LUNCH-TIME STANDARDS UPDATE FROM W3C AND ISO

Chair: Martin Bryan, Technical Manager, The Diffuse Project, United Kingdom

W3C Standards Update
C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, Co-Chair, XML Coordination Group, World Wide Web Consortium, MIT/ Lab for Computer Science, USA; Henry S. Thompson, Principal Scientist, HCRC Language Technology Group, Division of Informatics; University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

ISO Update
SC34, the folks who brought your SGML, HyTime, DSSSL, and Topic Maps in the first place, is still active with new projects and extensions to old ones. Come here where the W3C and OASIS standards get started.
James David Mason, Chairman, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34, Y-12 National Security Complex, USA; Charles F. Goldfarb, Principal, Information Management Consulting, USA; Yushi Komachi, Panasonic/MGCS, Japan; Steve Pepper, CTO, Ontopia AS, Norway

LUNCH-TIME STANDARDS UPDATE FROM OASIS AND IDEALLIANCE

Chair: Nigel P. Bray, Consultant, Astbury Software Ltd, United Kingdom

OASIS Technical Work Status
Karl F. Best, Director of Technical Operations, OASIS, USA
This presentation is a discussion of how interested participants can get involved in the technical work of OASIS, how the OASIS technical committees work, and a status of the technical committee work that is currently in progress.

IDEAlliance/GCA Standards Update
Leonard B. Stewart, Director, E-Business Standards Development, Graphic Communications Association, USA
Learn the latest about the exciting and important interpretability standards development work taking place in IDEAlliance, GCA's open, vendor-neutral e-business standards incubator, and how to join the IDEAlliance family.