Tech Giants Coming to Boston to Discuss XML.Microsoft, Oracle, Justsystems, Adobe, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) DataDirect Joined by 60 Leading Corporations Will Share Their Insight and Latest Technology Advancements ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- During the week of 4 December, representatives from more a myriad of companies and organizations will meet in Boston at the XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. 2006 conference to share ideas about a major web technology. The Extensible Markup Language See XML. (language, text) Extensible Markup Language - (XML) An initiative from the W3C defining an "extremely simple" dialect of SGML suitable for use on the World-Wide Web. http://w3.org/XML/. (XML) is best known as the technology behind Web 2.0, blogs, and podcasting, but it is also heavily used in publishing, databases, and enterprise computing. "I'm excited that so many groups want to come back to Boston and have their say about XML," said David Megginson, conference chair. "It's a strong sign that the technology has moved into the mainstream." XML 2006 is an annual conference hosted by IDEAlliance: International Digital Enterprise Alliance. In 1996, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) released the first public XML specification in Boston at the same conference. Roger Bamford, principal architect of the Oracle database and Oracle (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ORCL ORCL Oracle (stock symbol) ) senior vice president, will kick off the conference program with a keynote address titled "Getting There - The XML/XQuery Ecosystem," on Tues., Dec. 5, at 9 a.m. XML now plays a role in virtually every organization in every industry. Over four days, the XML 2006 conference will include several major features: * Keynotes from Jon Bosak, distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ) and chair of the original XML working group; and Darin McBeath, chief architect with Elsevier (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :REL). * 72 sessions focused in four tracks: Enterprise XML Computing, XML on the Web, Documents and Publishing, and Hands-on XML * Topic tutorials * Exhibit area focusing on the newest products in XML * Evening sessions for networking and product announcements For the full XML 2006 schedule, information on exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities, and to register to attend, visit www.2006.xmlconference.org. About IDEAlliance IDEAlliance (formerly the Graphic Communications Association) has worked for 40 years to promote best practices for information technology and publishing. Members include most major technology companies, such as Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems, as well as many other organizations and individual specialists. For more details, please visit our Web site: www.idealliance.org. |
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