xmlhack: Editors' Newswire for 17 December, 2002

A collected summary of items that ran on the xmlhack newswire on 17 December, 2002.

sync.ro announces XML Editor 1.2.4
from Uche Ogbuji at 17:12, 17 Dec

New features in include support for document templates, improvements to the editor UI, XPath and XSLT integration. A demo version is available.

FOAF-a-Matic 2
from Edd Dumbill at 16:51, 17 Dec

Java GUI tool from Leigh Dodds for creating RDF/XML files for the Friend-of-a-Friend project.

CSS-discuss mailing list
from Edd Dumbill at 16:48, 17 Dec

A new home for the mailing list "devoted to talking about CSS and ways to use it in the real world; in other words, practical uses and applications."

Microsoft W3C XML Schema Inference tool
from Edd Dumbill at 16:04, 17 Dec

Given one or more instance documents, generates a schema that will validate it. Send feedback to wdxtools@microsoft.com.

OASIS announces Translation Web Services TC
from Uche Ogbuji at 15:41, 17 Dec

This TC will define standard busines process terminology to underlie Web services description for the software/content localisation and translation industry.

Cape Clear 4, a product for Web Services development, integration, deployment and management
from Uche Ogbuji at 15:37, 17 Dec

Cape Clear 4 comprises three products: Studio, Server and Manager. New features include JMS and MQ support, new management and security features.

Extended TAG discussion of XML profiles
from Simon St.Laurent at 15:33, 17 Dec

Includes questions about XML 2.0, "going to a subset/profile architecture", xml:id, and more.