B-Bop Associates Joins OASIS

[Carol Geyer <cgeyer7@home.com>]

B-Bop Associates Joins OASIS
XML Platform Provider Sponsors XML Interoperability Consortium

Boston, MA; August 28, 2000--B-Bop Associates, Inc., provider of XML
solutions for eBusiness content management and information exchange, became
the newest sponsor member of OASIS, the international XML interoperability
consortium. B-Bop joined OASIS to support the industry-wide organization and
its efforts to ensure open technical standards for the Internet. B-Bop uses
XML to deliver dynamic, personalized content to e-commerce, customer
relationship management and information portal sites.

"OASIS has experienced remarkable growth and progress in both its membership
and the technical work of the Consortium," says Sanjay Manchanda, Chief
Marketing Officer and Co-founder of B-Bop Associates, Inc.  "As a
standards-based company, B-Bop's sponsor membership with OASIS will allow us
to make ongoing contributions in achieving standardization across all
industry segments."

"We welcome B-Bop Associates to the Consortium and look forward to their
participation," commented Laura Walker, executive director of OASIS. "B-Bop
recognizes the benefit of being part of OASIS' vendor-neutral forum for
advancing XML standards throughout the industry. Their focus on eBusiness
processes will be a valuable asset to our technical work on XML applications
standardization."

About B-Bop
B-Bop (www.b-bop.com) provides a standards-based XML platform that powers
eBusiness processes centered on content management and information exchange.
B-Bop products and services enable businesses to transform, store and
re-purpose critical information between their sources, customers and
business partners. Whether the data comes from internal, external or a
combination of sources, the B-Bop Xfinity Server dynamically synchronizes
the information specifically to the needs of each customer or application.
As a result, B-Bop Xfinity delivers dynamic, personalized and up-to-date
content.

About OASIS
OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) is the world's largest independent,
non-profit organization dedicated to the standardization of XML
applications. In addition to its technical work on areas as varied as XML
conformance and XML repository standards, OASIS hosts several independent
initiatives. ebXML is a joint effort of the United Nations CE/FACT and OASIS
to establish a global framework that will enable XML to be used in a
consistent manner for the exchange of all electronic business data. CGM Open
is a consortium within OASIS dedicated to advancing web graphics standards.
The XML Cover Pages is widely regarded as the most comprehensive online
reference work for XML and other structured information standards. OASIS
also hosts the XML.ORG Registry, the open community clearinghouse of XML
application standards.

OASIS sponsors include Adobe Systems, Aerospatiale, AND Data Solutions,
Arbortext, B-Bop Associates, BEA Systems, Boeing, Bowstreet, Bridge,
BroadVision, Chrystal Software, Cohesia, Commerce One, Corel, DataChannel,
Dataloom, DMSi, Documentum, Dun & Bradstreet, eCredit.com, Enigma, eXcelon,
Extensibility, Extricity Software, First Call, IBM, InformIT, Informix,
InterCAP, Interwoven, ISOGEN, ITEDO, JetForm, Keyfile, Logistics Management
Institute, Mercator Software, Microsoft, NextPage, NII Enterprise Promotion
Association, Nimble Technology, NIST, Oracle Corporation, Pick Systems,
ProNet Technology, Reuters, Sabre, SAP, Sequoia Software, SoftQuad, Software
AG, STEP, StreamServe, Sun Microsystems, Synth-Bank, Visa, Wavo, Webb
Interactive Services, Whitehill Technologies, Xerox, XMLSolutions and
XyEnterprise.#

For more information:
Carol Geyer
Media Relations Consultant
OASIS
carol.geyer@oasis-open.org
+1.941.926.2322