xmlhack: Editors' Newswire for 21 January, 2003

A collected summary of items that ran on the xmlhack newswire on 21 January, 2003.

Relaxer 0.17, Java/XML interface software that takes advantage of RELAX
from Uche Ogbuji at 23:08, 21 Jan

Relaxer is an open source package that can create a Java class hierarchy based on a schema from the RELAX family of languages, including RELAX NG. This class hierarchy can then be used for easy XML processing code.

Apache Software Foundation splitting XML and Web Services
from Simon St.Laurent at 16:52, 21 Jan

" RESOLVED, that the Web Services PMC be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to component and service management, based on software licensed to the Foundation." Includes Axis, SOAP, and Security work.

IDEAlliance announces Extreme Markup Languages 2003 CFP
from Uche Ogbuji at 00:55, 21 Jan

The Extreme Markup Languages conference, very popular among XML veterans, is this year combined with the Knowledge Technologies conference. The call for papers that has been issued expires on 21 March.