11:00
AM - 11:45 AM
CONFERENCE SESSIONS LBN
- High Level/Technical View
OASIS
Technical Work Status Update
Presented by: Karl Best,
OASIS
OASIS
is an international, not-for-profit consortium that designs and develops industry
standard specifications for interoperability based on XML. This session will describe
the latest developments in OASIS technical work.
LBN
- High
Level/Technical View
XML & Single Source Content:
Maximizing Content Maneuverability
Presented
by: PG
Bartlett, Arbortext
Learn
how XML enables organizations to build a single source,
multichannel publishing solution that can shave costs,
increase author efficiency and reduce time to market.
This session will discuss how.
EC
- High Level View
The Role of XML in Finance
Presented by: Anthony B. Coates, Reuters
This talk will provide attendees
with an overview of why XML is important to the financial world, and where the
effort is currently being focussed. CT
- High Level View
Where Do Topic Maps Come From?
Presented by: Steve Pepper, Ontopia
This presentation will explain
how topic maps can be generated automatically, how they can be created manually,
and how the power of topic map merging can be exploited to federate topic maps
from disparate sources into a single, unified whole. CT
- High Level/Technical View
XML - A Disruptive Influence
on Programming Languages and Methodologies
Presented by: Denis
S. Kirkham, Sun Microsystems
This presentation will explore how to-days
programming languages and methodologies assist or inhibit developers in building
the next generation of XML centric systems.
VN
- High
Level/Technical View
New Vendor Products for REC WebCGM
Interoperability
Presentations by: CGM Open Consortium
Vendors
Key
vendors of WebCGM Technology, an emerging standard for
delivering high quality technical graphics over the
Web, team together to present a sampling of their product
offerings.
Moderated
by: Lofton Henderson,
Consultant, Lofton Henderson Consulting & CGM Open
Program Director
Presenters:
Kevin
O'Kane, Project Manager, Auto-trol Technology Corporation
Don Larson, President, Larson Software Technology
Forrest Carpenter, President, System Development
Inc.
Ulrich Laesche, CEO, EMATEK Informatik GmbH
Dieter Wiedenbruck, CEO, ITEDO Software
11:45
AM - 12:30 PM
CONFERENCE SESSIONS CT
- Technical View
XML Schema Languages
Presented by: Eric van der Vlist, DYOMEDEA
Schema languages allow programmers
to restrict XML for process reliability and structure predictability, as well
as the sharing of XML vocabulary definitions. These many languages have different
technical and political strengths and weaknesses. This session will discuss some
of these strengths and weaknesses.
LBN
- High
Level/Technical View
W3C Quality Assurance Activity
Initiated
Presented by:
Lynne
Rosenthal, Computer
Scientist, NIST
Lofton Henderson, Consultant,
Lofton Henderson Consulting
Karl Dubost, Conformance
Manager, W3C
The
quality of implementation of Web specifications is critical
to ensuring full interoperability and access to all.
The new W3C Quality Assurance (QA) Activity encompasses
all aspects of quality, of implementations and of the
W3C specifications alike and will be discussed during
this session.
EC
- High Level/Technical View
XML Content Components in
the Financial Industry
Presented by: Bruce Sharpe, SoftQuad
Software
Learn how leading companies in the financial industry are using
XML to implement new models for managing content. This presentation will discuss
trends in the sector and will describe how XML fits with the goals of the industry. GR
- High Level/Technical View
Graphical Index and Knowledge
Representation - An SVG Representation of Topic Maps
Presented
by: Jean Delahousse, Mondeca
SVG should become the natural way to represent
and navigate on index and knowledge expressed with XML and Topic Maps concepts.
This session will discuss this concept and also different issues that are still
open. CS
- High Level/Technical View
Merging XML Technologies
Presented by: Karen A. Fox, The MITRE Corporation
With the vast selection
of XML technologies available, how does the developer integrate these products
from such vendors as Oracle, Sun, and Microsoft to create a viable application?
This session will discuss how. VN
- High Level/Technical View
Recordare
MusicXML Finale Converter
Presented by: Michael D. Good,
Recordare LLC
The
Recordare MusicXML Finale Converter demonstrates an XML format for music notation
that works with leading commercial software. We will demonstrate file interchange
between SharpEye Music Reader, Finale, and other music software.
12:30
PM - 2:00 PM
LUNCHEON WITH EXHIBITS
12:30 PM - 7:00 PM
EXHIBITS OPEN (Click here for list of exhibitors) 12:30
PM - 2:00 PM
FEEDBACK SESSION
FB
- High Level/Technical View
Intoducing XForms 1.0
Moderated by: David
Cleary, Principal Software Engineer, Progress Software
XForms
-W3C's next-generation XML-based web forms- provides
an XML platform for creating semantically rich applications.
We will introduce XForms, look at some tools that support
the specification, and have a Q&A period with a
panel of XForms WG members.
Presentations:
XForms Architecture Overview - Micah Dubinko,
Senior Engineer, Cardiff Software
XForms and XML Schemas - David Cleary, Principal
Software Engineer, Progress Software
XForms UI - Dave Navarro, Vice President, WebGeek,
Inc.
XForms and Dynamic Data - John Boyer, Senior
Product Architect, PureEdge Solutions, Inc
XForms Processing Model - Josef Dietl, VP Chief
Scientist, Mozquito Technologies
Vendor Demos - TBD
2:00
PM - 2:45 PM
CONFERENCE SESSIONS CT
- High Level/Technical View
Programming to XML - The
Data Binding Silver Bullet
Presented by: Subrahmanyam Allamaraju,
BEA Systems Inc.
Data binding is one of key technologies to address XML
programming needs. However some of the assumptions made by various data binding
technologies limit certain XML capabilities. What are these assumptions and limitations?
Are there alternatives? This talk will discuss some assumptions, limitations and
alternatives. LBN
- High Level/Technical View
Animating
SVG making the right uses of SMIL and DOM scripting
Presented
by: Antoine J. Quint, ILOG
SVG,
a W3C specification, brings a whole new dimension to web graphics. A strong feature
amongst others is animation. This talk will cover and contrast the two different
approaches available to animate SVG: declarative SMIL animation and DOM scripting.
EC
- High Level/Technical View
FpML: How it Works and Why
it is Important Within the Financial Services Industry
Presented
by: Rick Schumacher, Wall Street Systems
Since the early 1980s there has
been explosive growth in the trading of financial derivatives, particular in the
over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market. Businesses and government entities
are among the end users that rely on OTC derivatives to manage financial and commodity
market risks inherent in their core economic activity. Currently, over 1 billion
US dollars are spent annually processing derivatives. FpML is the emerging XML-based
'lingua franca' for enabling e-Commerce in the OTC derivatives
market and
will significantly reduce these costs. KM
- High Level/Technical View
Enhancing the Web for Knowledge
Management
Presented by: Michel Biezunski, InfoLoom & Steven
R. Newcomb, CoolHeads Consulting
In order to have a realistic, hospitable and practical new Semantic Web, certain
challenges must be faced, and certain changes must be made. The concepts developed
as part of the Topic Maps standards offer some answers and inspirations. This
talk will discuss these. CS
- High Level/Technical View
Low-Cost, Flat-File XML
for the Masses
Presented by: Jason T. Willebeek-LeMair, Cisco
Systems, Inc.
Although XML applications seem to focus on enterprise publishing
and e-business exchanges, it is possible to use XML to build a publishing system
that takes advantage of the modularity and flexibility of XML using your OS's
native file system. This talk will discuss how. VN
- High Level/Technical
View
XML: A Collaborative Approach to Re-Using
Web and Knowledge Base Content
Presented by: Marc Cyrenne,
IXIASOFT
Re-using
content deepens enterprise knowledge, decreases response time and reduces repetition.
IXIASOFT and HyperVision have collaboratively built a working economic solution
using a Word-based XML editor integrated with a native XML database.
2:45
PM - 3:30 PM
CONFERENCE SESSIONS
CS
- High Level/Technical View
Re-Use, Re-Purpose, Re-Package:
A General Engine Products, Inc. Case Study
Presented by: John F. Terris, SPX Valley Forge Technical
Information Services
This session will provide a look at General Engine Products,
Inc.'s Manufacturing Publishing System that delivers
information in three very distinct formats from the
same XML instances via paper and electronic media including
hand-held and hands-free devices.
CT
- High Level/Technical View
XML Data Binding Using XML
Schema Annotations
Presented by: K. Ari Krupnikov, University
of Edinburgh
This talk will present approaches to mapping XML Schemas
to Object-Oriented class definitions and relational database schemas. This mapping
allows transparent marshaling and unmarshaling of an object's state to and from
XML documents. CS
- High Level View
Using XML to Enable Low-Cost Deployment
of Content at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Presented by: Ray
N. Luoma, Luoma & Associates Inc.
A management-level description
of how XML and SGML were used to solve key business issues in the F-117 Stealth
Fighter program at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, including a demonstration of an
XML-based Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM). EC
- High Level/Technical View
FpML at SwapsWire
Presented by: Guy R. Gurden, SwapsWire Incorporated
The presentation
will cover SwapsWire's pioneering implementation of FpML and the technical and
non-technical isues surrounding use of a new industry standard. SwapsWire is an
electronic trading and communications network backed by leading participants in
the financial derivatives market. An update on the latest developments in FpML
for interest rate derivatives will also be provided.
KM
- High Level/Technical View
Real World Applications
of Topic Maps
Presented by: Eric Freese, ISOGEN International
and Joshua Holm, ISOGEN International
Topic maps have gotten a great
deal of press over the past year. Many topic maps have been developed to demonstrate
concepts, but they generally have little real world application. This presentation
will discuss topic maps projects implemented by the presenters. CS
- High Level/Technical View
Print-Based Workflow Turnaround
to XML Content First
Presented by: David C.P. Leland
This session will discuss the technical and business aspects
of implementing content management systems in the journal publication industry,
for article based publication and for content repurposing for distribution. VN
- High Level/Technical View
Arbortext
Epic Editor version 4.2
Presented by: PG Bartlett, Arbortext
Arbortext's
newest Epic 4.2 software supports author collaboration through change tracking,
inline editing of document components, and easier conversion of multiple content
formats to XML. Epic 4.2 also provides continued support of XML standards.
3:30
PM - 4:00 PM
BREAK
4:00
PM - 4:45 PM
CONFERENCE SESSIONS CT
- Technical View
XML & EJB: Spanning the Document
- Object Divide
Presented by: Ronan R. Bradley, PolarLake
The EJB model was not designed with the processing of XML in mind. There are fundamental
differences between the document centered view and the object centered view. These
differences are explored within this talk and an approach to bridging this divide
will be proposed. CT
- High Level/Technical View
Querying XML Documents
Presented by: Paul Cotton, Microsoft
The World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C) XML Query Working Group was chartered in September 1999 to develop a query
language for XML documents. This talk will provide an update on the current status
of the W3C XML Query Working Group. CS
- High Level/Technical View
MDDL - Market Data Definition
Language
Presented by: James E. Hartley, Reuters Group
MDDL is the product of an industry-wide consortium of major players in the financial
market industry for disseminating quotes and related data for various financial
instruments. This presentation will discuss MDDL and the use of XML mechanisms
that work for this highly focused industry segment. KM
- High Level/Technical View
XML Topic Maps and Semantic
Web Mining
Presented by: Benedicte Le Grand, Laboratoire d Informatique
de Paris
This presentation will show how XML topic maps can be exploited
to help users navigate and find relevant information in the Web. PB
- High Level/Technical View
XML Schemas for Publishing
Applications
Presented by: Alan Houser, Group Wellesley
This talk will provide an overview of the advantages of XML Schema over XML DTDs
for supporting XML-based publishing applications.
VN
- High
Level/Technical View
Applied XML Schema Development
with XML Spy 4.2 Suite
Presentd by: Larry Kim, Altova,
the XML Spy Company
XML
Schema will become a critical XML technology for building
web-services, enterprise database access, and systems
integration! Unleash the power of the all-new XML Spy
4.2 Schema editor, the ultimate visual XML Schema editor
and conversion utility!
4:45
PM - 5:30 PM
CONFERENCE SESSIONS CS
- High Level/Technical View
Implementing XML-Based
Common Objects to Enable Enterprise Application Integration
Presented
by: Stephen D. Gantz, Roundarch, Inc.
This session will provide a look
at a case study detailing a recent EAI implementation using XML standards for
a leading High-Tech Manufacturer/Retailer.
CT
- Technical View
XML Query Implementation Panel
Moderated by: Paul Cotton, Microsoft, Nepean, CANADA
Panelists: Michael Rysand; Jerome Simeon; Jonathan Robie;
and Peter Fankhauser
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) XML Query Working
Group was chartered in September 1999 to develop a query
language for XML documents. This panel will demonstrate
several early implementations of XML Query specifications.
Presenters:
Peter
Fankhauser, Division Manager, GMD-IPSI
Jonathan Robie, R&D Fellow, Software AG
Michael Rys, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Dr. Jerome Simeon, Member of Technical Staff,
Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies
CS
- High Level/Technical View
A Generated XML Interface
to an Abstract Marketdata Service
Presented by: Jason Brazile,
Netcetera AG
Three years ago, a large international bank needed to quickly
deploy high volume web-based internet quotes and trading information services
for end users. By starting with a higher level abstraction and providing a pre-SOAP
XML interface as one among many choices, the bank was more easily able to cope
with such typical events as growing, shrinking, merging, new technologies, and
changing business strategies. This case study will explore this process. KM
- Technical View
Distilling Semantic Knowledge from
PDF Archives
Presented by: Yuri Khramov, Schema Software Inc.
and Alex Kroogman
The tools for conversion of PDF documents to an XML
format that preserves presentation information and exposes semantics (for example,
a combination of XHTML and NITF namespaces) will be presented. It is a solution
much awaited by the publishing industry. CS
- High Level/Technical View
Web Delivery of Point-in-Time
Legislation
Presented by: Geoffrey J. Nolan, Turn-Key Systems
This talk will outline the development of a web delivery system for legislation
exactly as it stood on any given day over the last 10 years. Also discussed will
be the limitations of existing methodology and software tools as applied to a
task of this complexity. VN
- High Level/Technical View
XMetaL
3.0
Presented by: John Turnbull, SoftQuad Software
SoftQuad Software will
launch XMetaL 3.0 at XML 2001, showing the new features such as support for W3C
Schemas, forms-based editing and programmable Word conversion, as well as integrations
with content management systems. 5:00
PM - 7:00 PM
RECEPTION WITH EXHIBITS
7:30
PM - 9:00 PM
TOWN HALL MEETINGS
TH
- High Level/Technical View
Is XML Meeting the Needs
of Finance?
Moderated by: Anthony B. Coates, Leader of XML Architecture
& Design, Reuters
The financial world is moving to XML, but what are
the practicalities? Are the tools ready? Will they scale? Are the techniques sufficiently
mature, or is there still a lot to learn? Ask your questions and share some experiences.
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