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XML
Europe 2000; New Tools, New Vendors!
XML Europe 2000 was held at
the Palis des Congres de Paris June 13 to 15, 2000.
The XML Show, hosted by IDEAlliance provided attendees
with the largest exposition of XML tools ever held in
Europe. Fifty two (52) booths filled the show floor.
The breakdown of participants was:
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XML Publication Software
(8)
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XML Editing/Authoring
(5)
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XML Data/Content
Management (7)
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XML eBusiness Solutions
(7)
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XML Middleware (4)
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XML Services (4)
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XML Workflow (2)
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XML Organizations (4)
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Miscellaneous (11)
Highlights
Infoteria
is a middleware vendor in the B2B market space. Infoteria
showed a family of tools built upon their IPEX
XML engine. Tools included imessenger, iconnector,
and ixslt. Infoteria is providing a free XSTL engine written in
C++ with a command line interface. This
is an ideal tool to download and use to learn more about
XSLT. You can find the free download on the Infoteria
Web site by clicking on "Products".
IXIASoft
showed TEXTXML Server, an XML database server for
developers and integrators who need an XML database at the
heart of their XML application. The database,
designed to be imbedded, provides a low cost alternative
to other XML databases.
Kinecta
Corporation was located in booth #43.
Kinecta provides a Java-based, XML/ICE compliant content
syndication solution known as Kinecta Interact.
ICE is the Information and Content Exchange specification
hosted by IDEAlliance.
Softquad
Europe announced the latest version of their XML
authoring environment known as XMetal V2.0.
XMetal has roots in both the SGML (Author/Editor) and HTML
(HotMetal Pro) worlds. This enables Softquad to
provide a robust, yet easy-to-use XML authoring
environment. Advances in XMetal V2.0 include well
formed editing (no DTD required), a structured view, as
well as expanding the authoring environment to include
inline active X controls, a script editor and a forms
editor. XMetal V2.0 also boasts Unicode support.
Next
Solution came from Tokyo to show DSSSLPrint 2.0, a
DSSSL-based formatting engine. This engine performs
batch processing of SGML/XML files and outputs PostScript
or PDF. Next Solution will provide XSL support in
upcoming versions.
Maris
Multimedia, Ltd. introduced the XML community to Edugen,
an open standards based technology for the development and
delivery of educational courses known as XML-based
e-learning. The Edugen™ engine is modular and
delivers specific functions such as planning, reporting,
and tracking.
IDEAlliance
at XML Europe 2000
The
IDEAlliance booth
highlighted activities of the groups it hosts.
Members of the ICE (Information and Content Exchange)
authoring group were present to explain the new ICE
Version 1.1 and to invite participation in the ICE
Network. Also present in the booth were the
co-chairs of the PRISM working group (Publishers
Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata). A
demonstration of PRISM metadata was one of the highlights
of the PRISM presence. Also featured were the new
CPExchange working group (Customer Profile Exchange) and
the Independent Consultants Cooperative (ICC).
Show attendees could view
the video, "Introduction to XML" from SynthBank at the
IDEAlliance booth as well. This video provides an
introduction to XML from the editors of XML Version 1.0.
Jean Paoli, Tim Bray, Michael Sperberg-McQueen, and Jon
Bosak explain the motivation and history behind the
development of XML.
IDEAlliance also
highlighted upcoming shows in the booth. Extreme
Markup 2000, eb-Implement, and XML 2000 were featured.
You can find out more about these shows on the home page
of the GCA web site.
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