ICE Authoring Group Releases
Draft Requirements for Industry Comment
ICE2 Moves Content Syndication
into Web Services Environment; Comments Due March
8, 2002
ALEXANDRIA, VA (February 20, 2002) - IDEAlliance
and the ICE (Information and Content Exchange)
Authoring Group have announced that the Draft
Requirements for ICE2 Specification will be released
to the public on February 21, 2002. The release
will take place during the XML and Publishing
Hot Technology Day of the Seybold Conference and
Exposition in New York City.
According to Dr. Richard Martin, Chairman of
the ICE2 Specification Development Committee,
"For the next version of the ICE protocol,
it is critical to consider integration of Web
Services' related standards for the ICE2 definition.
Given that ICE content syndication and the Web
Services standards are squarely focused on distributed
computing space, the synergy between the two sets
of standards should be exploited to make ICE2
more complete and easier to adopt."
The ICE Authoring Group has initially identified
15 draft requirements that identify the lessons
learned during the past four years of ICE implementations,
coupled with continued innovations in the XML
community, to review and refine ICE to meet the
growing demands of business. The goal is to express
the ICE content syndication standard as a Web
Service. This first major revision of the ICE
Specification will focus on compatibility with
the three major Web Services Standards æ
WSDL, SOAP and UDDI.
In addition to the exciting new technical work
being undertaken by the ICE Authoring Group, the
shift toward opening the technical work to industry
involvement is another major milestone for the
ICE Authoring Group. According to David Steinhardt,
President and CEO of IDEAlliance, "ICE1 was
developed by the activity sponsors, who held a
vested interest in solving the problem of automating
and managing content exchange. Today, four years
later, the environment has changed dramatically.
We are opening the technical development and seek
input from the entire industry to ensure that
ICE2 meets the requirements of a broader community."
Development of the ICE2 specification is an open
industry activity. Anyone interested in participation
can begin by reviewing the Draft Requirements
Document at http://www.icestandard.org/. Comments
relating to the ICE2 Specification Draft Requirements
are due back to the ICE-AG by March 8, 2002.
To learn more about participation in the ICE
development activity, e-mail Laird Popkin, Chairman
of the ICE Authoring Group, at laird@io.com
or Dr. Richard Martin, Chairman of the ICE2 development
effort, at rmartin@activedatax.com.
About ICE and the ICE Authoring Group
ICE (Information and Content Exchange) is a key
industry initiative hosted by IDEAlliance and
sponsored by a group of companies who have a common
interest in solving the problem of automating
and managing the exchange of every type of content.
The group consists of software developers and
companies who distribute or consume content, whether
commercially or within intranet and extranet frameworks.
The ICE Authoring Group and the ICE Network are
open to all companies and include companies such
as Adobe Systems, Vignette, Active Data Exchange,
Oracle, Tribune Media Services, and 3Path, Inc.
Learn more about ICE at http://www.icestandard.org/.
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. IDEAlliance
has been a leader in information technology since
1966 (founded as Graphic Communications Association)
having fostered the development and adoption of
standards such as ADIS, GRACoL, ICE, JIFFI, Mail.dat,
papiNet, PRISM, PROSE XML, SPACE XML, SGML, and
XML. Learn more about IDEAlliance at www.idealliance.org.
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