XML 2004 Announces Key Industry Sponsors, Exhibitors.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- World's Largest Independent XML Trade Conference Slated for Nov. 15-19 in Washington, D.C.; Event Sponsors Include Adobe, Arbortext, DataDirect, Sun Microsoft, SchemaSoft, and TRADOS

IDEAlliance, a leading industry association dedicated to fostering XML and other information technology standards, today announced numerous sponsors and exhibitors for XML Conference and Exposition 2004, being held Nov. 15-19 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. Organizations sponsoring this year's event include industry leaders Adobe Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE), Arbortext, DataDirect Technologies, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUNW), SchemaSoft and TRADOS.

XML pioneer and XML 2004 Keynote Speaker Tim Bray, who joined Sun Microsystems earlier this year as Director of Web Technologies in the Software CTO Office, says that Sun regards XML 2004 as the XML industry's premier event.

"This is the one event of the year that you really have to go to if you're serious about XML," says Bray. "The presentations are way better than the average conference, and if there's anyone you need to talk to in the XML world, they're going to be there. I'm delighted that we at Sun are supporting XML 2004."

Many other key XML vendors will be on the trade show floor offering the latest in XML-based business solutions. In addition to the sponsoring companies, the current exhibitor lineup includes:

--Antenna House, Inc.

--Astoria Software

--ATL Systems Inc.

--Blast Radius

--DataDirect Technologies

--Design Science

--DocSoft

--Exegenix

--i.t.i.p.

--Mark Logic

--Software AG

--TeraText(TM) Solutions

--Thomas Technology Solutions, Inc.

For information on exhibiting at XML 2004, visit http://www.xmlconference.org/xmlusa/2004/exhibits.html.

For information on sponsorship opportunities at XML 2004, visit http://www.xmlconference.org/xmlusa/2004/sponsorship.html.

For general information and to register to attend XML 2004, visit http://www.xmlconference.org/xmlusa/2004/registration.html.

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 http://www.idealliance.org.