- From: Ian B. Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:04:15 -0600
- To: Paul Krill <Paul_Krill@infoworld.com>
- Cc: w3c-news@w3.org
- Message-Id: <1202839455.14350.3.camel@localhost>
On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 17:59 +0000, Paul Krill wrote: > > We want to know if you have any videos about the 10th anniversary. A > long shot, but I am asking anyway Hi Paul, Not yet. I will definitely let you know when we have our first one. _ Ian > -----Original Message----- > From: w3c-news-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-news-request@w3.org] On Behalf > Of Ian B. Jacobs > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:47 AM > To: w3c-news@w3.org > Subject: News Release: XML is Ten! > > W3C XML is Ten! > Community Invited to Celebrate XML Everywhere > > http://www.w3.org/ -- 12 February 2008 -- To mark the ten year > anniversary of the publication of its Extensible Markup Language > (XML) 1.0 as a W3C Recommendation, the World Wide Web Consortium > plans throughout 2008 to recognize and thank the dedicated > communities and individuals responsible for XML for their > contributions - including people who have participated in W3C's XML > groups and mailing lists, the SGML community, and xml-dev - > through a variety of activities and events. XML is a simple, open, > and flexible format used to exchange a wide variety of data on and > off the Web. The success of XML is a strong indicator of how > dedicated individuals, working within the W3C Process, can engage > with a larger community to produce industry-changing results. > > See the full text below. > > - Ian Jacobs Head of W3C Communications > > ---------- > Resources > ---------- > > XML10 home page: > http://www.w3.org/2008/xml10/ > > XML10 greeting card: > http://www.w3.org/2008/xml10/card/greeting-form > > This press release: > English: http://www.w3.org/2008/xml10/xml10-pressrelease > French: http://www.w3.org/2008/02/xml10-pressrelease.html.fr > Japanese: http://www.w3.org/2008/02/xml10-pressrelease.html.ja > Other languages: > http://www.w3.org/Press/#x2008-xml10 > > W3C Member Testimonials: > http://www.w3.org/2008/xml10/xml10-testimonial > > ------------- > Full press release text > ------------- > > W3C XML is Ten! > Community Invited to Celebrate XML Everywhere > > _________________________________________________________ > > Contact Americas, Australia -- > Ian Jacobs, <ij@w3.org>, +1.718.260.9447 or +1.617.253.2613 > > Contact Europe, Africa and the Middle East -- > Marie-Claire Forgue, <mcf@w3.org>, +33.492.38.75.94 > > Contact Asia -- > Yasuyuki Hirakawa <chibao@w3.org>, +81.466.49.1170 > _________________________________________________________ > > > http://www.w3.org/ -- 12 February 2008 -- To mark the ten year > anniversary of the publication of its Extensible Markup Language > (XML) 1.0 as a W3C Recommendation, the World Wide Web Consortium > plans throughout 2008 to recognize and thank the dedicated > communities and individuals responsible for XML for their > contributions - including people who have participated in W3C's XML > groups and mailing lists, the SGML community, and xml-dev - > through a variety of activities and events. XML is a simple, open, > and flexible format used to exchange a wide variety of data on and > off the Web. The success of XML is a strong indicator of how > dedicated individuals, working within the W3C Process, can engage > with a larger community to produce industry-changing results. > > > W3C XML is Everywhere > > "There is essentially no computer in the world, desk-top, hand-held, > or back-room, that doesn't process XML sometimes," said Tim Bray of > Sun Microsystems. "This is a good thing, because it shows that > information can be packaged and transmitted and used in a way that's > independent of the kinds of computer and software that are involved. > XML won't be the last neutral information-wrapping system; but as > the first, it's done very well." > > Indeed, one can hardly get through the day without using technology > that is based on XML in some fashion. When you fill your auto tank > with gas, XML often flows from pump to station. When you configure > your digital camera, on some models you do so via XML-based > graphical controls. When you plug it into a computer, the camera and > the operating system communicate with each other in XML. When you > download digital music, the software you use to organize it is > likely to store information about songs as XML. And when you explore > the planet Mars, XML goes with you; see the story about open > source on Mars. > > W3C XML a Community Effort > > W3C would like to extend congratulations to the participants of > the XML Working Group that created the standard: Jon Bosak, Paula > Angerstein, Tim Bray (co-Editor), James Clark, Dan Connolly, Steve > DeRose, Dave Hollander, Eliot Kimber, Tom Magliery, Eve Maler, > Murray Maloney, Makoto Murata, Joel Nava, Conleth O'Connell, Jean > Paoli (co-Editor), Peter Sharpe, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen (co-Editor), > and John Tigue. > > > "The tenth anniversary of XML is a good time to reflect on the > reasons for its creation," said Jon Bosak, the Sun Microsystems > Distinguished Engineer who organized and led the W3C Working Group > that produced the XML 1.0 Recommendation. "XML and its associated > standards have conferred so many technical benefits over the years > that it's easy to lose track of the forces that motivated the > industry to base future web development on a profile of an > International Standard, SGML (ISO 8879:1986). Underlying all the > technical work was a struggle between users and vendors over the > ownership of data. Sun Microsystems sponsored the effort to make XML > the standard for web data because we knew that the alternative was a > closed, non-interoperable format. Today we celebrate the success of > open standards in preserving web data from vendor lock-in. The > struggle is far from over, but I'm proud that Sun was able to foster > a development that can someday make vendor-independent data a > reality." > > XML is an interoperable standard that supports internationalization, > extensibility, composition, and persistence (because the format is > open and can also be read by humans in a pinch); learn more about > XML-based data formats. XML is supported by a rich toolkit of > related standards, including XSLT (for transforming XML content), > XQuery (for querying XML databases), Document Object Model (for > access in a programming environment), XML Schema, and XML Signature > and Encryption. XML interoperability has made it a natural choice > for defining both document formats (such as SVG or VoiceXML) and > services (both SOAP-based and HTTP-based). > > > W3C Continues to Invest in XML > > W3C has invested in the maintenance of XML since it was first > published. Specification maintenance can be a thankless task, but > the XML Core Working Group has worked to ensure that community bug > reports lead to corrections of the specification. Indeed, on 5 > February the XML Core Working Group published a Fifth Edition of > XML 1.0 as a Proposed Edited Recommendation, inviting the community > to review the latest round of changes. W3C also takes this > opportunity to thank the XML Core Working Group, and in > particular to co-Chairs Paul Grosso and Norm Walsh for their > dedication. > > Join the W3C XML10 Celebration > > As part of the W3C XML10 Celebration, W3C aims to include video > interviews of people in the XML community, and to distribute XML10 > goodies at XML-related events throughout 2008. To support these > projects, W3C has invited W3C Members to become XML10 Sponsors. W3C > would like to thank the FLWOR Foundation for their generous > support of XML10. > > Using the XML10 Greeting Card, please tell us about your blog > entries, videos, articles, XML deployment facts, and other thoughts > about XML. Submitted greetings will be public. > > About the World Wide Web Consortium [W3C] > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium > where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work > together to develop Web standards. W3C primarily pursues its mission > through the creation of Web standards and guidelines designed to > ensure long-term growth for the Web. Over 400 organizations are > Members of the Consortium. W3C is jointly run by the MIT > Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) > in the USA, the European Research Consortium for Informatics and > Mathematics (ERCIM) headquartered in France and Keio University > in Japan,and has additional Offices worldwide. For more > information see http://www.w3.org/ > > > -- Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ Tel: +1 718 260-9447
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