OASIS Member News

["Johnson, Dennis" <dennis.johnson@documentum.com>]

Title: OASIS Member News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  
December 12, 2000

Contact:        Documentum: Kimberly Devine UpStart Communications (510) 457-3000 x3124  kdevine@upstart.com   

Documentum Extends Leadership Role in XML-Based Enterprise Content Management; Becomes Advisor to the UDDI Project

Advisory Role Enables Documentum to Help Drive Open Standards Development for Next Generation Web Services Facilitating e-Business for Global 2000

PLEASANTON, Calif.  - December 12, 2000 - Documentum (Nasdaq: DCTM), the leading provider of Internet-scale content management solutions for powering e-business applications, today announced that they have become an advisor to the Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) Project, a coalition of business and technology leaders working to create a platform-independent, open framework for describing Web services, discovering e-businesses, and integrating business-to-business services using the Internet.   Documentum's advisory role demonstrates the company's ongoing commitment and leadership in the development of open standards for B2B interoperability, facilitating e-business and enterprise content management for Global 2000 companies.

"As the leader in XML-based enterprise content management for global organizations, we are delighted to participate as an advisor to the UDDI project," said Howard Shao, chief technology officer and co-founder at Documentum. "Leveraging the years of experience we've gained serving the enterprise content management needs of Global 2000 companies, it is our goal to help UDDI determine and create comprehensive open standards required by the greater B2B community to enable seamless content interchange. In addition, our close ties to the UDDI project will provide users of the 4i eBusiness Platform with the ability to quickly and easily create and leverage Web services in order to expedite the swift development and implementation of the B2B applications they need."

"Businesses of all sizes can benefit from UDDI, because the standards we are developing comprehensively address problems that restrict the growth and synergies of B2B commerce and Web services," said Tom Glover, general program manager at UDDI.  "The UDDI standard is not industry-specific. Any industry, worldwide, offering products and services can benefit from this open initiative. We appreciate the support given to us by Documentum and welcome their extensive B2B experience."

About Documentum
Documentum drives content management through e-businesses with an open, flexible, Internet-scale platform that enables customers to create, deliver, publish, and personalize content in all formats across all e-business applications.  More than 1000 Global 2000 companies use Documentum products and services to provide dynamic, trusted content to all users, the key to e-business success in the New Economy.  Documentum is an active sponsor of OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) and a founding member of XML.org, as well as a UDDI.org (Universal Description, Discover and Integration) advisor and an associate member of the WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) Forum.  For more information, please visit Documentum on the Web at <http://www.documentum.com>.

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Dennis Johnson Jr.
Public Relations Associate
Documentum, Inc.
Phone:  (925) 600-5423
Fax:  (925) 600-5570
email: dennis.johnson@documentum.com