(for: business and technical implementers)

Graphics
Co-Chairs: Chris Lilley, Graphics Activity Lead, W3C, France and Dieter Weidenbrück, CEO, ITEDO Software, Germany

SVG and WebCGM – A Comparison
Chris Lilley, Graphics Activity Lead, W3C, France; Dieter Weidenbrück, CEO, ITEDO Software, Germany
WebCGM and SVG have been discussed for some time as the upcoming standards for vector graphics on the Web. Now that more and more products have become available for these formats, users want to know about the differences between them. This session compares the formats technically and shows the benefits of either format. It also serves as an introduction to the graphics track, which will provide more information about WebCGM and SVG.

An In-Depth Look at SVG
Jon Ferraiolo, Senior Computer Scientist, Advanced Technology Group, Adobe Systems Incorporated, USA
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is the emerging W3C language for rich 2D graphics expressed in XML for use in Web browsers. W3C members defining SVG include Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Canon, Corel, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, INSO, Kodak, Macromedia, Microsoft, Netscape, Opera, Quark, Sun Microsystems and Xerox. This session presents an in-depth description of SVG's graphics features, its use in creating interactive and dynamic Web pages, and its integration and compatibility with other Web technologies, such as XML, CSS, DOM and SMIL.

WebCGM™ – The Choice for Technical Documentation
Dave Cruikshank, Technical Fellow, The Boeing Company; Andre DeWild, Supervisor, Wiring Diagram and System Schematic Production, United Airlines, USA
This paper will review the requirements of the ATA (and companies like The Boeing Company and United Airlines) for graphics in technical documentation. The graphics formats available on the Web will be reviewed and compared against those requirements. In particular WebCGM and SVG will be examined in detail for delivery of technical illustrations in the Web environment. Based on this analysis, the authors will demonstrate why CGM and WebCGM will be the choice of the industry for interchange of 2-dimenstional vector illustrations.

From 3D CAD to WebCGM Catalogs
Dieter Weidenbrück, CEO, ITEDO Software, Germany
Since the advent of 3D CAD systems companies had hoped to automatically generate parts catalogs as a side effect. This has not turned out to be the case. In most corporations, exploded view illustrations are still created using traditional methods. Subsequently, these illustrations are linked manually to parts lists for web usage. This session will show you how to use standard formats (IGES and CGM) to automate the creation of your illustrations as much as possible. It will then show ways how to automate the communication between hotspots on the illustration and parts lists in XML or HTML.

(for: technical implementers)

Graphics
Co-Chairs: Chris Lilley, Graphics Activity Lead, W3C, France; Dieter Weidenbrück, CEO, ITEDO Software, Germany

Leveraging SVG on the Java Platform with Batik
Thierry Kormann, Software Engineer, ILOG, France; Vincent J. Hardy, Senior Staff Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc., USA
Learn how to leverage the Batik toolkit, from Apache, to generate, manipulate and view SVG content on the Java platform(TM), on web clients or servers.

SVG Support in ILOG JViews Component Suite
Christophe Jolif, Software Engineer, ILOG S.A., France
This presentation shows how SVG is implemented in the ILOG JViews product and how it allows to create SVG applications including map display, workflow and network diagrams.

Leveraging the rich metadata capabilities of SVG
Linda Burman, Vice President, Consulting & Standards, Kinecta Corporation, USA &
Ron Daniel, Jr., Standards Architect, Interwoven, Inc., USA
Text is not the only type of content that can benefit from metadata. Rich metadata can enhance the value of any type of content -- if the format allows. One of the powerful things about the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format is that you can express whatever metadata you want -- because SVG is written in XML and it's flexible. This talk will demonstrate how SVG graphics and particular metadata vocabularies including PRISM facilitate intelligent search, automatic rights clearance and much more -- for graphical assets.

Strategies in Re-Purposing Graphics for Interactive Intelligent Delivery
Martin Jackson, Business Aircraft e-Business Manager, Bombardier Aerospace; Jeremiah Woolsey, Consultant, Interactive Documents International, Canada
In the domain of aerospace/defense, a product's life cycle may likely span up to 30 years. The amount of technical data required to manufacture, operate, and maintain those products is immense. This paper outlines issues with the authoring, revising, and delivering intelligence with legacy graphics and their associated metadata. Topics to be addressed include: access to design engineering source data, exchanging graphics reliably between organizations, capturing existing component configuration and effectivity data, CGM standards compliance versus "goodness", best-practices and interoperability, and exploiting existing SGML/XML link to textual content. Also to be examined are issues with both product change management and the organizational change management to redefine functions, roles, and business processes required to take advantage of emerging technologies in this area. All these issues will be examined within the context of an environment where clear communication takes precedence over technical accuracy.