XML 2004 Exhibitor Profiles.

WASHINGTON -- XML 2004 takes place Nov. 16-19 at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington DC. For in-depth information about the event visit http://www.xmlconference.org/xmlusa/.

Below are profiles from XML 2004 exhibitors; breaking news releases are available at http://www.tradeshownews.com, Business Wire's trade show, conference and event news resource. Business Wire is the official news wire service for XML 2004.

Company: DataDirect Technologies
Booth/Stand: 201
Media Contact:  Jerry King
Investor Relations Contact: Stacey Redden Dore
Phone:  [phone]
E-mail:  [e-mail]
Company URL: www.datadirect.com
Press Area URL: http://www.datadirect.com/news/index.ssp

Product description: DataDirect XQuery(TM) is a database and platform
independent XQuery product that allows developers to access both
relational and XML data sources.  It runs in any Java environment, and
implements XQJ -- the equivalent of JDBC for XQuery. Installing
DataDirect XQuery(TM) is similar to installing a JDBC driver.
Additional information may be found at
www.datadirect.com/products/xquery/index.ssp.

Company description: DataDirect Technologies offers the most
comprehensive, proven line of data connectivity components available
anywhere. Developers worldwide depend on DataDirect Technologies to
connect their applications to an unparalleled range of data sources
using standards-based interfaces such as ODBC, JDBC and ADO.NET, as
well as cutting-edge XML query technologies.

Company: DISA
Booth/Stand: 103
Media Contact: Catherine McDonald
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.disa.org; www.x12.org
Press Area URL: http://www.x12.org/x12org/pr.cfm

Product description: To address this proliferating disarray of
data, ASC X12 created the Context Inspired Component Architecture
(CICA). CICA organizes and structures data so that it is reusable,
predictable and understandable to your business and all your trading
partners. CICA streamlines data exchange by providing a single
dictionary or repository for structuring your XML messages and
simplifying the definition, translation and transmission of your
business data.

Company description: Established as a not-for-profit, the Data
Interchange Standards Association (DISA) is home for the development
of cross-industry electronic interchange standards. DISA serves as the
Secretariat for ASC X12 and their EDI and XML standards development
process. DISA's affiliate organizations are involved in developing
XML-based e-business standards for finance, real estate and global
distribution systems for the hospitality industry.

Company: Exegenix
Booth/Stand: 212
Media Contact: Steve Downie
Investor Relations Contact: Bill Clarke
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.exegenix.com
Press Area URL: www.exegenix.com/press/

Product description: The Exegenix Conversion Satellite converts
documents into XML quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively. With no
re-keying, no dependency on consistently-formatted input, and no
programming/configuration.

Our ground-breaking approach completely transforms the process of
legacy/ongoing content conversion, and requires no XML expertise to
produce valid, richly-structured XML output.

Company description: Exegenix is an innovator in XML conversion
technology. Based in Toronto, Canada, and backed by Tata Infotech,
part of the multi-billion dollar Tata Group, the Exegenix team is
dedicated to delivering cost-effective content conversion solutions to
organizations of any size. Options include onsite software deployment,
or fully turnkey service.

Company: GlobusData
Booth/Stand: Incubator
Media Contact: Boris Khurgin
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.globusdata.com

Product description: Our flagship product is queryXML(TM), an XML
query engine that seamlessly processes XML documents. It is made up of
the patent-pending query engine itself and our proprietary programming
language, qxLanguage. Designed to simplify how developers work with
XML data sources, qxLanguage uses SQL-like constructs for
self-describing codes. Though it is a proprietary language, it
provides a full support to XPath. qxLanguage also supports all
built-in functions defined in a subset of the XSL Transformations
(XSLT) Version 1.0 (W3C Recommendation 16 November 1999).

Company description: GlobusData -- a Microsoft Office Solution
Provider -- is an independent software development and research
company. Founded in 2001, we have offices in New York and Chicago. Our
goal is to bring innovative, high quality and user-friendly products
to the fast-growing, quickly changing technology marketplace. We offer
practical, easy-to-use products that address critical user needs,
particularly in XML data access technology and GIS (Geographical
Information Systems) application development.

Company:  Idiom Technologies, Inc.
Booth/Stand:  313
Media Contact:  Todd Keefe
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL:  www.idiominc.com
Press Area URL:  www.idiominc.com/news/press-releases

Idiom(R) Technologies helps global companies such as Adobe Systems,
Baxter Healthcare, eBay, General Electric, Motorola, and Oracle
deliver business-critical information in many different forms and
languages simultaneously. Idiom's revolutionary OpenTopic technology
is the industry's most advanced XML-based publishing solution for
simplifying and accelerating the creation, management, localization,
and production of print and electronic documents. Based on the Darwin
Information Typing Architecture (DITA), WorldServer OpenTopic enables
customers to improve the quality and consistency of evolving content,
while significantly reducing the time and costs required to author,
update, translate, and deliver information on a global scale. For
more information, please visit www.idiominc.com.

Company: Mark Logic Corporation
Booth/Stand: 308
Media Contact: Jason A. Tidwell
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: http://www.marklogic.com
Press Area URL: http://www.marklogic.com/news.html

Product description: Based on a breakthrough fusion of database
and search engine technologies, Mark Logic Content Interaction Server
provides the platform for a new class of content-centric applications
that extract value from existing content in order to create new
products and services, streamline business processes and enhance
existing revenue streams.

Company description: Mark Logic has developed the first
enterprise-class database management system specifically designed for
content, effectively unlocking the vast majority of enterprise
information that is not easily stored in relational databases. The
company enables enterprises to analyze, synthesize and enhance
business content that has remained locked inside Microsoft Word
documents, PDF files, E-mail, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint and XML
documents.

Company: Raining Data Corporation
Ticker Symbol: Nasdaq: RDTA
Booth/Stand: 213
Media Contact: Boris Geller
Investor Relations Contact: Brian Bezdek
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.rainingdata.com
Press Area URL:
http://www.rainingdata.com/company/PressReleases.html

Raining Data Corporation (Nasdaq: RDTA) has been providing
reliable data management solutions for more than two decades. The
company's flagship TigerLogic XML Data Management Server (XDMS)
provides flexible, scalable and extensible storage and retrieval of
data across a variety of structured and unstructured information
sources. It achieves this with a patent-pending indexing and profiling
technology that aggregates, stores and retrieves data of any type and
from any source as XML files in the mid-tier. TigerLogic XDMS boosts
productivity, integrates with existing enterprise environments, and
minimizes administrative overhead when XML-enabling Web services. More
about Raining Data can be found at www.rainingdata.com.