Late-Breaking Technology Presentations Just Announced for Industry's Leading XML Event

December event to showcase the latest IT technologies, trends and innovations

ALEXANDRIA, VA (November 7, 2002) - IDEAlliance, producer of the XML series of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events around the globe, today announced the late-breaking news topics for the upcoming XML Conference and Exposition 2002.

XML Conference and Exposition 2002, the world's most comprehensive XML event, takes place December 8 -13, 2002 at the Baltimore Convention Center, in Baltimore, Maryland.

"The 'late-breaking news' sessions are cutting-edge presentations that focus on the very latest XML innovations," says conference chair Lauren Wood, Chair of this year's XML conference. "These talks were finalized only a month before the conference, so attendees will have a chance to hear about the most recent XML technologies and solutions. This year we are pleased to once again feature some very up-to-the-minute topics on relevant issues that XML users are facing currently and will be facing in the near future."

This year's Late-Breaking News Presentations include:

• XML For The Masses - An XML Based File Format for Office Documents
  Presented by: Daniel Vogelheim, Software Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Germany
• SQL/XML --- Bringing SQL and XML Together
  Presented by: Jim Melton, Consulting Member of Technical Staff, Oracle Corp., United States
• Integrating XPath with SQL
  Presented by: Ian J. Davis, Research Programmer, University of Waterloo, Canada
• HTML Parsing in Java for Accessibility Transformations
  Presented by: Beth R. Tibbitts, Senior Software Engineer, Accessibility Research, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, United States
• Layered Constraints: The Proposal for HL7 Healthcare Templates
  Presented by: Liora Alschuler, Consultant, alschuler.spinosa, United States; Robert H. Dolin, MD, Kaiser Permanente, United States; Sandy Boyer, Pharmacist/Drug Information Specialist Consultant, United States; Charlie Mead, Oracle Corporation, United States; Peter Elkin, MD, Mayo Clinic, United States
• XML + Data Flows: Unlocking the Power of Web Services in a Dynamic World
  Presented by: Tony Redmond, Vice President of Technology, Propylon, Ireland
• Latest News on XForms and XHTML 2.0
  Presented by: Micah J. Dubinko, Chief XML Architect, Cardiff Software, United States
• XBRL: XML, XLink, and the Revolution in Corporate Reporting
  Presented by: Walter Hamscher, Chair, Steering Committee, XBRL International, United States
• Security Assertion Markup Language
  Presented by: James G. Kobielus, Senior Analyst, Burton Group, United States
• Building Content Management Solutions Using DTDs and XSDs
  Presented by: Mark Scardina, Group Product Manager & XML Evangelist, Oracle, United States

For complete details on these and other topics being presented, see the conference website at www.xmlconference.org.

"This year's event represents one of the strongest technical program we've ever offered," says David Steinhardt, President and CEO of IDEAlliance. "The conference sessions will provide cutting-edge content that is critical to successful XML technology implementation. Attendees will have a chance to explore the technologies and trends that will allow their businesses to grow and keep pace with future IT challenges. In addition to the regular sessions, we will be running a vendor session track. This will give attendees the opportunity to find out the latest XML products and solutions that are being offered and how they can be implemented effectively."

A complete list of vendor presentations can be found at www.xmlconference.org.

XML 2002 is slated to attract hundreds of IT professionals, including applications engineers, chief information officers, directors of e-business, project managers and team leaders from Fortune 1000 corporations, government agencies and nonprofit organizations. Participants can take advantage of a variety of learning formats, including technical sessions, keynote addresses, plenary sessions, informal business receptions, discussion groups and social events.

XML 2002 will also feature more than 60 providers of XML-based products and services offering hands-on demonstrations and displays December 10 through 12. Pre-conference tutorials will be featured for end-users with varying acquaintance with the major XML technologies, tools and products.

Complimentary Exposition Pass available only until November 22- Participants can register and find the full schedule of XML 2002 events at www.xmlconference.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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Tanya Bosse
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IDEAlliance
703.443.1717
tbosse@idealliance.org