OASIS OPEN STANDARDS 2004
In conjunction with the global standards body OASIS, we are pleased to announce the preliminary details for the second annual Asia Pacific OASIS Open Standards conference, to be held from October 20-22, 2004 at the Menzies Hotel, Sydney.
Featuring presentations from some of the world's leading experts, this event will focus on standards for e-business such as ebXML, Web services, the Liberty Alliance and many others.
Call For Papers
We are currently seeking submissions for conference sessions and tutorials. OASIS Open Standards is an event where both managers and technical professionals can gather to share expertise and promote open discussion on the latest technologies, applications and services supporting the global e-business community.
For information on how to participate as a speaker or tutorial presenter, please contact Nga Cao on +61 2 9660 8866 or email ncao@open-standards.com.
Open Standards is presented by Allette Systems (Australia) in association with the Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Systems (OASIS).
XML 2003 Interoperability Demonstrations to Showcase
Industry Standards, Integrated Vendor Solutions
Alexandria, VA - Nov. 19, 2003 - IDEAlliance, a leading trade association dedicated to fostering information technology standards, today announced that XML Conference and Exposition 2003 will feature several "interoperability demonstrations" organized by OASIS, W3C, and WS-I. The demonstrations will showcase numerous vendors' products working together to help businesses solve critical IT challenges. XML Conference and Exposition 2003 is being held Dec. 7-12 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pa.
Marion Elledge, vice president of Information Technology Alliances & Conferences, IDEAlliance, says that the demonstrations highlight the importance of standards in allowing disparate products to join together to form comprehensive, tightly integrated business solutions.
"Simply put, standards are the 'glue' that allow companies to tie together different products to best meet their unique business and workflow needs," says Elledge. "These demonstrations, organized by leading standards organizations such as OASIS and W3C, will focus on real-world solutions made possible by industry standards and product interoperability."
OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards), a global consortium that drives the development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards, has organized five demonstrations featuring a variety of OASIS standards and specifications:
* Achieving Interoperability Using Test Frameworks
Tues., Dec. 9, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
· The OASIS WS-Reliability Interoperability Demonstration
Participating Companies: Fujitsu, Hitachi, NEC, Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) Tues., Dec. 9, 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
· Epidemic Management Using OASIS ebXML, UBL and XACML Specifications
Participating Companies: Yellow Dragon, Sun, Sybase, Adobe Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE), IOPSYS, Seeburger, Cyclone Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, AmberPoint, Inc. Wed., Dec. 10, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
· The OASIS Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) Specification
Participating Companies: BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAS), Citrix, IBM, Oracle, Plumtree, Vignette Wed., Dec. 10, 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), developer of interoperable Web technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools), has organized interoperability demonstrations on four topics:
* Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Implementations
* Web Services
* Semantic Web Applications and Collaboration Software
* XML Schemas in Enterprise Applications
* Providing Test Suites Using XML-based Technologies
Organizations participating in the W3C demonstrations include Arbortext, INRIA, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Open Group. Demonstrations will take place daily at XML 2003; times will be posted at the conference.
The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I), which promotes Web Services interoperability across platforms, applications, and programming languages, has organized interoperability demonstrations that will take place at their booth (#416) during trade show hours.
IDEAlliance, working with the International Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress, Press, and Postpress (CIP4) organization and L.A. Burman Associates Inc., has planned a program at XML 2003 designed to encourage the adoption of the JDF Specification:
* JDF Seminar Keynote speaker: Kin Wah Lam of Time Inc.
Participating Companies: Adobe, Agfa, Creo, EFI, Heidelberg, QTI, Printcafe, ScreenUSA, and Wam!Net Tues., Dec. 9, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
* JDF Pavilion (Interoperability Demonstrations) Participating Companies: Agfa, EFI, Heidelberg, Printcafe, Wam!Net Dec. 9 and 10, 12:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
For more information about the demonstrations and the entire schedule for that XML Conference and Exposition 2003, visit http://www.xmlconference.org/xmlusa/2003/schedule.asp
About XML 2003
XML 2003 programs focus on critical XML topics such as B2B, content management, graphics and multimedia, publishing, vertical industry applications, Web services, and more. Keynote speakers and presenters at XML 2003 will include representatives from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT); Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW); Oracle Server Technologies (NASDAQ: ORCL); Reuters (NASDAQ: RTRSY); BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAS); Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HPQ); and IBM Corporation (NYSE: IBM). For more information, visit http://www.xmlconference.org/xmlusa/2003/registration.asp.
About IDEAlliance
IDEAlliance (International Digital Enterprise Alliance) is a not-for-profit membership organization. Its mission is to advance user-driven, cross-industry solutions for all publishing and content-related processes by developing standards, fostering business alliances, and identifying best practices. Founded in 1966 as the Graphic Communications Association, IDEAlliance has been a leader in information technology, developing Document Markup Metalanguage (GENCODE), sponsoring the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), and fostering eXtensible Markup Language (XML). IDEAlliance builds on these languages to create specifications that enhance efficiency and speed information in all aspects of publishing and content-related processes. Learn more about IDEAlliance at www.idealliance.org.
Marion L. Elledge
IDEAlliance (celebrating 20 years of markup)
Telephone: (251) 432-3766
email: melledge@idealliance.org
Check out news and upcoming events at:
http://www.idealliance.org
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Marion L. Elledge
IDEAlliance (celebrating 20 years of markup)
Telephone: (251) 432-3766
email: melledge@idealliance.org
Check out news and upcoming events at:
http://www.idealliance.org
XML 2003 Call for Presentations, Tutorials, Exhibits, and Sponsors
December 7-12, 2003
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
http://www.xmlconference.org
"Now We're Cooking" is the XML Conference theme for this year. XML is now used in many different ways and in many different applications. Leading (best) practices are starting to emerge, and recipes for success are starting to be reliable and reproducible. The Conference this year is dedicated to telling people what they need to know to get their XML-based systems working.
This is where YOU come in: We're looking for top-quality tutorials and talks that help attendees understand what the leading practices are, how to use them, what to watch out for, and how to solve problems that show up. They also want to know which new technologies are coming down the pipeline. The attendees at XML 2003 want to hear first-hand from the experts which products will solve their problems and which methodologies will meet their needs.
We already have some excellent keynote speakers confirmed: Adam Bosworth (BEA), Jon Udell (InfoWorld), and Shantanu Narayen (Adobe) and expect to confirm others shortly.
Please forward this message to anyone you think might be interested in speaking or exhibiting at XML 2003.
Conference Topic Areas
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Speaking sessions: Suggested topic areas are Case Studies, Core Technologies, Integration, B2B, Vertical Industries, Government, Graphics and Multimedia, Knowledge Management, Publishing, Storing XML, Web Services, Wireless. Other ideas are welcome. For descriptions of these areas, please see http://www.xmlconference.org/xmlusa/2003/sessiondetails.asp
Talks can be introductory or advanced, geared to implementers or executives. We are not looking for extremely technical developer content or introductory talks about what XML is (although introductory tutorials are welcomed). All Conference submissions with a June 2nd deadline will be blind reviewed by a panel of 80 experts. They grade the abstract for interest and look for evidence that the speaker knows the subject and can explain it.
Product presentations: We have renamed the Vendor Presentation track to Product Presentation, since open source and products produced by non-vendors are also welcome. Products that are new, standards-based and interoperable with other products will be given preference.
Town Hall Meetings: Held throughout the conference, these interactive forums are designed to allow all attendees to join open-mike town-hall forums. This is a great way to ask questions, listen to suggestions, soak up praise, endure abuse, hold straw polls, or go into more detail on particular issues not possible during other presentations.
All interested parties are invited to submit proposals. Presentations will be chosen to fit 45-minute time blocks (usually 40 minutes for presentation and five minutes for questions). A version of the paper must also be written in XML for publication in the Proceedings (with the exception of product demonstrations). We expect XML authoring tool vendors to make XML authoring software available. Further instructions will follow upon acceptance of a presentation. Electronic conference proceedings will be produced and made available on the Website and CD-ROM.
All selected speakers will receive a free registration for the conference (December 9-12), provided their paper, tagged in XML, is received by the October 15, 2002 deadline. In addition, all submitters of complete abstracts not chosen for the conference will automatically receive a discount of $100 off the conference registration.
Submissions must be made online by June 2, 2003 at http://www.xmlconference.org
Call for Tutorials
IDEAlliance is seeking highly qualified instructors to lead tutorials, which will be selected based on merits of the topic and instructor. Tutorials will be one-half or full-day workshops. Please be sure to indicate any special requirements and the length of your tutorial on the submission form. A complete handout for the tutorial will be required.
Selected instructors will receive a free Gold Pass registration (December 7-12), provided their tutorial handout is received by the November 10, 2003 deadline. In addition, all submitters of complete abstracts not chosen for the conference will automatically receive a discount of $100 off the conference registration amount. Registration instructions will be forwarded.
Submissions must be made online by June 2, 2003 at http://www.xmlconference.org
Please note: Marketing/promotional presentations will not be considered for tutorials or presentations. Material must reflect information as described in the acceptance abstract and must be original work of professional quality. Selected authors will be notified and guideline materials will follow.
In IBM rolls out grid future InfoWorld outlines the grid future in an interesting way.
"Boston, MA, USA; 6 November 2002 -- The OASIS interoperability consortium today announced that its members have approved the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) v1.0 as an OASIS Open Standard, a status that signifies the highest level of ratification. SAML is an XML-based framework for Web services that allows the exchange of authentication and authorization information among business partners. SAML enables Web-based security interoperability functions, such as single sign-on, across sites hosted by multiple companies..."
Analysis:
The standard is highly relevant from a legal standpoint, since it security assertions seem to have high liability impact.
The SAML-standard will raise a set of important legal issues. The following are but a subset:
1) What does it mean to assert security across services, legally?
2) What liabilities are assumed?
3) How can these liabilities be a) expressed in the standard or c) managed in support contract structures?
4) What new issues will arise due to the fact that single signon seems to allow massive collection of personal data across different collecting parties?
5) Will the sum of personal data be assessed from a privacy perspective or only the subsets accessible to each party?
These, and many other questions, must now be sufficiently addressed in the continuing work of the SAML-group.
ZD-Net reports that SOAP is drawn into a patent battle (News: Patent issues could cloud SOAP standard). This is potentially serious for the development of web services, and could prove detrimental to the standards community.
Announcing XML Europe 2003!
5 - 8 May 2003
London, England
The deadline for paper proposals for XML Europe 2003 is Friday, 13 December, 2002. See the call for participation information at www.xmleurope.com.
XML Europe provides the premier European forum for the XML community,
spanning the worlds of electronic business, publishing, the Internet,
e-government, software and open standards development. This year's
conference takes as its theme "Powering the Information Society," reflecting the crucial place XML is taking in underpinning many of the systems that form a real part of our lives.
XML Europe's remit is traditionally broad: mixing the newest technology with the latest thinking in the business and legal issues of information management.
For guidelines and to submit a proposal, visit the event web site at www.xmleurope.com.
There are many ways to participate in the conference, by presenting a paper, a tutorial, as a vendor-presenter, or by presenting a late-breaking news item.
For regular presentations and tutorials the deadline for proposal submission (not the full paper) is 13 December 2002. Presentation proposals will be appreciated in, but not limited to, the following areas:
* Case Studies * Content Management * Core Technologies * Databases * Electronic Business * Government * Legal * Graphics and Multimedia * Knowledge Technologies * Publishing * Web Services
More information on proposing presentations is available at
Suggested tutorial topics include, but are not limited to:
* Electronic Business * Graphics and Multimedia * Knowledge
Technologies * XML and Databases * XML for IT Managers * XML on ... ..NET/Java/Open Source, etc. * XML Schema Languages * Web Development * Web Services.
More information on proposing tutorials is available at
Regards,
Edd Dumbill
Programme Chair, XML Europe 2003
"Dallas, TX, USA, 4 November 2002 -- OASIS, the global standards consortium, today announced that it will expand its organization to include the security advocacy group, PKI Forum. As the newest OASIS Member Section, PKI Forum will continue to advance the use of the Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI) as a foundation for secure transactions in e-business and Web services applications."
This means that OASIS will be addressing issues that have immediate legal relevance. It also means that the PKI sector will have to suffer another interested party in its already rather standardised world.