Meet will focus on user requirements and identifying gaps in the XML standards.
OASIS announced it will be hosting a public symposium on the XML standard
in New Orleans April 26-27.
The meet, called “The Symposium on Reliable Infrastructure for XML,” is a
public forum to let user organizations and other interested parties explore the
current state of the XML standard, drive future standards efforts and promote
interoperability, the group said.
Large vendor companies, such as Adobe, BEA Systems, Fidelity, IBM,
General Motors, SAP and Sun Microsystems, have all pledged to participate. OASIS
said that user requirements will drive the discussions, and keynotes will be
provided by William Stangel, senior vice president and enterprise architect for
Fidelity Investments Systems, and Thomas Koulopoulos, president and co-founder
of the Delphi Group.
Other program highlights include a user panel on "Implementing Standards
to Achieve Reliable Transacting," featuring Fred Falten of General Motors
representing the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), Kenneth Hutcheson,
director of the Chemical Industry Data Exchange (CIDX), Patrick Gannon,
president and CEO of OASIS, and Paul Tearnen, vice president, standards
management of RosettaNet. Moderated by Michael Bechauf, vice president of
NetWeaver Standards for SAP, the panel will explore the importance of open
standards to users and the ways industry groups are implementing
standard-oriented architectures into their own work.
Registration for the two-day symposium costs $465 for non-OASIS members
and $265 for members. For more information, visit OASIS here.
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