[announce] [announcement] Globalization Provider RWS Group Joins OASIS

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> Globalization Provider RWS Group Joins XML Interoperability Consortium
> OASIS
>  
> San Francisco, CA -- October 24, 2001 -- RWS Group (translate.com), one of
> the world's largest translation and localization providers, today
> announced its participation in OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of
> Structured Information Standards).  OASIS is dedicated to the advancement
> of XML standards in the globalization industry. 
> 
> RWS Group's XML expert Yves Savourel, author of the new book XML
> Internationalization and Localization, will represent RWS Group.  Savourel
> has been working with SGML and XML localization issues for over a decade.
> A developer of OpenTag, one of the earliest XML extracting formats,
> Savourel is also co-technical chair of OSCAR, the group responsible for
> TMX(TM), at Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA). Most
> recently, Savourel has been involved with the development of XML
> Localization Interchange File Format (XLIFF) and other efforts related to
> XML and localization.
>  
> "We welcome RWS Group to the Consortium and look forward to their
> participation," said Patrick Gannon, president and CEO of OASIS. "RWS
> Group recognizes the benefit of being part of OASIS' vendor-neutral forum
> for advancing XML standards throughout the industry. Their focus on
> globalization processes and their work in language technology development
> will be a valuable addition to our technical work on XML localization and
> internationalization standardization."
> 
> "We are committed to working with the industry leaders represented by
> OASIS to ensure the interoperability of XML and other structured
> information standards, which will result in faster and more robust
> language technology development," said Malcolm Ishida, chief operating
> officer, RWS Group, LLC. "Advancements in multilingual support benefit our
> customers by increasing their market opportunities worldwide."
>  
> The mission of OASIS is to promote and encourage the use of structured
> information standards such as XML. OASIS builds upon and supplements the
> work done by standards bodies such as W3C and ISO. OASIS technical work
> generally falls into the categories of vertical industry applications,
> horizontal and e-business framework, interoperability and conformance
> testing.
> 
> 
> About RWS Group 
> RWS Group (www.translate.com), an ISO 9000 company with four decades of
> experience and worldwide offices, provides clients with multilingual
> solutions. RWS total globalization services include localization of
> software and Web sites, patent translation and technical translation
> services. Services are supported by development of innovative technologies
> such as JCAT™, a JAVA-based ASP computer-assisted translation tool and
> workflow management system with XML capabilities, and RWS Localization
> Tools, designed as freeware to help in localizing software and document
> content. 
> 
> About OASIS
> OASIS (www.oasis-open.org) is the XML interoperability consortium,
> advancing collaboration, convergence and adoption of open specifications
> for structured information exchange. Members themselves set the OASIS
> technical agenda, using a lightweight, open process expressly designed to
> promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. OASIS is the home
> for XML conformance, web services, security, business transactions,
> electronic publishing, topic maps and other interoperability specification
> development. 
> 
For more information contact:
Dianne Pierce
Marketing Director
RWS GROUP, LLC
P: (415) 512-8800
E: dpierce@translate.com