Veo Systems Announces Support For Sun Microsystems' New Java Development Kit With Java-Based Parser; Veo Systems Leads Integration of XML and Java.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1998--Veo Systems, Inc., a pioneer in the development of open commerce networks, today announced a Java-based XML parser Software that reads an XML document, identifies all the XML tags and passes the data to the application. See XML processor. that will support Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc.'s next release of its Java(TM) Development Kit (JDK (Java Development Kit) A Java software development environment from Sun. It includes the JVM, compiler, debugger and other tools for developing Java applets and applications. Each new version of the JDK adds features and enhancements to the language. (TM)version 1.2). Due to ship in Q1 of 1999, Veo Systems' XML parser will bridge the gap between 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. and Java by being the first parser A routine that analyzes a continuous flow of text-based input and breaks it into its constituent parts. See parse. (language) parser - An algorithm or program to determine the syntactic structure of a sentence or string of symbols in some language. to support the Schema for Object Oriented See object technology and object-oriented programming. XML (SOX) submission to the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium, www.w3.org) An international industry consortium founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee to develop standards for the Web. It is hosted in the U.S. by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT (www.csail.mit.edu/index.php). XML-Schema working group. The Veo parser will combine unprecedented speed with XML DTD (Document Type Definition) A language that describes the contents of an SGML document. The DTD is also used with XML, and the DTD definitions may be embedded within an XML document or in a separate file. and SOX validation. SOX extends XML for e-commerce and distributed computing by adding strong typing, inheritance, global name spaces, and legal attribute values. These extensions enable validity checking and facilitate mapping a document to other documents as well as to the rich data schemas used in databases and object oriented software applications. "Veo is leading the way to couple the power of XML and Java. Veo Systems' parser will bridge the gap between XML and Java and by giving developers a familiar typed programming model for manipulating XML documents and make XML more powerful for the Java developer," stated Dr. Jay Tenenbaum, chairman and chief scientist of Veo Systems. "We are looking forward to working with our customers who deploy Sun's JDK in building innovative e-commerce and business integration solutions." Veo Systems is currently accepting applicants for the XML parser early access program. Anyone interested in participating should visit Veo's website at www.veosystems.com/xml/parser/parser.html About Veo Systems, Inc. Veo Systems is the leading supplier of products and services to enable open commerce networks. Using Veo's solutions, companies can significantly lower the economics of business-to-business integration by exchanging information using self-describing XML business documents that both people and computers can readily understand. Veo's world-class technology team pioneered the application of XML to electronic commerce. Veo Systems is located in Mountain View, Calif. and can be reached at 650/988-7244 or via the Internet at http://www.veosystems.com. Note to Editors: Veo Systems and SOX are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Veo Systems, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein might be the trademarks of their respective owners. Sun, Sun Microsystems, Java and JDK are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc. in the United States and other countries. |
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