http://xmlhack.com/ Developer news from the XML community en-us Edd Dumbill (mailto:webmaster@xmlhack.com) Edd Dumbill (mailto:editor@xmlhack.com) Copyright 1999-2001, xmlhack team. http://xmlhack.com/images/mynetscape88.gif http://xmlhack.com News, opinions, tips and issues concerning XML development http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2050 Aleksey Sanin has released version 1.1.1 of the XML Security Library (xmlsec), an open-source implementation of the joint IETF/W3C XML Signature (dsig) and W3C XML Encryption (xenc) specifications. This release adds X509Data node templates support to the NSS implementation, includes new functions for reading keys and certificates from memory, and fixes several problems in configuration files and a bug in URI attribute XInclude processing. Tools E-Commerce http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1967 At last week's XML Europe, Jon Bosak, the "father of XML", confessed that "yes, I have visions" as he explained how he hoped XML might help in "saving the world", leveling the playing field of global commerce by lowering the cost of doing business. E-Commerce http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1917 The open source projects Proteus and Babeldoc both announced new releases. Although they look very different (one is a "framework", the other is a "system"), both are written in Java, support XML, EJBs and JDBC databases and do not hide the fact that EAI is their vocation. E-Commerce Java http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1764 Aleksey Sanin has released version 0.0.9 of the XML Security Library (xmlsec), an open-source libxml- and OpenSSL-based implementation of the joint IETF/W3C XML Signature (dsig) and W3C XML Encryption (xenc) specifications. This release fixes some major bugs found in the 0.0.8 release. E-Commerce Tools http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1468 Wrox have published Professional ebXML Foundations; IBM developerWorks have released two (1, 2) Python & XML tutorials, and Zvon have created a reference to Relax NG. Training E-Commerce http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1432 OASIS, OMG, HR-XML, UN/CEFACT and XBRL.org will host an interoperability summit in Florida, just before the XML 2001 conference, aimed at identifying standards crossover. E-Commerce OASIS http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1396 The Open ebXML Project have released tools supporting document generation for ebXML Business Process Analysis worksheets, and Finetix have released an open source tool for processing FpML, the financial products markup language. E-Commerce XSL-FO http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1378 A call for participation has been issued for a new OASIS Technical Comittee that will develop the Universal Business Language (UBL), under the chairmanship of Jon Bosak. E-Commerce OASIS