OASIS Member News: XML 2003 Announces Expanded Program

["Joy Blake Scott" <joy@longleafpr.com>]

XML 2003 Announces Expanded Program

Presentations Added from Adobe, Amazon.com, Arbortext, BEA, Microsoft,
Stibo, Sun;
Premier XML Industry Event Slated for Dec. 7-12 in Philadelphia

Alexandria, Va. - Nov. 3, 2003 - IDEAlliance, a leading trade association
dedicated to fostering XML and other information technology standards, today
announced presenters for the “product presentation” and “late-breaking news”
sessions at XML Conference and Exposition 2003, being held Dec. 7-12, at the
Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pa. The annual event is the
world’s largest XML trade conference.

Jeffrey Barr, web services evangelist with Amazon.com, has been added to the
program to present a case study titled “Amazon.com - Open for Innovation,”
which explores how Amazon.com is enabling developers to innovate with
Amazon.com data and features retrieved from their databases in real-time
using XML over HTTP.

Another featured presenter in the product presentation track is PG Bartlett,
vice president of marketing for Arbortext.  Mr. Bartlett will explore how
Arbortext’s newest software addresses the difficulty, cost and time of
implementing an enterprise publishing system in a presentation titled “An
Introduction to Arbortext 5.”

“XML 2003 is an important industry conference for showcasing new products
and technologies,” says Bartlett.  “Arbortext is a long-time supporter of
this event and IDEAlliance.”

Other sessions recently added to the product presentation track include:

*	“Building XML Forms with PDF,” Peter Kacandes, senior product manager,
ePaper Solutions, Adobe Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE)
*	“XML and Web Services in Microsoft's SQL Server,” Michael Rys, program
manager, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT)
*	“TokenStream: High-Efficiency XML Processing,” Christopher Hillery, senior
software engineer, BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAS)
*	“XML and Catalogue Content Management” - Delivering Data, Documents and
Knowledge From One Single Source,” Christian R. Hvas, product marketing
manager, Stibo Catalog (Denmark)
*	“Using Oracle XML DB Effectively,” Biswadeep Nag, staff engineer, Sun
Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW)

For the full XML 2003 schedule, visit
http://xmlconference.org/xmlusa/2003/schedule.asp
<http://xmlconference.org/xmlusa/2003/schedule.asp>.

Sponsorship and exhibit opportunities are available. Contact Tanya Bosse,
tbosse@idealliance.org, 703-443-1717 or Joy Blake Scott, joy@longleafpr.com
<mailto:joy@longleafpr.com>, 303-639-6069 for more information.

For general information and to register to attend XML 2003, visit
<http://www.xmlconference.org/xmlusa/2003/registration.asp>.

About IDEAlliance

IDEAlliance (International Digital Enterprise Alliance) is a not-for-profit
membership organization. Its mission is to advance user-driven,
cross-industry solutions for all publishing and content-related processes by
developing standards, fostering business alliances, and identifying best
practices. IDEAlliance has been a leader in information technology since
1966 (founded as Graphic Communications Association) having fostered the
development and adoption of standards such as ADIS, GRACoL, ICE, JIFFI,
Mail.dat, papiNet, PRISM, PROSE XML, SPACE XML, SGML, and XML. Learn more
about IDEAlliance at <www.idealliance.org>.



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Phone: 303-639-6069
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