1. XML & E-COMMERCE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (XZIG)
17: :30 Wed 25/10/2000
Stream: Special Session
Topic: Q&A on DOM & SAX
Australian Institute of Management
215 Pacific Highway
NORTH SYDNEY 2060

2. Agenda 17:45 OIC & XZIG progress Stevan GILLMORE ebXML Australia
Submission e-Credits process
Formation Local Government ZIG
18:15 Dr Lauren WOOD Shirley KEATING
Director Quadsoft
Chair Worldwide Web Consortium [W3C]
Document Object Management Committee [DOM]
Simple API for XML [SAX]
19:30 Networking

3. Background OIC * Formed in 1994
* Forum to raise awareness of Electronic Information Technology (EIT) issues like E-commerce & the Internet
* 3 years quarterly lunch lectures
1994 Gary JACKSON past MD Microsoft, Sybase and Cisco
1996 Senator Richard ALSTON - Federal Minister for Communication
1997 Dean BROWN - South Australian Minister Information Technology
* st member project - EAIM
* nd member project won 1st prize in “IT for SME” Category of Global Bangemann Challenge Competitors
* formation EIT Special Interest Groups

4. Progress with OIC Progress since last meeting:
* ebXML Committee 20/10/2000
public review Tokyo meeting 06/11/2000 on /11/2000
* E-credits project submitted Rome Global Challenge
* 1st syndicate E-commerce integrated application project
EOI by 9 Councils for 10 Applications with standard N&A format
* External projects
Updates available to members only from 01/11/2000

5. OIC XML Issues A Need for projects to provide XML sites
Bi-weekly IT project notices - not all XML projects
B Establishing XML & E-commerce Work Groups
a EDIFACT Review Work Group b Document Indexing Wk Gr
c GIS & XML Work Group c Local Government ZIG
C Promoting XML projects
Internal and External projects
D Identifying Technical problems eg
a Naming Tag fields - limitations EDIFACT with EPIM
b XML unable to link with relational databases
c reference tracking through supply chain process

6. XML Seminars & Conferences
Events - XML Seminars & Conferences
1 Aus - Syd OIC 25/10/2000
Speaker Dr Lauren WOOD
2 Aus - Syd Conference 31/10/ /11/ XML Asia Pacific
3 Aus - Mel ebXML day seminar 14/11/2000
Aus - Syd ebXML day seminar 15/11/2000

7. Dr Lauren WOOD PhD
* Director Product Technology QUADSOFT Software Canada
* Developer XMETAL
* Key sites- Qantas, KPMG, US Patent Office, NSW State Library, Moore Business Systems,
* Chair W3C Document Object Management Working Group [DOM]
* Active member
Formatting Properties Working Group
The XML Working Group
XSL Working Group
HTML Working Group

8. Questions about DOM DOM and SAX * What are they ?
* How are they useful ?
* Why do we have them ?
* When do we use them ?
* When do we not use them ?
* What do they have to do with XML?

9. Questions on DOM & SAX * Differences between DOM and SAX ?
* What does any of this have to do with standards, especially B2B standards ?
* What does any of this have to do with business ?
* What influence is there from Microsoft, IBM and Sun and is it good or bad ?
* Who or what else is driving all of this ?
* What is important about any of this for software developers ?
* Should developers try to fit in with it ?
* What do developers have to do to fit in ?

10. Networking for XML projects
One purpose of the monthly XZIG meetings is to enable members to network to discuss external projects.
It is envisaged that a number of these projects may be suitable as XML & E-commerce projects that can be submitted for funding either by Federal funds or by venture capital
In addition these projects may lead to develop standard schemas that can be proposed to ebXML and OASIS (Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards -

11. OIC Membership options
Membership Level
$ $ $ $
Events & newsletter
E&N + notice projects ,000
E&N + project papers ,000 1,500 2,000
Project participation 1,250 1,500 2,000 2,500
Membership fee fixed for 3 years from date of joining. Long term Intellectual Property Royalties for project participation

12. Membership Registrations
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