xml-dev - RE: Various presentations

[Joshua Allen <joshuaa@microsoft.com>]

I'll vouch for the "XML Schemas" one, which I had the fortune
to see presented at XMLDevCon.  Something Simon didn't mention
about this presentation, but which I found useful: Have you
ever had a client/co-worker come to you confused about schema
and especially the way that things are changing, looking for
advice about the "best" way to markup semantics?  Everyone
is worried about committing to a schema markup technique until
they know which one is going to win.  This puts various methods
in "competition" as far as many are concerned.

This presentation did a good job of comparing the so-called
competitor standards and show how each could be useful, and
in the case of schematron for example, how different techniques
could augment each other.  Also, it discusses the history of
the standards and shows how we're all working toward the same
goal; and we *will* get there.  SOX leads naturally into Schema
as do other existing techniques..  Simon does a good job of
putting the convergence in perspective -- I know I'll send
people to his site when I get the questions in the future.

Joshua Allen
Microsoft eBusiness West Region
"No challenge can withstand the assault of sustained thinking" - Voltaire


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon St.Laurent [mailto:simonstl@simonstl.com]
> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 6:40 AM
> To: XML-Dev Mailing list
> Subject: Various presentations
> 
> 
> I've just added the three presentations I gave in New York 
> last week (1 at
> the NY Object Developer's Group, 2 at XMLDevCon 2000) to my 
> Web site.  Some
> of them may be interesting/useful/hateful for members of this list.
> 
> (Since I'm a computer book author, these tend to be very 
> text-heavy, and
> I'm not sure having a speaker is necessary.)
> 
> XML's Interoperability Problems: Not as easy as it seems
> 	Describes the complexities of changing parsers or 
> supporting XML parsers
> 	which may not support the exact set of features you've 
> used.  The 
> 	problems described are internal to the XML and the 
> Namespaces specs,
> 	not the general problem of shared semantics.
> 	http://www.simonstl.com/articles/interop/
> 
> XML for Small Projects and Small Organizations
> 	Suggests that XML has as much use for small projects as 
> for giant world-
> 	conquering ones, and that smaller organizations may 
> benefit from its
> 	opening up integration that used to be proprietary.
> 	http://www.simonstl.com/articles/smdev/smdev.html
> 	(based on http://www.simonstl.com/articles/xmlsmall.htm)
> 
> XML Schemas: Needed Rules for XML Documents (updated from March)
> 	An overview of Schemas, for the most part, with a very 
> few examples.
> 	Not a full-blown tutorial, but a general guide to features.
> 	http://www.simonstl.com/articles/schemas/index.htm
> 
> These probably won't prove to be exciting beach reading, but 
> they may be of
> interest to some folks.
> 
> (Yes, I've started doing my slides in XML again, thanks to a 
> handy XSLT
> stylesheet Don Park cooked up for XTech.  I'll be putting up XML+CSS
> versions in the relatively near future for those who want the whole
> document at one go.)
> 
> Simon St.Laurent
> XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed.
> http://www.simonstl.com - XML essays and books
> 
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