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Active
Data Exchange CTO to Lead New Internet Standards Initiative
Martin
Elected to Chair Information and Content Exchange-2 Committee at
XML 2001
Orlando,
Florida (December 11, 2001) - The Information and Content Exchange
Authoring Group today announces the election of Dr. Richard D. Martin,
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Active
Data Exchange, Inc. to the post of Chairman of the ICE2 Initiative
during its face to face meeting at XML 2001 in Orlando, Florida.
The group is a new subcommittee formed by the Information and Content
Exchange (ICE) Authoring Group to further the development of existing
ICE protocols, and extend the reach of the current ICE efforts.
“Standards
are necessary to move the Internet to the next level,” explained
Martin. “The convergent use of industry standards in developing
Internet architecture achieves a remarkable ability for corporate
interoperability. Further, adherence to a set of common standards
allows disparate systems to be integrated in less time at a lower
cost. This interoperability enables information to be exchanged
more freely, without the need to build cumbersome custom applications
to bridge the differences. The time needed for integration is shortened,
allowing information to be delivered in a more timely manner and
also reducing the cost of delivery.”
Specific
tasks to be undertaken by the ICE2 Authoring Group include:
- Integrate
latest standards (Schemas, namespaces, SOAP).
- Express ICE
as a Web Service (WSDL, UDDI).
- Offer elegant
implementation of metadata tags (PRISM and RDF).
- Well-defined
protocol extension mechanism.
- Negotiation
of non-ICE delivery, FTP and simple “get” mechanism.
- Support the
concurrent syndicator/subscriber.
- Multi level
distribution.
- Development
of a framework for a public catalog.
Dr. Martin is
a Corporate Advisory Council Representative to the World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C), a member of the W3C’s XML Protocol Working Group,
a member of the Information & Content Exchange Authoring Group (ICE-AG),
and a member of the PRISM metadata standards working group under
IDEAlliance. Dr. Martin has published several White Papers on managing
digital assets and content syndication methods. He spoke recently
at Seybold 2001 on the topic of monetizing content. Dr. Martin earned
a Sc.D. and M.S. in Information and Technology Management from Southern
California University, and a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Penn
State University.
About
ICE
The
Information and Content Exchange (ICE) standard, an initiative hosted
by IDEAlliance, reduces the cost of doing business online and increases
the value of B2B relationships. ICE facilitates the controlled exchange
and management of electronic assets between networked partners and
affiliates. Applications based on ICE allow companies to easily
construct syndicated publishing networks, Web superstores, and online
reseller channels by establishing Web site-to-Web site information
networks. Contact ICE at http://www.icestandard.org.
About Active Data Exchange, Inc.
Active
Data Exchange, Inc. (http://www.ActiveDataX.com)
enables companies to generate new revenue streams for existing content
with flexible role-based workflow, content packaging and subscriber
management. Content providers easily distribute customized, high
value content to an entire range of destination sites, from large
portals to more specialized targeted web sites. Using Active Data
Syndicator, content providers rapidly add new content deals, and
extend their online distribution network to dominate valuable web
site real estate. Active Data Exchange is active in several industry
standards committees including PRISM (Publishing Requirements for
Industry Standard Metadata) Working Group, the Information and Content
Exchange (ICE) Authoring Group and the W3C XML Protocol Standards
Committee. Clients include Adobe Software, Turner Construction ($4
billion construction firm), SEPTA (4th largest transit authority
in the US), Penn Mutual Life Insurance ($36 billion in management),
and others. For Additional Information
Contact
Jane
D. Birk
Active Data Exchange, Inc.
190 Brodhead Road, Suite 300
Bethlehem, PA 18017
Phone: 610-997-8100
Fax: 610-866-7899
E-mail: jbirk@activedataX.com
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Data Exchange: Your Content. Right Place. Right Time
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