XML-Related Organizations |
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W3C - Architecture Domain
www.w3.org/XML/ |
The W3C XML Activity is part of the
Architecture Domain.
The XML Activity
Statement explains the W3C's work on this topic in more
detail.
The current W3C Recommendations are
XML 1.0, Feb '98 and
Namespaces, Jan '99.
The XML FAQ (University
College Cork) provides a wealth of introductory and background
information on XML. |
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W3C - other XML efforts
www.w3.org/XML/ |
Several efforts are being coordinated by the XML Coordination
Group (web pages are for members only):
XML Schema Working Group: Addressing means for
defining the structure, content and semantics of XML documents
XML Linking Working Group: Designing hypertext
links for XML. Working drafts of
XML Linking Language (XLink) and
XML Pointer
Language (XPointer).
XML Information Set Working Group: Looking at more
abstract descriptions of XML documents in terms of document
tree structures, elements, their attribute lists and so on.
XML Fragment Working Group: Working to define a
way to send fragments of an XML document without having to
send all or part of the parent document as well.
XML Syntax Working Group: Concerned with several
aspects of XML: style sheet linking, XML profile,
canonicalizing XML, and internationalization. |
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Open Applications
Group, Inc. (OAGI)
www.openapplications.org/
OAGIS XML Architecture and
DTD Downloads
www.openapplications.org/
xml/loadform.htm |
OAGI is a non-profit industry consortium
comprised of many prominent stakeholders (see
Members list) in the business software component
interoperability arena. It was formed in February, 1995 in
response to the rapidly expanding problem
of tying disparate software applications together.
The XML architecture appendix is a big step toward providing
the entirety of the OAGIS content in a consistent electronic
format. |
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OASIS - Organization for the
Advancement of Structured
Information Standards
www.oasis-open.org/
The SGML/XML Web Page
www.oasis-open.org/
cover/xml.html |
OASIS is a nonprofit, international consortium
dedicated to accelerating the adoption of product-independent
formats based on public standards. These standards include
SGML, XML (XSL, XLL), HTML and CGM as well as others that
are related to structured information processing. Members
of OASIS are providers, users and specialists of the
technologies that make these standards work in practice.
The SGML/XML Web site is a comprehensive site about
all things XML including links, specifications, and
industry-specific XML work. |
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ebXML
www.ebXML.org |
ebXML's mission is to provide an open XML-based infrastructure enabling
the global use of electronic business information in an interoperable, secure and
consistent manner by all parties. This global effort is sponsored by UN/CEFACT
(www.unece.org/cefact) and OASIS
(www.oasis-open.org) |
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OpenXML
www.openxml.org |
OpenXML is an open source, pure Java, commercial grade, fully featured
framework for XML-based applications. OpenXML covers the entire spectrum of XML
document production, processing and publishing making it suitable for a variety
of uses including application to application communication, content publishing
and human interface. |
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XML.ORG
www.xml.org |
XML.ORG is designed to provide a credible source of accurate,
timely information about the application of XML in industrial and commercial
settings and to serve as a reference repository for specific XML standards such
as vocabularies, DTDs, schemas, and namespaces. |
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DISA
www.disa.org |
DISA (Data Interchange Standards Association) is a not-for-profit
organization that offers a variety of outreach initiatives and extensive educational
programs for every e-commerce endeavor. |
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Biztalk
www.biztalk.org |
The repository section of this site, when
complete, will support direct online automated access and
management of Public Schemas, Schema Sets, Schema Maps,
Process Descriptions, sample XML messages etc. |
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xml.apache.org
xml.apache.org |
The goals of the Apache XML Project project are:
- to provide commercial-quality standards-based XML solutions
that are developed in an open and cooperative fashion,
- to provide feedback to standards bodies (such as IETF and
W3C) from an implementation perspective, and
- to be a focus for XML-related activies within Apache projects
The Apache XML Project project currently consists of four sub-
projects, each focused on a different aspect of XML:
- Xerces - XML parsers in Java, C++, and Perl
- Xalan - XSLT stylesheet processors, in Java and C++
- Cocoon - XML-based web publishing, in Java
- FOP - XSL formatting objects, in Java
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