URGENT Questions

["Kearns, Una" <una.kearns@documentum.com>]

Hi,

We are putting together documentation on submission and registration.   

I have a tech pubs person lined up for tomorrow.  The best way I feel is to
use an example and I propose using tpaML as it exists on the XML.org site
today.  Is this agreeable to all?  It is a pretty clear example of many of
the submissions I would expect we would be getting. 

Also -- have we all agreed that the name for XML.org RegGrep is now XML.org
Registry?   If so we need to make names consistent on the pages we have --
please let me know ASAP.

Do we want to include the banner Carol had made up "open for business" on
the Registry page?

Thanks,
Una

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Eisenberg [mailto:BrianE@datachannel.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2000 9:35 PM
To: 'xmlorg@lists.oasis-open.org'
Subject: RE: REGREP DRAFT PRESS RELEASE 6/3/00


Looks good to me. I like the change to XML Registry. Regrep was kind of
difficult to work with. Great job!!! 

--Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Geyer [mailto:cgeyer7@home.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 6:21 AM
To: xmlorg@lists.oasis-open.org
Cc: Claire Dessaux
Subject: REGREP DRAFT PRESS RELEASE 6/3/00


ACXO,
Here's the latest version of the press release. I need approval from the
companies featured in the release by Monday at noon Pacific.
Thanks,
Carol


XML.ORG Goes Live with First Phase of Open Registry & Repository for XML
Specifications

Boston, MA, USA and London, England; June 13, 2000--OASIS, the non-profit
XML interoperability consortium, today announced public access to the first
phase of the XML.ORG Registry (http://xml.org), an open registry and
repository for XML specifications. Designed to foster collaboration and
enhance communication within industries, the XML.ORG Registry provides the
community with a resource for accessing the fast-growing body of XML
specifications being developed for vertical industries and horizontal
applications. Committed to open industry standards, the XML.ORG Registry
offers a vendor-neutral forum for developers and standards bodies to
publicly submit, publish and exchange XML specifications. Operated as a
non-commercial venture, the XML.ORG Registry is a self-supporting resource
created by and for the community at large.

"The XML.ORG Registry is something that has never existed before. It is the
only independent clearinghouse for XML resources," explained Laura Walker,
executive director of OASIS. "The XML.ORG Registry is not intended to be the
one and only resource for XML schemas. Rather, it is designed to serve as a
model for an extensible network of XML registries and repositories
distributed across the Internet."

"The XML.ORG Registry belongs to the XML community at large," said Jon Bosak
(Sun Microsystems), organizer of the working group that created XML. "This
first phase is a call for participation, an opportunity to experience the
potential of an open XML registry and an invitation to the community to help
shape its evolving functionality."

Industry groups and other organizations that have developed XML
specifications can freely register their work at the XML.ORG Registry. The
OASIS "no strings attached" submission policy ensures that developers
receive the benefits and recognition they deserve while retaining all the
rights to their work and control over its use.
"What we have today is a world-class application, created by leaders in the
industry committed to following an open standards process. Developers,
groups and companies can feel confident submitting their schemas to the
XML.ORG Registry," said Karl Best, director of technical operations for
OASIS.
>From its inception, the XML.ORG Registry has been a consensus-based effort
to ensure interoperability with existing and emerging XML initiatives. The
XML.ORG Registry developers continue to work with the OASIS Registry &
Repository Technical Committee to define a specification for a global
network of repositories. This specification is intended to allow
interoperable registries to be created for use within industry
organizations, communities and corporations. Ultimately, the XML.ORG
Registry will link to standards-compliant repositories as they become
available, as well as providing resources on its own site.

Built by Industry Leaders
The XML.ORG Registry application was jointly developed by Documentum and Sun
Microsystems using software components from Documentum, iPlanet and Oracle.
The Documentum 4i eBusiness Edition powers the entire process, from the
submission of a schema to its availability for public access. The serving of
stored resources to users is achieved through the iPlanet Web Server from
Sun, integrated with the Oracle 8i(tm) e database. The implementation is
deployed on Sun Microsystems servers.

The XML.ORG Registry was made possible by the donation of resources from
Documentum, Sun, Oracle, IBM and DataChannel and demonstrates their
commitment to providing the community with an open, independent resource for
publicly available XML specifications.

QUOTES FROM DOCUMENTUM AND SUN

"XML is the standard for exchanging e-business data across organizations and
industries," said Jeremy Burton, vice president of Internet Platform
marketing at Oracle.  "Built on the rock-solid Oracle8i foundation, XML.ORG
Registry has been designed from the ground-up to build up an open,
standards-based community of schema developers.  It takes XML to the next
level and will make e-businesses even more interoperable."

"As a recognized leader in the application of structured information
standards, DataChannel recognizes the need for an open, vendor-neutral
registry and repository for XML schemas and specifications," Brian
Eisenberg, standards & technology liaison for DataChannel. "The XML.ORG
Registry is an important step forward for the standards community,
especially as XML implementations become more pervasive in the global
eBusiness marketplace. DataChannel fully endorses and supports the XML.ORG
Registry and is committed to working with XML.ORG and its sponsors to ensure
that it continues as an open forum for the submission and exchange of XML
schemas and specifications."

QUOTE FROM IBM

Sponsors of XML.ORG include DataChannel, Documentum, Commerce One, GCA, IBM,
Mercator Software, Oracle, SAP, SoftQuad and Sun Microsystems.

About OASIS
OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) is the world's largest independent,
non-profit organization dedicated to the standardization of XML
applications. OASIS engenders participation from across the industry,
bringing together competitors and overlapping standards bodies. Through open
discussion and debate, OASIS reconciles conflicting perspectives in order to
create specifications that are representative of the industry as a whole.

OASIS sponsors include Adobe Systems, Aerospatiale, AND-USA, Arbortext, BEA
Systems, Bentley Systems, Boeing, Bowstreet, Bridge, Chrystal Software,
Cohesia, Commerce One, CommerceNet, CompTIA, Corel, DataChannel, DMSi,
Documentum, Dun & Bradstreet, eCredit.com, Enigma, eXcelon, Extricity
Software, GCA, Health Level Seven, IBM, InformIT, Informix, InterCAP,
Interleaf, Interwoven, ISOGEN, ITEDO, JetForm, Keyfile, Logistics Management
Institute, Mercator Software, Microsoft, NextPage, NII Enterprise Promotion
Association, Nimble.com, NIST, Object Management Group (OMG), Open
Applications Group, Oracle, Pick Systems, POET Software, ProNet Technology
Partners, Reed Technology, Reuters, Sabre, SAP, Sequoia Software, SoftQuad,
Software AG, STEP, StreamServe, Sun Microsystems, Synthbank, Visa, Wavo,
Webb Interactive Services, webMethods, Whitehill Technologies, Xerox,
XMLSolutions and XyEnterprise.

About XML.ORG
XML.ORG (http://xml.org) is a vendor-neutral resource for advancing XML
industry standardization. Sponsors of XML.ORG include DataChannel,
Documentum, Commerce One, GCA, IBM, Mercator Software, Oracle, SAP, SoftQuad
and Sun Microsystems.

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