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class="en_session vevent"> <div class="en_session_psched" id="psched642"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/add/642" class="en_psched_add" title="Add to your personal schedule"><img src="/web/20080516084521im_/http://2008.xtech.org/images/unpicked.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Add to your personal schedule"/></a> </div> <div class="session_time"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/full#s2008-05-07-11:00">11:00</a> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/grid?date=2008-05-07">Wednesday, 7 May 2008</a> </div> <div class="en_session_title summary"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/detail/642" class="url uid" name="session642">XML@10: A Decade of XML</a> </div> <div class="en_session_roominfo"> <span class="en_session_room location">Goldsmiths 3</span> <span class="uf_timing"> <abbr class="dtstart dtstamp" title="20080507T1100"></abbr> <abbr class="dtend" title="20080507T1145"></abbr> </span> </div> <div class="en_session_speakers"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/speaker/187">Liam Quin</a> (W3C) </div> <div class="en_session_description description"> XML was published as a W3C Recommendation in February, 1998, a little over ten years ago. It was a huge success. What made it do so well, and what can we learn from ithis? What were some of the milestones of XML history? And how are things looking for the future? <span class="en_read_more"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/detail/642">Read more.</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="en_session vevent"> <div class="en_session_psched" id="psched498"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/add/498" class="en_psched_add" title="Add to your personal schedule"><img src="/web/20080516084521im_/http://2008.xtech.org/images/unpicked.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Add to your personal schedule"/></a> </div> <div class="session_time"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/full#s2008-05-07-11:45">11:45</a> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/grid?date=2008-05-07">Wednesday, 7 May 2008</a> </div> <div class="en_session_title summary"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/detail/498" class="url uid" name="session498">XQuery Update: An Update</a> </div> <div class="en_session_roominfo"> <span class="en_session_room location">Goldsmiths 3</span> <span class="uf_timing"> <abbr class="dtstart dtstamp" title="20080507T1145"></abbr> <abbr class="dtend" title="20080507T1230"></abbr> </span> </div> <div class="en_session_speakers"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/speaker/98">Jim Melton</a> (Oracle Corp.) </div> <div class="en_session_description description"> The XQuery Update Facility is an eagerly awaited W3C standard for updating XML data. This important addition to the XPath/XQuery/XSLT suite of XML processing languages, in preparation for almost three years, has almost reached final Recommendation status. An example-driven close examination of the language, this talk also looks into likely further enhancements. <span class="en_read_more"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/detail/498">Read more.</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="en_session vevent"> <div class="en_session_psched" id="psched493"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/add/493" class="en_psched_add" title="Add to your personal schedule"><img src="/web/20080516084521im_/http://2008.xtech.org/images/unpicked.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Add to your personal schedule"/></a> </div> <div class="session_time"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/full#s2008-05-07-14:00">14:00</a> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/grid?date=2008-05-07">Wednesday, 7 May 2008</a> </div> <div class="en_session_title summary"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/detail/493" class="url uid" name="session493">Will XML Schema 1.1 solve the problem?</a> </div> <div class="en_session_roominfo"> <span class="en_session_room location">Goldsmiths 3</span> <span class="uf_timing"> <abbr class="dtstart dtstamp" title="20080507T1400"></abbr> <abbr class="dtend" title="20080507T1445"></abbr> </span> </div> <div class="en_session_speakers"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/speaker/852">Michael Kay</a> (Saxonica Limited) </div> <div class="en_session_description description"> XML Schema is in an odd position: everyone is using it, but no-one really likes it. It's clearly fit for purpose, or people wouldn't be using it; but it attracts complaints both because of its immense complexity and because there are basic features that it doesn't provide. Version 1.1 in on the way: this talk surveys the new features and tries to assess whether they will solve the problem. <span class="en_read_more"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/detail/493">Read more.</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="en_session vevent"> <div class="en_session_psched" id="psched530"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/add/530" class="en_psched_add" title="Add to your personal schedule"><img src="/web/20080516084521im_/http://2008.xtech.org/images/unpicked.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Add to your personal schedule"/></a> </div> <div class="session_time"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/full#s2008-05-07-14:45">14:45</a> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/grid?date=2008-05-07">Wednesday, 7 May 2008</a> </div> <div class="en_session_title summary"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/detail/530" class="url uid" name="session530">Versioning XML with XML Schema</a> </div> <div class="en_session_roominfo"> <span class="en_session_room location">Goldsmiths 3</span> <span class="uf_timing"> <abbr class="dtstart dtstamp" title="20080507T1445"></abbr> <abbr class="dtend" title="20080507T1530"></abbr> </span> </div> <div class="en_session_speakers"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/speaker/692">David Orchard</a> (BEA Systems) </div> <div class="en_session_description description"> Web services and XML extensibility and Versioning This talk will go into the details of what can and can't be done to enable extensibility and versioning of XML Schemas, documents and Web services. A detailed analysis of the versioning mechanisms in Schema, and the pros and cons of different versioning techniques is provided. XML Schema 1.1's vast improvements in versioning will be described. <span class="en_read_more"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/detail/530">Read more.</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="en_session vevent"> <div class="en_session_psched" id="psched605"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/add/605" class="en_psched_add" title="Add to your personal schedule"><img src="/web/20080516084521im_/http://2008.xtech.org/images/unpicked.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Add to your personal schedule"/></a> </div> <div class="session_time"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/full#s2008-05-07-16:00">16:00</a> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/grid?date=2008-05-07">Wednesday, 7 May 2008</a> </div> <div class="en_session_title summary"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/detail/605" class="url uid" name="session605">XForms, REST, XQuery...and skimming</a> </div> <div class="en_session_roominfo"> <span class="en_session_room location">Goldsmiths 3</span> <span class="uf_timing"> <abbr class="dtstart dtstamp" title="20080507T1600"></abbr> <abbr class="dtend" title="20080507T1645"></abbr> </span> </div> <div class="en_session_speakers"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/speaker/229">Mark Birbeck</a> (webBackplane, W3C Invited Expert) </div> <div class="en_session_description description"> Applications built on 'skimming' principles are very loosely-coupled, and can run on just about any server-side architecture. <span class="en_read_more"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/detail/605">Read more.</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="en_session vevent"> <div class="en_session_psched" id="psched524"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/add/524" class="en_psched_add" title="Add to your personal schedule"><img src="/web/20080516084521im_/http://2008.xtech.org/images/unpicked.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Add to your personal schedule"/></a> </div> <div class="session_time"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/full#s2008-05-08-11:00">11:00</a> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/grid?date=2008-05-08">Thursday, 8 May 2008</a> </div> <div class="en_session_title summary"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/detail/524" class="url uid" name="session524">The Programmes Ontology</a> </div> <div class="en_session_roominfo"> <span class="en_session_room location">Goldsmiths 3</span> <span class="uf_timing"> <abbr class="dtstart dtstamp" title="20080508T1100"></abbr> <abbr class="dtend" title="20080508T1145"></abbr> </span> </div> <div class="en_session_speakers"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/speaker/881">Tom Scott</a> (BBC Audio and Music Interactive), <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/speaker/879">Yves Raimond</a> (Queen Mary, University of London), <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/speaker/834">Patrick Sinclair</a> (BBC Audio and Music Interactive), <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/speaker/880">Nicholas Humfrey</a> (BBC Audio and Music Interactive) </div> <div class="en_session_description description"> BBC Programmes is a new project which aims to ensure that every programme brand, series and episode broadcast by the BBC has a permanent, findable web presence. We have developed the Programmes Ontology to expose this data following the Linked Data approach, enabling the interchange of programme information on the Semantic Web. <span class="en_read_more"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/detail/524">Read more.</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="en_session vevent"> <div class="en_session_psched" id="psched585"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/add/585" class="en_psched_add" title="Add to your personal schedule"><img src="/web/20080516084521im_/http://2008.xtech.org/images/unpicked.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Add to your personal schedule"/></a> </div> <div class="session_time"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/full#s2008-05-08-11:45">11:45</a> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/grid?date=2008-05-08">Thursday, 8 May 2008</a> </div> <div class="en_session_title summary"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/detail/585" class="url uid" name="session585">With or Without UIDs</a> </div> <div class="en_session_roominfo"> <span class="en_session_room location">Goldsmiths 3</span> <span class="uf_timing"> <abbr class="dtstart dtstamp" title="20080508T1145"></abbr> <abbr class="dtend" title="20080508T1230"></abbr> </span> </div> <div class="en_session_speakers"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/speaker/326">Alf Eaton</a> (Nature) </div> <div class="en_session_description description"> This presentation will examine tools that bridge the divide between objects without identifiers, objects with varying amounts of metadata, and precisely identified objects that can be connected to information networks. It will also look at tools that allow web-based information resources to communicate with desktop applications. <span class="en_read_more"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/detail/585">Read more.</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="en_session vevent"> <div class="en_session_psched" id="psched486"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/add/486" class="en_psched_add" title="Add to your personal schedule"><img src="/web/20080516084521im_/http://2008.xtech.org/images/unpicked.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Add to your personal schedule"/></a> </div> <div class="session_time"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/full#s2008-05-08-14:00">14:00</a> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/grid?date=2008-05-08">Thursday, 8 May 2008</a> </div> <div class="en_session_title summary"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/detail/486" class="url uid" name="session486">Next Generation Data Storage with CouchDB</a> </div> <div class="en_session_roominfo"> <span class="en_session_room location">Goldsmiths 1</span> <span class="uf_timing"> <abbr class="dtstart dtstamp" title="20080508T1400"></abbr> <abbr class="dtend" title="20080508T1445"></abbr> </span> </div> <div class="en_session_speakers"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/speaker/848">Jan Lehnardt</a> (Freisatz) </div> <div class="en_session_description description"> CouchDB is a new kid on the database block and it plays by its own rules. It is a document oriented database with a REST API and it uses JSON to store data. This talk explains CouchDB and does not shy away from the technical details that make CouchDB so interesting. <span class="en_read_more"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/detail/486">Read more.</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="en_session vevent"> <div class="en_session_psched" id="psched549"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/add/549" class="en_psched_add" title="Add to your personal schedule"><img src="/web/20080516084521im_/http://2008.xtech.org/images/unpicked.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Add to your personal schedule"/></a> </div> <div class="session_time"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/full#s2008-05-09-09:45"> 9:45</a> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/grid?date=2008-05-09">Friday, 9 May 2008</a> </div> <div class="en_session_title summary"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/detail/549" class="url uid" name="session549">Design Strategies for a Distributed Web</a> </div> <div class="en_session_roominfo"> <span class="en_session_room location">Goldsmiths 1</span> <span class="uf_timing"> <abbr class="dtstart dtstamp" title="20080509T0945"></abbr> <abbr class="dtend" title="20080509T1030"></abbr> </span> </div> <div class="en_session_speakers"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/speaker/894">Gareth Rushgrove</a> (Gareth Rushgrove) </div> <div class="en_session_description description"> We might be standardising around a handful of web development frameworks but we're still re-inventing the wheel when it comes to the things we build. A vibrant ecosystem of commercial grade API providers, such as Amazon with their S3 and EC2 services, could change all that. But what needs to happen to make this web services dream a reality? And where are the potential pitfalls for successful apps? <span class="en_read_more"> <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/schedule/detail/549">Read more.</a> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="en_footerwrap"> <div id="en_footer">Copyright © 2001-2008 IDEAlliance Inc. All rights reserved. <a href="/web/20080516084521/http://2008.xtech.org/public/content/credits">Web site credits</a>.</div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>