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=2188 Although we don't have time to write XMLhack stories at the moment, we're pleased to announce the launch of a new service, Planet XMLhack, aggregating weblogs of the XML developer community. Community RDF http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2187 It's been a lot of fun writing XMLhack since 1999, but it's time for us to take a rest. Comment Community http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2181 In a panel discussion at Software Development 2004 entitled "Marrying SQL, XML, Web Services and Grid Computing", Peter Coffee of eWEEK magazine best summarized the state of these four technologies when he said that customers would not abandon SQL, wanted to use XML to repurpose data, and considered Web Services the default implementation strategy for many projects. On the other hand, they felt grid computing was still three to five years away. Community Databases http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2179 There's only a few days left to sign up for the tutorials and presentations at XML Europe 2004, the major European gathering of the XML world. The conference will be held from 18-21 April in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Community http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2178 The schedule for XML Europe 2004 (April 19-21, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) has been finalized. In addition to keynotes from Amazon's Jeff Barr and the W3C's Steven Pemberton, the late-breaking talks add news from the most recent work in the XML world. Community http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2177 The French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) has published a first release (in French) of their identification and classification XML datatypes as a RDDL repository. Namespaces Community http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2148 A conference focusing on XML in the Financial Services industry casts doubt on the conventional wisdom about Web services and the role of tightly-coupled middleware in real-world XML developments. Community http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2131 Originally announced at XML 2003, the Call for Participation for Extreme Markup 2004 is now open. The conference will be held from 3-6 August in Montréal, Canada. Community