http://xmlhack.com/ Developer news from the XML community en-us Edd Dumbill (mailto:webmaster@xmlhack.com) Edd Dumbill (mailto:editor@xmlhack.com) Copyright 1999-2001, xmlhack team. http://xmlhack.com/images/mynetscape88.gif http://xmlhack.com News, opinions, tips and issues concerning XML development http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1978 In his opening keynote at the Twelfth International World Wide Web conference, the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium explained how the two main thrusts of the development of the web do not compete, but can work together. Protocols RDF http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1887 The Apache Web Services Invocation Framework team announced the first open release of their Apache WSIF API. Protocols Java http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1848 Roger Costello and David Jacobs have announced a project to collaboratively develop a distributed registry technology for web services as an alternative to UDDI or ebXML's centralized strategies. Protocols Community http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1827 The fifth annual Forum XML, on November 12-14 in Paris, featured a consistent theme--that SOAP-based Web Services seem more than ever based on a contradiction, even as they are being positioned by vendors as a foundation for both loosely coupled systems and a new RPC architecture. Comment Protocols http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1715 The UDDI Working Group and Advisors Group has released the UDDI Version 3 Specification. Protocols http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1708 The W3C SOAP Working Drafts have reached Last Call status and are available on the Technical Reports page. Protocols W3C http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1679 The XML Web Services One conference featured a panel of Web services experts from a variety of companies demonstrating interoperability in a basic scenario prepared for the conference. Protocols http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1661 CodeFactory have announced RoadRunner, a C-based open source implementation of the BEEP protocol framework (RFC3080). Protocols Tools