"Late-Breaking
News" Presentations Announced for IDEAlliance XTech 2005
New Session Topics Include Open Data, Xfy, Topic Maps, Web
Services, and
More
Alexandria, Va. - 4 May 2005 - XTech
2005 (formerly XML Europe), the premier European
conference for developers and managers working with XML and Web technologies,
has announced the "late-breaking news" sessions for this
year's conference slated for 24-27 May, 2005, at the Amsterdam RAI
Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
"This year's
late-breaking news presentations will provide up-to-the-minute perspective on
open data and other trends generating so much 'buzz' within the
industry," says Marion L. Elledge, Vice President, Information Technology
Alliances and Conferences, IDEAlliance.
Topics and presenters
include:
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"Open Street Maps and Spatial
Data," Jo Walsh, Co-Author,
"Mapping Hacks," United
Kingdom
*
"BBC News and RSS, Or: How
We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Open Data Services," Joel
Chippindale, Software Engineer and
Kevin Hinde, Head of Technical Development, BBC News Interactive, United Kingdom
*
"XHTML2: Accessible, Usable,
Device-Independent, and Semantic,"
Steven Pemberton, Senior Researcher, W3C/CWI, Netherlands
and Mark R. Birbeck, CEO and CTO, x-port.net Ltd., United Kingdom
*
"WHATWG: Proposing
Extensions to HTML4 and the DOM," Ian Hickson, Standards Development,
Opera Software, ASA, Norway
*
"Xfy Technology: Making the
Most of XML in Enterprise Client
Software," Jeff Bennett, Principal Systems Designer, Justsystem
Corporation, Japan
*
"Web Services-Based
Syndication Protocol for Valued Content," Dianne Kennedy, VP Publishing
Technologies, IDEAlliance, United States
*
"Dynamic Topic Maps Using
Web Service Interfaces," Eric Freese, Consulting Software Engineer, LexisNexis, United
States
For information on
presentations, sponsorships, exhibiting and other marketing opportunities,
visit http://www.xtech-conference.org. For general information and to register to attend, visit http://www.xtech-conference.org/2005/registration.asp.
XTech 2005 is being held in conjunction
with the Gilbane Conference on Content Management. For more information,
visit http://home.lighthouseseminars.com/lighthouse/Amsterdam2005/gcsf.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. Founded in 1966 as the Graphic
Communications Association, IDEAlliance has been a leader in information
technology - developing Document Markup Metalanguage (GENCODE),
sponsoring the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), and fostering
eXtensible Markup Language (XML). IDEAlliance builds on these languages to
create specifications that enhance efficiency and speed information in all aspects
of publishing and content-related processes. Learn more about IDEAlliance at
www.idealliance.org.
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Marion L. Elledge
VP, Information Technologies Programs
IDEAlliance http://www.idealliance.org
Watch for upcoming events:
XTECH 2005 - 24-27 May - Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
http://www.xtech.org
Extreme 2005 - August 1-5 - Montreal,
Quebec, Canada http://www.extrememarkup.com
XML 2005 - November 14-18 - Atlanta,
Georgia
http://www.xmlconference.org
