Code Automatically With XML Pro." By Edward Grossman. In Windows Sources (July 1998).
• [June 02, 1998] "Vervet Logic Announces the Release of XML Pro v 1.0." - "an advanced XML Editor. . ."
• "XML Pro." - Reviewed by Wayne Bremser. May 29, 1998.
• [March 17, 1998] "Vervet Logic Introduces Full eatured XML Editor, XML Pro" [beta]
• The Vervet Logic XML Tutorial
• XML Pro Demo Version

Vignette

[Table of Contents]

• Home Page
• [June 22, 1998] "Vignette Corporation Unveils STORYSERVER 4 For Internet Relationship Management."
• [June 22, 1998] "Vignette Expands Focus From Content Management To Internet Relationship Management." - "Advanced Content Management includes advanced support for XML-based content, dynamic versioning of web sites, and broad platform support for databases and Web servers."
• [April 13, 1998] "Vignette Corporation Announces ICE Advisory Council. More Than 40 Global Companies Join." - "Based on XML, the ICE specification will enable companies to build online networked relationships such as syndicated publishing networks, Web superstores, and online reseller channels. . . [local archive copy]
• [February 02, 1998] Vignette Announces Roadmap to Enable Service-based Web Commerce and Unveils Integrated XML Services.

Vtopia

[Table of Contents]

• Home Page
• [March 23, 1998] Vtopia Launches XML Processing Toolkit.
• [March 23, 1998] Vtopia Announces XML Transaction Processor - woodstock <markup> is an end-to-end solution for processing transactions using the new XML Standard.

W3C

[Table of Contents]

• Extensible Markup Language (XML)
• SGML, XML, and Structured Document Interchange
• W3C Issues XML 1.0 as a Recommendation

webMethods

[Table of Contents]

• Home Page
• [March 24, 1999] "webMethods Announces webMethods B2B 2.1 for XML-Based Business-to-Business E-Commerce." - "webMethods, Inc., provider of cross-platform XML solutions for business-to-business e-commerce and integration, today announced availability of webMethods B2B(TM) 2.1, a significantly enhanced version of the company's XML-based solution that facilitates inter-enterprise integration between ERP applications, Web sites and legacy data sources. webMethods B2B 2.1 offers guaranteed delivery and enhanced continuous operation capabilities to support high-volume, mission-critical applications. In addition, webMethods B2B 2.1 includes support for Document Type Definitions (DTDs) developed by Open Applications Group (OAG) to provide XML-based interoperability APIs for financial, human resources, manufacturing, logistics, and supply chain management systems."
• [April 07, 1999] "webMethods Launches Executive Webinar Series On XML for Business-To-Business E-Commerce." - "webMethods announced that the company will deliver a series of executive Web-based seminars (Webinars) focusing on the use of XML and the Internet for business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce. CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, and VPs or Managers in charge of E-Commerce Strategies, EDI, Supply Chain Management, Procurement or ERP Systems are invited to attend the first executive Webinar which will take place on Thursday, April 8th from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PST. The series continues on April 15 and April 22."
• [March 03, 1999] "webMethods Announces Support for cXML Standard for Business-to-Business E-Commerce. Leveraging Industry Standards to Ensure Open Trading Communities." - "webMethods Inc., the leading provider of XML-based business-to-business e-commerce and integration solutions, today announced that it will support Commerce XML (cXML), an open XML-based standard created to facilitate e-commerce within trading communities. webMethods is among 40 leading companies that have joined Ariba Technologies in the development of cXML, a suite of lightweight XML Document Type Definitions (DTDs) and their associated processes that define the exchange of catalog content and transaction information between buyers and suppliers.
• [February 02, 1999] "webMethods Moves XML-Based E-Commerce Into the Forefront at Leading Fortune 500 Companies. Inks Deals with Dun & Bradstreet, 3Com, Hewlett-Packard, Fannie Mae, Marshall Industries, Security First, Orbital, Washington Post, and CareerPath." - "webMethods, Inc. solidified its leadership position in the market for XML-based business-to-business e-commerce and integration solutions today by announcing major customer win . . . These sales are valued in the multi-million dollar range, and are indicative of the explosive interest among FORTUNE 500 companies in using webMethods and XML to solve business-to-business integration problems."
• [November 09, 1998] "webMethods Announces webMethods B2B 2.0 for XML-Based Business-To-Business Integration Solutions. Offers New Capabilities for Inter-Enterprise Application Integration Over the Internet " - ". . . webMethods B2B 2.0, a significantly enhanced version of the company's XML-based solution that facilitates inter-enterprise integration between ERP applications, Web sites and legacy data sources."
• [September 22, 1998] "WebMethods Announces webMethods B2B for SAP R/3, Integrates XML With SAP R/3. Enables 'Inter-Enterprise' Application Integration and Streamlines Business Processes Between Supply Chain Partners." - "[Webmethods] announced webMethods B2B for SAP R/3, an XML-based solution that facilitates inter-enterprise application integration between SAP R/3 and other ERP systems over the Internet. Using XML and standard Internet protocols, webMethods B2B for SAP R/3 allows companies to integrate SAP's R/3 system with other information system networks of trading partners."
• Automated Purchasing and Supplier Data Integration with XML. July 28, 1998. In Microsoft's collection of XML Scenarios.
• [October 14, 1998] "webMethods B2B for R/3 Now Available, Integrates XML With SAP R/3. Enables 'Inter-Enterprise' Application Integration and Streamlines Business Processes Between Supply Chain Partners." - "Using XML and standard Internet protocols, webMethods B2B for R/3 allows companies to integrate SAP's R/3 system with other information system networks of trading partners."
• [August 10, 1998] "DHL Incorporates webMethods' XML-Based Technology Into International Shipping Software." - "DHL Worldwide Express has incorporated the company's XML-based technology into DHL Connect, a software application designed to streamline the international shipping process. DHL Worldwide Express is the world's largest and most experienced international air express network, serving more than 635,000 destinations in more than 220 countries."
• [June 15, 1998] "WebMethods' B2B Integration Server Now Available for XML-Based Business-to-Business E-Commerce Solutions."
• [May 04, 1998] "XML Leader webMethods, Inc. Announces Executive Appointments and New West Coast Office."
• [March 04, 1998] Free Web Automation Toolkit for XML & HTML - from webMethods Inc. The Toolkit uses an XML-based technology called WIDL (Web Interface Definition Language).
• [February 10, 1998] "WebMethods Applauds XML Working Group and W3C for XML Standard. XML Creates New Potential for Businesses to Benefit from the Web."
• [January 29, 1998] "WebMethods Announces XML-Based Web Automation Server."
• [December 18, 1997] webMethods Wins Prestigious New Innovator Award from CommerceNet
• [December 10, 1997] webMethods' Web Automation Toolkit Adds Visual Basic and `Intelligent Document' Support
• [October 13, 1997] webMethods Submits Web Interface Definition Language to W3C

X-ACT - XML Active Content Technologies Council

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• Home Page
• X-ACT Members
• [March 04, 1998] Press Release - "Industry Leaders Drive Development of XML Applications with New Alliance."
• [May 04, 1998] "Standards Body Vies for XML Lobbying Group." By Brian Hannon. PC Week Online (May 4, 1998). [local archive copy]
• [May 04, 1998] "DataChannel Transfers X-ACT Council to OASIS. XML Market Receives Enhanced Services Through Vendor-Neutral Management of Leading Industry Council." [Datachannel copy of news release]

XML.com

[Table of Contents]

• Sponsored by O'Reilly & Associates, Seybold Publications, and Songline
• XML.com Home Page

• [March 26, 1998] New XML.com Site is Central Resource for All Things XML. O'Reilly, Seybold, and Songline Join Forces to Support XML Development." [local archive copy]

Xmlu.com

[Table of Contents]

• XML Xposed
• XML News
• [August 25, 1998] "Xmlu.com and NC.Focus Announce XML Seminar." - "Xmlu.com today announced a partnership with NC.Focus to present an XML seminar, <TAG> '98."
• [January 27, 1998] Xmlu.com Announces Program Details for XML Xposed, Sponsored by Microsoft. Three New Co-Sponsors Join XML Xposed.
• See: XML Xposed conference, March 18, 1998, with several online transcripts.
• [December 11, 1997] Microsoft and Xmlu.com Announce XML Xposed

Xyvision

[Table of Contents]

• Xyvision Home Page
• Providing Consumer Product Ratings Online with XML. July 28, 1998. In Microsoft's collection of XML Scenarios.
• [September 03, 1998] "Xyvision Previews Integration of Products with Open Text's Livelink at Seybold San Francisco. Introduces New Class of Knowledge Management System." - "Xyvision to integrate its two key products, Parlance Document Manager and Xyvision Production Publisher, with Open Text's Livelink Intranet. . . strategic integration will enable organizations to leverage the advantages of structured editing (SGML or XML), reusable information objects for multiple documents, and automated document production (print and electronic format) in an enterprise-wide workgroup collaborative environment."
• [December 9, 1997] Xyvision Demonstrates XML Technology at SGML/XML 97. Proof of Concept Demo Shows How XML May Expand SGML Usage from Departmental to Corporate-Wide Applications; [local archive copy]