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Subject: OASIS, W3C and RivCom Offer Workshop on Applying XML Within the Enterprise



OASIS, W3C and RivCom Offer Workshop on Applying XML Within the Enterprise

Boston, MA, USA; 4 May, 2000—-International consortia, OASIS and the World
Wide Web Consortium (W3C), have joined forces with XML consultancy and
services company, RivCom, to host, "Making the Best Use of XML within the
Enterprise." Focused on the strategic introduction of XML to user
organizations, this one-day workshop will be held on 15 May as part of the
WWW9 Conference in Amsterdam. Workshop attendees will join XML leaders from
Boeing, DataChannel, ebXML, Flash Creative Management, IBM, NATO, Sun
Microsystems and others in a highly participatory event.

“While XML is becoming established as a key enabler for Internet-based
enterprise information exchange and distributed computing, many user
organizations are finding it difficult to know how best to adopt this
emerging technology,” observed Adrian Rivers, Managing Director, RivCom.
“This workshop will help users appreciate the many roles XML can play across
the whole enterprise.”

“The goal of OASIS, W3C and RivCom is to bring together leading figures from
the XML world who represent user organizations, software vendors,
consultancies and standards bodies,” said Stuart Robinson, Head of the W3C
UK Office at Rutherford Appleton Laboratories. “This group will identify the
technical and cultural issues involved in introducing XML to the enterprise
and the options open to organizations in addressing these issues.”

The program for the Workshop will include short presentations on the issues
involved in introducing XML to the enterprise, along with candidate
solutions to address these issues. These will be followed by discussion
groups and plenary sessions to explore the potential and possible nature of
a framework to support organizations seeking to introduce XML to the
enterprise.

“Proceedings from the day will be used as input towards the development of a
set of support materials for organizations setting out to establish clear
strategies for the adoption of XML. These materials will be made publicly
available and presented for discussion at the XML Europe 2000 conference,”
said Pamela Gennusa, OASIS European representative and chair of XML Europe
2000.

More information about "Making the Best Use of XML within the Enterprise"
can be found at http://www.rivcom.com/www9workshop. Details on the WWW9
conference can be found at http://www9.org.

About OASIS
OASIS (http://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, 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, 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 RivCom
RivCom (http://www.rivcom.com) is a consultancy and services company
specializing in helping businesses adopt XML technologies to meet their
information management and distribution needs. RivCom has been actively
involved in the development of the XML family of standards, having been a
member of the original XML Special Interest Group, a member of the W3C XSLT
Working Group, joint project leader of the STEP/SGML harmonisation
initiative under ISO, and software development lead in the recently
completed European XML/EDI Pilot Project. In April 1997, at the WWW6
conference in Santa Clara, RivCom gave the world’s first public
demonstration of XML content being displayed within an industry-standard
browser (using a browser plugin developed by RivCom). RivCom is currently
assisting the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) in the
development of NewsML, an XML-based standard for the management and
interchange of news objects and collections of news objects in all media.

About the World Wide Web Consortium [W3C]
The W3C (http://www.w3.org/) was created to lead the Web to its full
potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and
ensure its interoperability. It is an international industry consortium
jointly run by the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science (MIT LCS) in the USA,
the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA)
in France and Keio University in Japan. Services provided by the Consortium
include: a repository of information about the World Wide Web for developers
and users, reference code implementations to embody and promote standards,
and various prototype and sample applications to demonstrate use of new
technology. To date, over 420 organizations are Members of the Consortium. #


For more information, contact:

Carol Geyer
Media Relations Consultant
OASIS
carol.geyer@oasis-open.org
Tel: +1.941.926.2322
Fax: +1.505.210.2878

Adrian Rivers
RivCom
adrian.rivers@rivcom.com
Tel: +44 (0)1793 792003
Fax: +44 (0)1793 792001

Janet Daly
Head of Communications
W3C
jdaly@w3.org
Tel: +1 617 253 5884
Fax: +1 617 258 5999









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