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This year we are offering a wide variety of tracks to meet the needs of every attendee. Proposed XML 2000 tracks with content suggestions are listed below:

Getting Started with XML

Track Chair: Linda Burman, L.A. Burman Associates
Track Consultants: Orest Saj, Okina Consulting, LLC, Dave Peterson, SGMLWorks!

Are you new to XML? Then this track is for you. It is designed to provide a quick “on ramp” for attendees with little XML background. This track runs the first afternoon of the conference and is designed to prepare attendees for the other tracks in the conference. Topics include:

• What is XML?
• The XML Business Case
• Basic XML Related Standards
• Current XML Tools

XML: Enabling Business on the Web

Track Chairs: Robin Tomlin, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Bob Sutor, IBM Incorporated
Track Consultant: TBD

XML is the “magic” behind eBusiness. This track is designed to concentrate on how XML can be used to enable the eBusiness revolution. If you are doing business that has been enabled by XML, share your experience and insights with others. Topics include:

• XML Enabled Web Business Models
• XML Enabled A2A
• XML Enabled B2C
• XML and B2B
• XML and EDI: How Do They Fit?
• ebXML, tpaML, eCo Framework
• BizTalk Today
• RosettaNet
• XML eBusiness Case Studies

Building an XML Web Site

Track Chairs: Michael Floyd, Prentice Hall, David Turner, Microsoft Corporation
Track Consultant: Ken Holman, Crane Softwrights Ltd.

This “how-to” track is based on a best-selling book, by one of the track chairs, Michael Floyd. The track is designed to provide an “A” to “Z” guide to building an XML Web site. It will encompass all aspects of an XML Web site development process from site design to using Java and XML. In addition, presentations focusing on key W3C Recommendations such as the DOM, SMIL, SVG, and XSLT should be included. Topics include:

• XML Web Site Design
• XML Schemas
• XML, HTML and XHTML: When & How to Use
• Presenting XML on the Client
• Transforming XML Using XSLT and XPath
• Web Vocabularies and Applications: SVG, SMIL, WDDX, CDF, etc.
• Using the DOM
• XML on the Server: Server APIs, Java Servlets, Active Server Pages
• A Survey of XML Web Site Products

Publishing with XML

Track Chairs: Mark Lemmons, Quark Inc., Beth Micksch, West Group Publishing
Track Consultant: Irina Golfman, Inera Incorporated

If you are a publisher, this track is for you. This track is designed to explore the ways XML is changing publishing models. In this track you will learn how to publish in new media and automate the syndication of content. You will discover what new tools and strategies are available to publishers. And you will learn how XML works with metadata to provide new ways to manage and distribute content. Topics include:

• Emerging Publishing Models
• Publishers without Paper
• Understanding the eBook
• Syndication of Content: ICE and Alternatives
• The New Importance of Metadata
• State of the Art: XML Tools for Publishers

Society and Technology

Track Chair: Brad Husick, Vignette Corporation
Track Consultant: Tom Comerford, Supratext

XML and the Web have quickly and dramatically changed the way we live our lives. This track focuses on the impact of technology on society. It encompasses topics such as privacy, security, and censorship. Topics include:

• Platform for Personal Privacy (P3P)
• How Safe is Your Web Site?
• Understanding Levels of Security
• Customer Profile Information: Rights/Protections
• XML Signatures
• Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS)
• Internet Regulations and Taxation

Device-Independent Web Accessibility

Track Chair: Eric Freese, ISOGEN/DataChannel
Track Consultant: Harvey Bingham, WAI invited expert

Today, it is most likely that your access to the Internet is via your PC. And you may think that “Web Accessibility” provides Web access to the disabled. But think again! The new definition of “accessibility” means providing Web access for people at all times. This track will be designed to focus on all the related issues. Topics include:

• The New Definition of Accessibility
• Mobile Access
• Voice Browsers
• Authoring Tool Accessibility
• Web Content Accessibility
• XHTML and Device-Independent Accessibility
• Wireless Access Protocol (WAP)
• Case Studies in New Accessibility Technologies

XML: The Real World

Track Chairs: Charles Goldfarb, Information Management Consulting, Laura Walker, OASIS
Track Consultant: Chris Ziener, Noonetime

What is the difference between the promises of technology and the reality? This track will dispel any misconceptions by focusing on “real world” XML applications and tools. Topics include:

• XML Case Studies
• XML and VC Investing
• State of the Art: An XML Browser Comparison
• State of the Art: Programming with XML
• State of the Art: An XML Authoring Comparison
• State of the Art: XML and Databases
• State of the Art: XML Schema/DTD Comparison
• State of the Art: Web Graphics

 

XML: The Leading Edge

Track Chairs: Dale Dougherty, XML.com, Daniel Koger, Herrick Douglass Technology Development Inc.
Track Consultant: Nikita Ogievetsky, Cogitech, Inc

XML was once the leading edge, but now it is the foundation of the next generation of the Internet. So what’s next? What new standards and recommendations are being developed? What new technologies will be the next big winners? Topics include:

• New Hypertext Mechanisms: XPointer/XLink
• New XML Query Mechanisms: XQL
• XML Topic Maps: XTM
• Realizing the Promise of XML Schemas
• The Semantic Web
• Television and the Web