OASIS NEWS: OASIS Publishes XML Exchange Table Model Document Type Definition

[Laura Walker <laurawalker@earthlink.net>]

OASIS Publishes XML Exchange Table Model Document Type Definition

Boston, MA; October 11, 1999--OASIS, the Organization for the Advancement 
of
Structured Information Standards, today announced public availability of 
the
XML Exchange Table Model Document Type Definition. Published as OASIS
Technical Memorandum TR 9901:1999
(http://www.oasis-open.org/html/techpubs.htm), the XML Exchange Table 
Model
DTD is an XML expression of the exchange subset of the full CALS Table 
Model
DTD (http://www.oasis-open.org/html/a502.htm).

"The benefit of the exchange subset is that, if an application's tables 
are
tagged according to this subset, there is a high probability that the 
table
will be interoperable among the great majority of OASIS vendor products,"
explained Norman Walsh (Arbortext), chair of the OASIS XML Tables 
Technical
Committee. "This memorandum satisfies the growing desire among OASIS 
member
companies to have an official XML version of the Exchange Table Model."

"The XML Table Model is an important step forward," said Norbert Mikula
(DataChannel), chief technical officer of OASIS. "For years, the SGML 
Table
Model has been the heart of table interoperability. Now, the XML Table 
Model
will provide the same utility for the XML world."

The OASIS XML Tables Technical Committee includes participants from the
following OASIS member companies: Arbortext, Crane Softwrights, 
DataChannel,
ISOGEN, Mulberry Technologies, Sun Microsystems and others.

About OASIS
OASIS (www.oasis-open.org) is a non-profit, international consortium
dedicated solely to product-independent data and content interchange.
Focusing on product interoperability, OASIS embraces the complete spectrum
of structured information standards including XML, SGML and CGM. OASIS
sponsors include Adobe Systems, AND-USA, Arbortext, Bentley Systems, 
Boeing,
Chrystal Software, Corel, DataChannel, DMSi, Documentum, Dun & Bradstreet,
Enigma, Extricity Software, GCA, IBM, Inso, InterCAP, Interleaf, Interw  
oven,
ISOGEN, ITEDO, Keyfile, Larson Software, Microsoft, NextPage, NIST, Object
Design, Oracle, POET Software, Reed Technology, Reuters, Sabre, SoftQuad,
Software AG, STEP, Sun Microsystems, Synthbank, System Development, Wavo,
Xerox, XMLSolutions, XyEnterprise and Zeh Graphics Systems.

About XML.org
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to
provide a credible source of accurate, timely information about the
application of XML in industrial and commercial settings. Hosted by OASIS,
the world's leading independent organization for the standardization of 
XML
applications in electronic commerce, XML.org serves as a reference for XML
vocabularies, DTDs, schemas, and namespaces. Sponsors of XML.org include:
Commerce One, DataChannel, Documentum, GCA, IBM, Oracle, SAP, SoftQuad and
Sun Microsystems.
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For more information: Carol Geyer, Program Manager, OASIS, 
+1.412.963.1479,
geyer@oasis-open.org