XML DevCon Fall 2000 Coverage
November 22, 2000
Simon St. Laurent and Edd Dumbill
XML DevCon Fall 2000 was held in San Jose, in November 2000. XML.com writers were there to report on the proceedings. This coverage gives you a taste of the conference: community sessions, products from the show floor, keynotes and tutorial sessions.
Should XML Become a "Real" Standard?
By Edd Dumbill
XML standards
developers gathered Monday night at XML DevCon Fall 2000 in San Jose to discuss the
future
of XML as a standard.
XMLDevCon2000 Showfloor highlights
By Simon St. Laurent
Simon St.
Laurent uncovers a few gems on the XMLDevCon 2000 trade floor and explains their relevance
to developers. Discoveries include XML Spy 3.5, XML Authority 2.0, and <xml>Transport
and
<xsl>Composer.
Embracing Web Services
By Edd Dumbill
Delivering a talk
entitled "Web Services: Requirements, Challenges and Opportunities," Greg Hope laid
down the
future of web business as Microsoft sees it, and especially the role of XML
technologies.
A Uniform Interface for Authoring
By Edd Dumbill
In the first session
of the XML DevCon Fall 2000 conference, Greg Stein delivered an introduction to WebDAV,
Web
Distributed Authoring and Versioning protocol.