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Subject: Sun, other tech pioneers advance DSML in directory-enabled e-busi nessproducts
> Sun Microsystems, other tech pioneers advance DSML > in directory-enabled e-business products > > Bowstreet, Critical Path, iPlanet, IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, > and others embark on XML-based Directory Services Markup Language 2.0 > > PORTSMOUTH, NH, July 18, 2000 -- Bowstreet (www.bowstreet.com), a leading > provider of XML infrastructure for business-to-business (B2B) web > marketplaces, today announced that eight new technology companies, > including technology giant Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW), have > implemented Directory Services Markup Language (DSML) in their solutions. > This vendor commitment to DSML, the Bowstreet-initiated XML standard that > bridges the gap between directories and XML-based e-business > applications, highlights the power of directory information in connecting > multiple companies' business webs. > > Sun has introduced a technology preview of a DSML module for the Java > Naming and Directory Interface* (JNDI). JNDI is part of the Java* 2 > platform, providing Java applications with seamless connectivity to > heterogeneous enterprise naming and directory services. Using JNDI, > developers can access data - including information about people and > computing resources - from any vendor's directory. The DSML module fits > beneath the JNDI API, allowing developers to manipulate and update > directory contents and export them in DSML format, making it easier to > customize and deploy B2B applications on a massive scale using a standard > API. With the addition of the DSML module, JNDI will power highly > customized B2B applications that employ rich data about people, machines, > web services and other resources. > > "To fully enable e-business applications, directory services must support > XML-based access to the identity, policy and other information that they > contain," said Jamie Lewis, CEO and research chair of The Burton Group. > "Implementation of the DSML specification on the part of vendors such as > Sun shows that we're making progress toward that goal. And with the > additional functionality that will be in version 2.0, DSML will help > companies build e-business applications that allow them to create, manage > and maintain business webs." > > Seven additional technology companies are also implementing DSML support. > Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) has added DSML functionality in its DirXML, a > product that allows organizations to distribute data ownership while > centralizing information availability. IBM's (NYSE: IBM) Business > Transformation and CIO organization is leveraging and exploiting DSML as > part of its strategic initiative with XML; SLAPHAPI allows quick, easy > access to LDAP directories from web applications written in any language. > Critical Path (Nasdaq: CPTH) places DSML in leading LDAP directory and > meta-directory products. iPlanet (Nasdaq: SUNW/NYSE: AOL) recently > released a DSML-enabled version of its LDAP software developer's kit, a > tool that allows programmers to easily use the iPlanet Directory Server. > Radiant Logic recently introduced DSML into its Virtual Directory Server > software, a technology that enables directories to become central > aggregation points for all key enterprise data. In addition to the > directory, application and server vendors, DSML is also gaining strong > momentum with XML companies like infoShark, which integrates DSML into its > XML-based data interchange technology. Another XML company, Intalio, is > planning to use DSML to enable process repositories that allow business > partners to collaborate on the definition of Partner Interface Processes > and manage their entire lifecycle. > > Industry builds solutions around DSML > Last year, Bowstreet, IBM, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MFST), Novell, Oracle > (Nasdaq: ORCL) and the Sun-Netscape Alliance proposed to create DSML, an > industry standard schema for describing directory contents and structure > in XML. In late fall, the DSML 1.0 specification was completed and turned > over to the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information > Standards (OASIS) and Microsoft's BizTalk. Bowstreet was the first company > to deliver a product supporting DSML, the Bowstreet(tm) Business Web > Factory. The Business Web Factory platform enables non-technical business > people to create, customize and manage multicompany business webs. > > "From the start, we thought DSML would be a linchpin for the next > generation of e-business," said Bob Crowley, president and CEO of > Bowstreet. "It's rewarding to see leading technology vendors using it to > fully activate directories for industrial strength e-business and business > webs." > > "DSML, as an extension of XML, enables easy sharing of valuable business > data and business processes within and across company boundaries," said > Paul Smart, vice president and general manager, Net Directory Business > Unit, Novell. "This initiative helps to establish directory technology, > such as Novell's eDirectory and DirXML, as the infrastructure for > e-commerce and e-business applications." > > "We are currently leveraging DSML with our RadiantOne Virtual Directory > Server product," said Michel Prompt, CEO of Radiant Logic, Inc. "DSML is > a very useful standard and we look forward to the added functionality, > such as the ability to support LDAP queries in DSML 2.0." > > "Critical Path is committed to providing businesses with the leading > directory solutions available and we believe that DSML will be one of the > formative components for directory interoperability over the next few > years," said Archie Reed, senior director of product architecture. "By > supporting DSML, we add another flexible component to our directory > solutions enabling our customers to easily share mission critical > information across disparate business processes, applications, databases > and directories." > > OASIS committee bears down on DSML 2.0 > This first wave of DSML-powered products comes as technology experts, led > by James Tauber, Bowstreet's director of XML technology, start work on > DSML 2.0, the second generation of the specification. The DSML 2.0 > Technical Committee is being established by OASIS, and the committee is an > open forum that includes technology experts from some of computing's > biggest companies, including Bowstreet, IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle and > iPlanet. Additional technology companies taking a leadership role in DSML > 2.0 include Critical Path, infoShark, Netegrity (Nasdaq: NETE), Oblix and > Radiant Logic. > > DSML 1.0 describes directory contents in XML. DSML 2.0 will give companies > standardized XML format to access directory information wherever it exists > on the Internet and provide a common XML description for manipulation of > directory information such as queries, comparisons, updates, additions and > deletions. XML-based applications will consume the DSML information in > business webs. > > The committee will also consider DSML 2.0 provisions for: > * identifying the source of directory entries; > * organizing directory entries hierarchically; > * normalizing distinguished names from different vendors' directories; > and > * describing or standardizing access control information. > > For more information on DSML, please visit www.dsml.org. > > About Bowstreet > Bowstreet provides next generation Internet infrastructure designed to > transform the World Wide Web from a collection of static web sites into a > fluid web of interconnected businesses called "business webs." These > dynamic and highly customized B2B marketplaces enable companies to sell > new products and services, create new channels of distribution and develop > new business models at a fraction of the time and cost of today's > approaches. Bowstreet's patent-pending product, the Bowstreet Business Web > Factory, is designed to enable companies to form instant B2B connections, > create richer offerings for existing customers and enable line-of-business > managers to take complete control of e-business without technical help. > For more information, visit www.bowstreet.com or call 603-559-1900. > # # # > Bowstreet is a trademark of Bowstreet.com Inc. All other company names and > products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective > companies. > > Contact: > Ann Kelly > Bowstreet > 603-559-1557 > akelly@bowstreet.com > > Jeff Aubin > Beaupre & Co. Public Relations Inc. > 603-559-5838 > jaubin@beaupre.com > > > >
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