Boston, MA, December 15, 1999-- OASIS, the Organization for the Advancement
of Structured Information Standards, unveiled plans to host the XML-DEV mail
list through its industry portal, XML.org. Since 1997, XML-DEV has served as
an open, unmoderated list supporting XML implementation and development. In
the closing plenary of the XML 99 conference today, Prof. Peter Murray-Rust
of the University of Nottingham (UK) announced that XML-DEV, presently hosted
by Imperial College (UK), will soon become an OASIS resource. "We are very excited
that XML-DEV has found a permanent home at OASIS," said Murray-Rust, who created
XML-DEV with Dr. Henry Rzepa of Imperial College (UK). "We strongly support
the role OASIS plays in the industry as a neutral, trusted organization and
are confident that XML-DEV will be a natural fit with XML.org. We also wish
to express our gratitude to Imperial College for hosting the list for three
years." XML-DEV, which has global membership of approximately 1500, averages
more than 1200 postings a month from XML developers around the world. It emphasizes
active participation through code development, creation of protocols and specifications,
and other material contributions such as reference resources. "OASIS looks forward
to hosting XML-DEV," commented Mary McRae (DMSi), chief marketing officer of
OASIS. "XML-DEV played a critical role in coordinating software development
while the XML specification was in draft, and many important resources have
been announced over the years." As the most significant XML-DEV contribution,
McRae cited the development of the SAX API for XML parsers, constructed by over
100 members on the list and coordinated by David Megginson. SAX is now universally
accepted as a de facto standard. "As the oldest public XML discussion list,
XML-DEV has played an essential part in the evolution of structured information
standards," said Jon Bosak (Sun Microsystems), organizer of the working group
that created XML. "In the early days, XML-DEV was our only avenue for getting
public input to the design of the specification. The work of Dr. Rzepa and
Prof. Murray-Rust in maintaining this forum over the last three years has contributed
immeasurably to XML's adoption and implementation. It is fitting that this
vital fixture of the XML community should continue under the sponsorship of
the organization that's devoted to the free and open development of standards
based on XML." The XML-DEV transition to OASIS will take place over the next
few weeks and details will be announced on XML-DEV and the OASIS web sites,
http://www.oasis-open.org and http://xml.org.
About OASIS
OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) is a non-profit,
international consortium dedicated solely to product-independent data and content
interchange. Focusing on product interoperability, OASIS embraces the complete
spectrum of structured information standards including XML, SGML and CGM. OASIS
sponsors include Adobe Systems, Aerospatiale, AND-USA, Arbortext, Bentley Systems,
Boeing, Bowstreet, Chrystal Software, Cohesia, Commerce One, CommerceNet, Corel,
DataChannel, DMSi, Documentum, Dun & Bradstreet, eCredit.com, Enigma, Extricity
Software, GCA, IBM, InformIT, Informix, InterCAP, Interleaf, Interwoven, ISOGEN,
ITEDO, JetForm, Keyfile, Microsoft, NextPage, NII Enterprise Promotion Association,
NIST, Object Design, Object Management Group (OMG), Open Applications Group,
Oracle, ProNet Technology Partners, Reed Technology, Reuters, Sabre, Sequoia
Software, SoftQuad, Software AG, STEP, Sun Microsystems, Synthbank, Wavo, Xerox,
XMLSolutions and XyEnterprise.
About XML.org
XML.org (http://xml.org) is a self-supporting community resource
designed to provide a credible source of accurate, timely information about
the application of XML in industrial and commercial settings. Hosted by OASIS,
the world's leading independent organization for the standardization of XML
applications in electronic commerce, XML.org serves as a reference for XML DTDs,
schemas and related information. Sponsors of XML.org include: Commerce One,
DataChannel, Documentum, GCA, IBM, Oracle, SAP, SoftQuad and Sun Microsystems.
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For more information:
Carol Geyer, Program Manager,
OASIS, +1.412.963.1479,
carol.geyer@oasis-open.org
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