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WEDELMUSIC=20 2002

WEDELMUSIC 2002, the = 2nd=20 International Conference on Web Delivery of Music will take place in=20 Darmstadt, Germany, on 9-11 December 2002. The event is being run by = the=20 Interactive Electronic Publishing sector, IST project, WEDELMUSIC and = is=20 sponsored by: Fraunhofer Institute, University of Florence, IRCAM with = the=20 support of the IEEE CS TC on Computer Generated Music. The music = industry's=20 pioneering role in the use of Internet technology to broadcast audio = and music=20 files continues to break new boundaries. However current state of the = art=20 still distributes music either on paper or on CD or similar media. = However,=20 the possibility to distribute music in several other formats, such as=20 symbolic, audio (in its several available formats) and as images of = music=20 scores opens several new avenues for research.

WEDELMUSIC-2002 aims to = deal with=20 these major topics in music-related fields, in order to address new = ways to=20 distribute music to larger audiences. Topics of interest include but = are not=20 restricted to the following aspects:

A call for papers is = open until=20 31 March 2002. Research case studies, applications and experiments are = particularly welcome. Papers of between 2-5,000 words, written in = English=20 should be submitted in PDF format via the email below.

Email: submissions mailto:WEDELMUSIC2002@igd.fraunhofer.de
URL: http://www.wedelmusic.org/wedelmusic2002

Sustainable Decision=20 Making Conference

Two EU projects, = Terra2000 and=20 ASSIST are arranging a conference on "Sustainable Decision Making" in=20 Maastricht, Netherlands, on February 18-19, 2002. Both projects have=20 particular (and synergistic) interests in building the knowledge = necessary to=20 explain the impacts of Information Society Technologies and the Global = Networked Society, and thus to inform decision making. The conference = will=20 also feature a number of workshops and will be linked to a more = wide-ranging=20 discussion on the future of the EU. A full conference programme and=20 registration information is available online.

URL: http://www.tukkk.fi/tutu/SustDecMaking/

Courses on = EU project=20 skills

Hyperion and the = European=20 Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) have = organised the=20 following courses in Brussels:

  • "How to = Negotiate, Manage,=20 Administer and Finish an EU R&D Contract", which includes auditing of = cost=20 statements, February 26, 2002
    URL: http://www.hyperion.ie/course825.htm=20
  • "How to Write a = Technology=20 Implementation Plan", February 27, 2002
    URL: http://www.hyperion.ie/course826.htm     =

There are 25 places = available on=20 each course. The course outlines are available via the related links = above. To=20 book a place send an email to Mary McCarthy via the email = below.

Email: Mary McCarthy mailto:mary.mccarthy@hyperion.i= e
URL:=20 Hyperion http://www.hyperion.ie/
URL: EARMA http://www.earma.org/

21st = Century Literacy=20 Summit

The Bertelsmann = Foundation and=20 the AOL Time Warner Foundation are hosting the "21st Century = Literacy=20 Summit" on March 7-8, 2002 in Berlin, Germany. 21st Century = literacy=20 focuses on the sensible use of information technology and the Internet = in the=20 future, not only in schools, but also in all areas of modern society. = 21st=20 Century literacy encompasses a wide range of abilities and skills that = are=20 needed to enhance education, business and public policy.

The Summit intends to = promote a=20 transatlantic dialogue of decision-makers from politics, business and = academia=20 who can help address these issues. At the Berlin conference, = high-level=20 speakers will present international examples of efforts currently = taking place=20 to meet the challenges related to this "New Literacy". = Challenges will=20 be identified and recommendations put forward on how they should be = met.=20

Working languages of = the=20 conference will be English and German (with simultaneous translation) = and=20 participation is free of charge. Bertelsmann Foundation and AOL Time = Warner=20 Foundation will cover one overnight accommodation in Berlin. In = addition,=20 there is a "limited budget available to subsidise travel = expenditures for=20 participants from non-commercial institutions". Contact Carsten = Welp at=20 the Bertelsmann Foundation if you are interested in receiving a = personal=20 invitation (and, if you are eligible, an application sheet for travel=20 funding). Invitations and conference program will be sent out late = January=20 2002.

Email: Carsten Welp mailto:carsten.welp@bertelsma= nn.de
Tel:=20 +49 5241 81 81361

Information Society=20 for All

News of a major British = Council=20 conference, TISA2 (Towards an Information Society for All) - "New = Pathways=20 to Knowledge" scheduled for Berlin, Germany on 8-9 March 2002. The = conference builds on the successful conference held in 2001 in = Bologna, where=20 practitioners and policy makers from around Europe met to consider the = present=20 state of development of the emerging Information Society across = Europe.=20

TISA2 takes as its = point of=20 departure that to achieve joint progress everyone involved in the = Information=20 Society must focus on a range of factors and activities that while = implemented=20 in different ways will be underpin all developments. Such factors = include the=20 nature and importance of national and regional Information Society = policies,=20 technical and infrastructure issues relating to the creation of = physical=20 networks and access routes that are available to all (for example ICT = centres=20 in public spaces), the high importance of electronic content and of=20 cooperation and partnership.

The conference language = will be=20 English. Further details, including a registration form are available=20 online.

URL: http://www.britishcouncil.de/e/infoexch/berlin.htm

VoiceXML=20 resources

A couple of resources = related to=20 VoiceXML:

  • In "Making = Better Voice=20 Portal Applications", Todd Elvins, the co-founder of Indicast, = gives=20 his "top ten" list of VoiceXML application development = design=20 hints.
    URL: http://www.cconvergence.com/article/CTM20020103S0003=20
  • Details of a new = forum, the=20 VoiceXML Italian User Group.
    URL: http://www.vxmlitalia.com/     =

Content = rating /=20 filtering projects

A meeting has been = arranged, to=20 present the projects funded under Action Line 2 (filtering and rating) = of the=20 European Commission's Safer Internet Action Plan will be held on 29 = January=20 2002, in Luxembourg. The purpose of the meeting is to:

  • allow those involved = in rating=20 and filtering projects (whether or not funded by the Action Plan) to = meet=20 and explore possible co-operation;=20
  • allow those = interested in=20 content rating and filtering from a user perspective to obtain = information=20 on current and planned work in rating and filtering projects funded = by the=20 Action Plan, possibly with a view to contributing to such = work;=20
  • give added = visibility to=20 Action Plan activities in the area of content rating and = filtering.=20

A total of 13 projects = have been=20 funded under action line 2, details for which are available online. = The=20 meeting will take place in English and participants are expected to = make their=20 own arrangements for travel and accommodation. Register, not later = that 27=20 January, 2002 by e-mail with "register for 29 Jan meeting" in = the=20 subject line, giving the full name of the participant, organisation, = and=20 country.

Email: registration mailto:iap@cec.eu.int
URL:=20 projects http://europa.eu.int/information_society/programmes/iap/proj= ects/filtering/index_en.htm
URL:=20 Safer Internet Action Plan http://europa.eu.int/iap

DocPro - = DocBook=20 transformation

US company, Command = Prompt, has=20 released DocPro 0.2.0, a tool for professional technical authors whom = maintain=20 a large amount of SGML/XML based documentation. The software takes = DocBook=20 documents and transforms them into a user defined format, such as = Postscript=20 or HTML.

According to the = developers,=20 "DocPro will correctly transform multiple documents, to multiple = output=20 formats. It includes the capability to arbitrarily set font sizes, = margins,=20 callout definitions etc... via a GUI interface". Apparently the = GUI=20 provides an easy way (by point and click) to configure DocBook DSSSL = and XSLT=20 stylesheets. The software currently runs on x86 Linux only, though a = release=20 for YellowDog Linux (PPC) and MacOS X is planned. The Deluxe version = comes=20 with the DocParse tools for converting HTML to DocBook. There are = one-time and=20 subscription based licensing models available for immediate purchase. = Complete=20 details available from the product web site.

URL: Command Prompt http://www.commandprompt.com/

Open = Source XML=20 database

Version 0.7 of the = eXist Open=20 Source XML database is available for download. According to its = developers=20 this release represents a major step forward with respect to stability = and=20 performance. The list of changes is has been published online, the = most=20 important include: improved scalability and APIs, experimental support = for XSL=20 on the server.

eXist is described as = "an Open=20 Source native XML database with pluggable storage backends and support = for=20 fulltext search. XML is either stored in the internal, native XML-DB = or an=20 external RDBMS. The search engine has been designed to provide fast = XPath=20 queries, using indexes for all element, text and attribute nodes.=20 eXist is = lightweight=20 and well suited for large document collections. The server is = accessible=20 through easy to use HTTP and XML-RPC interfaces and supports the = XML:DB API=20 for Java programming".

Interested users and = developers=20 are encouraged to join the mailing list (see link below).

URL: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=3D17691
URL: = http://exist-db.org/
URL: list=20 of changes http://exist-db.org/changes.html

=

XSLT/XPath = conformance=20 testing

OASIS is requesting = input=20 concerning the creation of its XSLT/XPath Conformance Test Suite. = Broadly=20 speaking, XSLT and XPath are W3C Recommendations for the definition of = the=20 rules to transform XML data into a variety of presentation styles, = such as=20 human readable reports (HTML) or other XML vocabularies.

Developers who have = created test=20 files for XSLT processors are being encouraged to submit them to the = OASIS=20 XSLT/XPath Conformance Technical Committee. The submissions will be = used in=20 helping to define the final form of the test suite. Complete = submission=20 guidelines are available via the link below.

URL: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/xslt

Machine = translation in=20 Europe

The Euromap Language = Technologies=20 monthly newsletter includes a feature article which considers: "The = State=20 of Machine Translation in Europe and Future Prospects". Euromap = Language=20 Technologies is a European Commission supported initiative dedicated = to=20 promoting greater awareness and faster take-up of Human Language = Technologies=20 within Europe.

URL: feature article http://www.hltcentral.org/page-917.0.shtml
URL: = Euromap=20 newsletter http://www.hltcentral.org/newsletter
Email: = Euromap project=20 mailto:euromap_coord@cst.ku.dk

IBM = Websphere=20 "portlets"

Stellent, has released = its portal=20 applications ("portlets") software for use with IBM's WebSphere = server.=20 Websphere is aimed at companies wishing to build web-based = applications based=20 on the portal concept. The "portlets" provide content = management=20 functionality to applications: such as search, content publishing = (from other=20 applications), and workflow. The portlets are available via the = Stellent web=20 site.

URL: portlets http://www.stellent.com/ibmportlets
URL: WebSphere = http://www.ibm.com/websphere
URL: Stellent http://www.stellent.com/

Latest = books from=20 O'Reilly

A raft of new books = available=20 from O'Reilly which are likely to be of interest to readers of = El.pub,=20 most also feature a free chapter online (as indicated):

  • "Programming = Visual Basic=20 .NET" - a guide to application development with VB .NET, covers = how VB=20 .NET applications work. Chapter 8, "ADO.NET: Developing Database = Applications", is available online.
    URL: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progvbdotnet/
    URL: = Chapter=20 8 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progvbdotnet/chapter/ch08.htm= l    =20
  • "Programming Web = Services=20 with SOAP" - a guide to using SOAP and other leading Web = services=20 standards, (eg. WSDL and UDDI) which introduces the concepts of the = web=20 services architecture and to the XML underlying the standards. It = explains=20 how to write web services with Apache SOAP, Java and Perl's SOAP = Lite.=20 Chapter 3, "Writing SOAP Web Services", is available=20 online.
    URL: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progwebsoap/
    URL: = Chapter 3=20 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progwebsoap/chapter/ch03.html=     =20
  • "The Web Design = CD=20 Bookshelf" can be read by any web browser, contains more than = 3000=20 pages of O'Reilly reference guides and tutorials and is fully = searchable and=20 cross-referenced with an index for each book and a master index for = the=20 entire collection.
    URL: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webcdbk/    =20

Web = services standards=20 explained

XML.com have = published=20 an article by Paul Kulchenko, co-author of O'Reilly's "Programming = Web=20 Services with SOAP" (see item above), entitled: "Web Services = Acronyms, Demystified". The article attempts to remove the = confusion=20 concerning the web service standards and architectures being=20 proposed.

URL: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/01/09/soap.html

=

Webstyle=20 2.1

Webstyle 2.1 is the = latest of=20 Xara's template-based web graphic creation software. The upgrade, = includes a=20 FrontPage add-in and a Dreamweaver extension which add "Webstyle=20 graphics" to the Insert menu of FrontPage and Dreamweaver. = Clicking=20 Insert starts Webstyle, where you can create and edit your graphic and = a Save=20 inserts back into a web page, "avoiding the need to fiddle with = graphic=20 files, HTML and javascript".

URL: Webstyle 2 http://www.xara.com/products/webstyle/
URL: trial = version=20 download http://www.xara.com/downloads/webstyle/
URL: Xara = http://www.xara.com/

Building = Palm=20 applications

The IBM developerWorks = Newsletter=20 from January 10, 2002, IBM's resource for developers includes the = third in a=20 series of tutorials on "Building Palm OS applications". Parts1 = and 2 of=20 the tutorial are also available, along with a number of others. = Registration=20 is required.

URL: tutorial http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/education/r-wiplm4.htm= l?n-wi-1102
URL:=20 developerWorks newsletter http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/?n-1102

=

Breeze XML = Binder=20 3.0

The Breeze Factor has = released=20 Breeze XML Binder 3.0 for Java, their "latest XML/Java data-binding = solution". This release includes support for DTD and XSD binding = to Java,=20 XML Namespaces support, DOM support, and a number of other features. = An=20 evaluation version is available for download.

URL: http://www.breezefactor.com/newversion.html

Games - UK = sales=20 rocket

Figures released by The = European=20 Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) show that UK sales of = video=20 games and other leisure software products and games consoles reached = an all=20 time high in year 2001 with sales values reaching just over =A31.6 = billion, a=20 36% increase on the previous year. 51.2 million units of games = hardware and=20 software were sold during the twelve months, 21% up on the previous=20 year.

The biggest growth area = last year=20 was in sales of console hardware and software boosted by the launches = of the=20 new PS2 and Gameboy Advance consoles. The total value of console = hardware=20 sales increased by 121% on the previous year, reaching an all time = high of=20 =A3567 million on the back of 4 million consoles sold during the year. = The boom=20 in consoles inevitably fed through to software sales with a record = 30.5=20 million units of console software sold (up 26% on last year) worth = =A3711=20 million. The market for home computer software also fared better than = the=20 previous year with the volume of units sold up by 10% to 16.7 million = whilst=20 the value of sales remained static at =A3346 million.

According to ELSPA, the = UK=20 leisure software market is the third largest country market in the = world,=20 after USA and Japan. In the UK, consumers now spend more on leisure = software=20 than on renting videos or cinema visits. In terms of exports, ELSPA = also=20 reported that the value of UK exports of leisure software products = exceeded=20 those for both British film and TV.

URL: http://www.elspa.com/

Test-drive = Autodesk's=20 ADT 3.3

Autodesk has launched = Autodesk=20 Architectural Desktop 3.3 (ADT 3.3) Test Drive, a free two hour = self-paced=20 tutorial designed to show current users of Autodesk software how to = use the=20 advanced features of ADT 3.3. The Test Drive includes a 15-day trial = CD of a=20 full version of ADT 3.3. According to the company, ADT 3.3 = "incorporates=20 object technology which efficiently creates an architectural model in = 2D or 3D=20 with intelligent objects such as curtain walls, window assemblies, = structural=20 members and clash detection to quickly create a building=20 model".

The Test Drive is aimed = at=20 existing users of AutoCAD-based products (such as AutoCAD LT, Autodesk = Land=20 Desktop, AutoCAD and associated products) who are reviewing their = solutions as=20 well as those who are considering upgrading an earlier version of ADT. = The=20 Test Drive is available direct from Autodesk or via the Autodesk = Authorised=20 Dealer network.

URL: test drive http://www.autodesk.co.uk/TESTDRIVEADT
URL: = Autodesk http://www.autodesk.co.uk/

UN = Information Society=20 Summit

The United Nations is = promoting=20 the organisation of the World Summit on the Information Society, which = is=20 expected to promote access by all countries to information, knowledge = and=20 communications technologies for development. The summit, to be held in = two=20 phases, the first in Geneva in 2003 and the second in Tunisia in 2005 = is being=20 organised by The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in = cooperation=20 with other interested organisations and partners. The proposed themes of the = Summit address=20 the central issues raised by the Information Society and = include:

  • Building the=20 infrastructure=20
  • Opening the gates: = universal=20 and equitable access to the information society=20
  • Services and=20 applications=20
  • The needs of the = user=20
  • Developing a = framework=20
  • ICT and = education=20

Under each of these = broad themes,=20 consideration will be given to the relevant developmental, economic, = policy,=20 social, cultural and technological aspects.A series of preparatory = meetings=20 will be held in 2002, beginning with the first PrepCom from 1-5 July = 2002 in=20 Geneva. Additional information about the World Summit on the = Information=20 Society can be found on the ITU web site, along with the full text of = the=20 Resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly.

URL: World Summit http://wsis.itu.int/
URL:=20 Resolution http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2002/UNGA_res-e.h= tml

JoDI = special on=20 metadata

The Journal of = Digital=20 Information (JoDI) have published a special issue on metadata = which=20 includes selected papers from the Dublin Core 2001 Conference = (DC-2001, the=20 Int. Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications) held in = Tokyo,=20 Japan. The eight papers selected from a possible 50 presented at the=20 conference have been re-written and focus on metadata models, querying = of=20 metadata, an architecture for a specific application area, and a first = empirical study of experiences with metadata creation. Links to = specific=20 papers are given below:

  • "RDF Declarative = Description (RDD): A Language for Metadata"
    URL: http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v02/i02/Anutariya/<= /FONT>=20
  • "zetoc: a Dublin = Core=20 Based Current Awareness Service"
    URL: http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v02/i02/Apps/=20
  • "What Terms Does = Your=20 Metadata Use? Application Profiles as Machine-Understandable=20 Narratives"
    URL: http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v02/i02/Baker/=20
  • "MetaXPath"
    URL: = http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v02/i02/Dyreson/=20
  • "Author-generated Dublin=20 Core Metadata for Web Resources: A Baseline Study in an=20 Organization"
    URL: http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v02/i02/Greenberg/<= /FONT>=20
  • "A Metadata = Kernel for=20 Electronic Permanence"
    URL: http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v02/i02/Kunze/=20
  • "The ABC = Ontology and=20 Model"
    URL: http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v02/i02/Lagoze/=20
  • "Multilingual = Access to=20 Dublin Core Metadata of ULIS Library"
    URL: http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v02/i02/Wen/    = =20

The Journal of = Digital=20 Information is an electronic journal published only via the Web = and is=20 currently free to users thanks to support from the British Computer = Society=20 and Oxford University Press. The editors have announced a new call for = papers,=20 on Interactivity in Digital Libraries. This issue has already = attracted quite=20 a few offers of papers, especially from projects involved in the = NSF-sponsored=20 National Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education = Digital=20 Library (NSDL) programme. More papers are welcome.

URL: JODI home http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
URL: JODI issue on = metadata http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v02/i02/editorial/<= BR>URL:=20 call for papers http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/calls/interactdl.html=

ASP = industry=20 report

The INT Media Research = report,=20 "2002 ASP Industry Insight: The Rise of the Provider Web" is = described=20 by its authors as "an in-depth report providing insight into what = direction=20 successful ASPs will take in 2002". It analyses the behaviour and = trends=20 of the ASP industry over the past few years, finding that ASPs have=20 experienced a rapid rise and a sudden shakeout, and are now regrouping = amid=20 fear and hesitation from the investor community and industry=20 watchers.

The report reveals that = "ASPs,=20 now more than ever, must minimise their margin for error in their = strategic=20 decision making in order to survive". The report, available in pdf = format,=20 is priced at US $ 395 from AllNetResearch.com.

URL: http://allnetresearch.com/item/0,3008,2330135_1,00.html<= BR>URL:=20 INT Media Research http://www.intmediaresearch.com/

=

Games-to-Teach=20 project

As part of Microsoft = i-Campus, a=20 five-year research alliance between MIT and Microsoft, the = Games-to-Teach=20 Project intends to explore best practices in game design and = production,=20 current educational theory, and emerging technological platforms and = to apply=20 such understandings to new models of computer and video games that = present and=20 explore educational content.

"Until now we've = seen=20 so-called 'edutainment' that has all of the entertainment value of a = bad=20 lecture and the educational value of a bad game," said Henry = Jenkins,=20 director of Comparative Media Studies and principal investigator on = the=20 project. "Our goal is to reverse that polarity by combining = MIT-quality=20 science and engineering subjects with state-of-the-art game=20 design."

Jenkins and his = colleagues=20 believe computer and video games are emerging as a powerful new = teaching=20 medium that enables robust interactivity, providing for new = pedagogical models=20 and stronger collaborations across disciplines. Jenkins hopes the = conceptual=20 prototypes developed within the project will provide the games = industry and=20 government agencies with the blueprints for exploring full-scale = development,=20 production, and release of "games to teach" in coming years. = There are=20 a number of introductory papers including the project's = "vision"=20 available online.

URL: project home http://cms.mit.edu/games/education/index.html
URL: = project=20 vision http://cms.mit.edu/games/education/research-vision.html<= /FONT>

European = eCommerce=20 legislation

eLexPortal.com provides = current=20 information about variations in legislative and regulatory eCommerce = matters=20 across the EU by:

  • presenting eCommerce = information relating to legislation and policy in a user-friendly=20 manner;=20
  • explaining eCommerce = policy in=20 the EU;=20
  • providing = user-tailored=20 answers about eCommerce legislation and regulatory policy throughout = the=20 European Union.

Access to this Portal = is=20 currently free-of-charge. Register at the site for access to various = on-line=20 services, including: receiving e-mail alerts; submitting contributions = for=20 publication on the Portal; accessing the Interactive Forum; and = requesting=20 support from the HelpDesk.

URL: http://www.elexportal.com/

Broadcom = and Palm=20 collaborate on Bluetooth

Broadcom Corporation, a = provider=20 of integrated circuits enabling broadband communications, and Palm are = working=20 together to develop "an advanced Bluetooth architecture for use in = a=20 next-generation Palm handheld computer". Palm will use this = architecture,=20 which is based on Broadcom's Blutonium line of transceivers, as a = building=20 block for creating "innovative Personal Area = Networks".

URL: Palm http://www.palm.com/
URL:=20 Broadcom http://www.broadcom.com/

Trusted = content=20 alliance

Software AG, Inc. (the = US=20 subsidiary of Software AG) has formed "the Trusted Content = Alliance"=20 along with Lexign and AuthentiDate to develop secure, digital content=20 management, based on each of the companies' expertise in the content=20 management arena. Software AG will provide the content management = solution=20 based on its Tamino XML server; the Lexign Suite is a software = platform for=20 managing trusted transactions in the LAN, Web, or wireless = environment;=20 AuthentiDate adds "legally binding data = non-refutability".

URL: Trusted Content = Alliance http://www.trustedcontentalliance.org/
URL: Lexign = http://www.lexign.com/
URL:=20 Software AG Inc. http://www.softwareagusa.com/
URL: AuthentiDate http://www.authentidate.com/

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