Keyfile Corporation announced it will support the Microsoft BizTalk Framework with an XML workflow schema that can be embedded with online forms, transactions and other XML documents. The schema defines the business logic for receiving, handling and processing the XML document as part of an e-commerce transaction. It is available in the library section of biztalk.org. www.keyfile.com
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OASIS announced major enhancements to XML.org, the open, vendor-neutral industry portal for XML. New XML schemas from DataChannel and the HR-XML Consortium have been submitted to XML.org. Other content upgrades include the addition of the XML.org Specifications Catalog (xml.org/xmlorg_catalog.htm), a comprehensive list of XML specifications currently under development including links for more information. The site also incorporates the XML.org Specification Submission Form to encourage and enable organizations to share their XML specifications with the community at large. DataChannel’s submission to XML.org is the Portal Markup Language (PML), which is designed to support inter-portal communication by providing an XML-based description of portal-related data and metadata. PML incorporates the basics of vocabularies such as Dublin Core, Directory Services Markup and WebDAV and will continue to closely track applicable standards of relevance to this arena. The HR-XML Consortium submitted three XML schemas to XML.org, all designed to enable a new generation of web-based workforce management and recruiting services. www.oasis-open.org
The Bulldog Group Inc., Oracle Corporation, and Sun Microsystems Inc. announced Content BOSS, an integrated enterprise content management solution that enables media-rich organizations to reduce marketing and production costs. Content BOSS combines Bulldog’s enterprise content management software and services, Oracle8i with Oracle interMedia, and Sun’s servers and network storage. The Content BOSS agreement aligns marketing and sales efforts of the three companies, including joint sales training programs, events and marketing initiatives. Future Content BOSS plans include technical integration development and support for future releases of Bulldog and Oracle on Sun platforms. In addition, a Sun Microsystems Finance program will enable content companies and other media-rich organizations to implement a digital asset management strategy. Customers will be able to finance any combination of Content BOSS software, hardware and services from Sun and Bulldog through a single source. www.bulldog.com, www.oracle.com, www.sun.com.
Interwoven, Inc.has opened a UK office. Interwoven Ltd’s team, led by David Ogidi, managing director northern Europe, will direct the company’s business in the UK and Europe. Ogidi has held senior positions at companies including Sqribe Technologies, MapInfo and Hewlett-Packard. www.interwoven.com
Ariba, Inc. announced it has completed its integration of Commerce XML (cXML) with the Microsoft BizTalk Framework. A member of the BizTalk Steering Committee, Ariba has integrated cXML with the BizTalk Framework to enable electronic exchange of business-to-business content, such as catalogs and purchase orders, between Ariba eCommerce solutions and the multitude of supplier Web sites based on the BizTalk Framework. cXML supports all supplier content and catalog methods, including buyer-managed, supplier-managed, content management services, electronic marketplaces, and Web-based sourcing organizations. In addition, cXML defines a request/response process for the exchange of transaction information for purchase orders, change orders, acknowledgments, status updates, ship notifications and other transactions. cXML is integrated with the BizTalk Framework using the XML-data Reduced (XDR) syntax. A list of supporting companies and additional information is available at www.cxml.org. www.ariba.com
Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of the freely downloadable BizTalk JumpStart Kit to aid developers in the immediate creation of BizTalk-compatible software applications. The Microsoft BizTalk JumpStart Kit makes it easier for developers to use XML schemas and the BizTalk Framework in current development projects and existing applications and to realize the benefits of XML for electronic-commerce and application integration within and across organizations. In addition, a library for BizTalk-compatible schemas is now live on the BizTalk.Org Web site, with more than 100 freely available schemas submitted by 30 organizations. www.microsoft.com
Microsoft Corp. announced Windows Distributed interNet Architecture (Windows DNA) 2000, a comprehensive, integrated platform for building and operating distributed Web applications as well as Internet-based Web services. Web services represent an evolution from today’s Web sites that simply deliver pages to a browser. Richer, more personalized and more proactive, these Web services can directly link applications, services and devices with one another over the Internet. Microsoft is creating tools and infrastructure to make Web services into reusable, universally programmable building blocks that can be easily created, combined and augmented by developers around the world. Once programmable, Web services become another piece in the assembly of solutions that can span multiple software components, business processes and applications anywhere on the Internet. Windows DNA 2000 builds upon XML as its fundamental foundation to put the resources of the entire Internet within reach of developers. The Windows DNA 2000 family of solutions includes: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Commerce Server 4.0, Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft “Babylon” Integration Server which provides bi-directional network, data and application integration with legacy hosts, Microsoft AppCenter, a new product that makes deployment and management of Windows DNA-based applications across high availability server “farms” as easy as managing a single server, Microsoft SQL Server “Shiloh”, the next generation of SQL Server 7.0 that adds native XML support and integrated data-mining capabilities, and Microsoft Visual Studio. Microsoft also submitted to the IETF an Internet draft specification for the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), an XML-based mechanism that bridges different object models over the Internet and provides an open mechanism for Web services to communicate with one another. Windows 2000 is expected to release to manufacturing this year. The other server products in the Windows DNA 2000 family will enter beta testing this year and are expected to be available by the middle of 2000. www.microsoft.com
In addition to some Biztalk announcements incorporated in product news there were a number of companies announcing Biztalk schemas or support, including: CollaTech Inc., www.collatech.com; Concur Technologies, www.concur.com; Clarus Corporation, www.claruscorp.com; Softshare, www.softshare.com; Bently Systems, www.bently.com; Prophet 21, www.p21.com; Cybertek, www.cybertek.com; Timberline Software, www.timberline.com; Scala, www.scala.com; and Compaq, www.compaq.com
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