AFC2ISRC, AFRL, SPAWAR & ONR
Efficient XML
Taking Net-Centric Operations to the Edge
AgileDelta, Inc.
info@agiledelta.com
http://www.agiledelta.com
“POWER TO THE EDGE”
1
XML
“POWER TO THE EDGE”
2
XML is Everywhere
ABN-AMRO Bank
Access
Access Company Limited
Acuity
Adobe Systems Inc.
AGF.SI
Agfa Division, Bayer Corp.
AgileDelta, Inc.
Agile Software
Agranat Systems, Inc.
Alcatel Alsthom Recherche
Alfa-Omega Foundation
Aliaron, Inc.
Alis Technologies, Inc.
Allaire Corporation
America Online, Inc.
American Express
AND Data Ltd
AND-USA, Inc.
APACS
Aplix Corporation
Apple Computer, Inc.
ArborText, Inc.
Architecture Projects Management Ltd.
Ardent Software, Inc.
ArrowPoint Communications
Art Technology Group
Asymetrix Corporation
AT&T
Attachmate Corporation
Autodesk, Inc.
BackWeb Technologies, Inc.
British Broadcasting Corporation
BEA Systems, Inc.
BELGACOM
Bitstream, Inc.
Bluestone Software
The Boeing Company
Bow Street, Inc.
Bowne Internet Solutions
University of Bristol
British Telecommunications Laboratories
Bull S.A.
Calico Technology, Inc.
Canal +
Canal/Web
Canon, Inc.
Cap Gemini Innovation
CCTA
Center for Democracy and Technology
Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI)
Center for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT)
Centraal Corporation
CERN
China Times Interactive Co., Ltd.
Chunghwa Telecom Company, Ltd.
Cisco Systems
CiTEC
CITIBANK, N.A.
CNET - The Computer Network
CNR--Instituto Elaborazione dellInformazione
CNRS
Coalition for Networked Information
COLLEGIS Research Institute
Commerce One
CommerceNet
Corel Corporation
Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)
Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
(CCL)
Crystaliz, Inc.
CSIRO Australia
CyberCash, Inc.
Daewoo Electronics Company
Data Channel
Data Interchange Standards Association, Inc. (DISA)
Data Research Associates, Inc.
Datafusion, Inc.
Datalogics, Incorporated
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
Department of Communications, Information Technology
and the Arts
Deutsche Telekom - Online Service GmbH (T-Online)
DFN Verein
Digital Vision Laboratories Corporation
Direct Marketing Association, Inc.
Distributed Systems Technology Centre (DSTC Pty Ltd)
DoubleClick
E-centre UK
Eastman Kodak Company
EC Cubed, Inc.
École Nationale Supérieure dInformatique et de
Mathématiques Appliquées (ENSIMAG)
University of Edinburgh (HCRC Language Technology
Group)
EEIG/ERCIM
Electricité de France
Electronic Network Consortium
ENEL
Engage Technologies
Enigma
ENN Corporation
Entrust Technologies, Inc.
Epicentric, Inc.
Eprise Corporation
ERICSSON
Ernst & Young LLP
ETNOTEAM S.p.A.
EUnet International BV
Excosoft
Federal Geographic Data Committee
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
FIZ Karlsruhe (FachInformationsZentrum)
Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI)
Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH)
France Telecom
Fraunhofer IGD
Fretwell-Downing Data Systems Ltd.
FSTC (Financial Services Technology Consortium)
Fujitsu Limited
Fulcrum Technologies, Inc.
GE Information Services, Inc.
GEMPLUS
General Magic, Inc.
GEO Interactive Media Group Ltd.
George Washington University
Geoworks
GlobeID Software
GMD National Research Center for Information Technology
Graphic Communications Association
Grenoble Network Initiative
Groove Networks, Inc.
Groupe ESC Grenoble
GTW Associates
Harlequin Inc.
Health Level Seven, Inc.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Helsinki Telephone Corporation
Hewlett Packard Company
Hitachi, Ltd.
Hong Kong Jockey Club
Hong Kong Productivity Council
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
HTML Writers Guild, Inc.
Hyperwave Information Management, Ges. m.b.H.
IBERDROLA S.A.
IBM Corporation
IBM Taiwan Corporation
IEEE Computer Society
ILOG, S.A.
IMALL
IMG SRC, Inc.
Industrial Technology Research Institute
Infopartners
Information Broadcasting Laboratories, Inc. (IB Labs)
Infoteria, Inc.
Innosoft International Inc.
Inso Corporation, Providence
Institut Franco-Russe A.M. Liapunov
Intel Corporation
Intelink Management Office (IMO)
Interleaf, Inc.
Intermind
The International DOI Foundation
International Integrated Systems, Inc.
Internet Lawyers Conference (ILC)
Interval Research Corporation
Intraspect Software, Inc.
iReady Corporation
JetForm
Joint Info. Systems Comm. of the UK Higher Ed. Funding
Council
KnowledgeCite, Inc.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lexmark International, Inc.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Lotus Development Corporation
Lucent Technologies
MacKichan Software, Inc.
Macromedia
Marimba, Inc.
MatchLogic, Inc.
Matra Hachette
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (MEI)
MBED Software
MedicalData Service GmbH
Merrill Lynch
Metropolitan Police Service
Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation
(MCC)
Microsoft Corporation
Microstar Software Ltd.
Microsystems Software, Inc.
Motorola
MindQuake Interactive, Inc.
MITRE Corporation
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Motorola
MTA SZTAKI
NASA Ames Research Center
National Chiao Tung University
National Security Agency (NSA)
National University of Singapore
NCompass Labs, Inc.
NCR
NEC Corporation
NETAWAY
Netscape Communications
NetStudio Corporation
Network Computer, Inc. (NCI)
Network Solutions
University of New South Wales
NHS (National Health Service, UK)
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (NTT)
NOKIA Corporation
Nortel
Novell, Inc.
NTT Data Corporation
NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc. (NTT DoCoMo)
OReilly & Associates, Inc.
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
Standards (OASIS)
Object Design
Object Management Group, Inc. (OMG)
Object Services and Consulting, Inc.
OCLC (Online Computer Library Center, Inc.)
OmniMark Technologies Corporation
ONION S.p.A.
The Open Group
Open Market, Inc.
Open Software Associates, Inc.
Open Text Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Pacific Softworks
Paradigm Development Corporation
Partners HealthCare System, Inc.
Pencom Web Works
Perspecta, Inc.
Pervasive Software
Philips Electronic N.V.
Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
Poet Software Corporation
PointCast Incorporated
Pretty Good Privacy, Inc.
The Productivity Works, Inc.
Qualcomm Inc.
Quark, Inc.
Rapid Logic, Inc.
Raptor Systems, Inc.
RealNetworks
Reed Elsevier
Reuters Limited
Rivcom
Riverland Holding NV/SA
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
S.W.I.F.T. sc
SAIC/Bellcore
Sandpiper Networks, Inc.
SAP AG
SBC Technology Resources
Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc.
Segue Software
Sema Group
Sharp Corporation
SICS
Sitara Networks, Inc.
Snap
SoftQuad Software, Inc.
Software AG
Software Publishers Association (SPA)
Sonnetech, Ltd.
Sony Corporation
University of Southampton
Speech Works International, Inc.
Spyglass, Inc.
Sqribe Technologies
StarBurst Communications
Strategic Interactive Group
Stuart McIntosh
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
surfCONTROL
SURFnet bv
Swedish Institute for Systems Development (SISU)
Sybase, Inc.
Synth-Bank
Tandem Computers, a division of Compaq
Technische Universitat Graz
Teknema Corporation
Telecom Colombia
Telecom Italia
Texcel Group
The Thomson Corporation
TIAA-CREF
TNO Multimedia and Telecommunications
Toshiba Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation
Trilogy Technologies, Inc.
TRUSTe
2Bridge Software
UKERNA
UNI.C
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Unwired Planet
UWI.Com
Veon, Inc.
VeriSign, Inc.
Verity, Inc.
Victor Data Systems Co., Ltd.
Vignette Corporation
Visio Corporation
VTT Information Technology
Wall Data Incorporated
Waterloo Maple
webMethods, Inc.
WebTV Networks Inc.
WinWriters
Wolfram Research, Inc.
worldweb
WWW - KR
Xerox Corporation
Xionics Document Technologies, Inc.
Intel Sony
IBM
Novell
Mozilla
AT&T Cisco
Microsoft
BEA
Apache RIM
Corel
Oracle
Sun Nokia Sybase
Google
HP
Palm
Adobe Macromedia
Universal adoption, thriving community, low-cost products, rapid innovation
XML is Everywhere
ABN-AMRO Bank
Access
Access Company Limited
Acuity
Adobe Systems Inc.
AGF.SI
Agfa Division, Bayer Corp.
AgileDelta, Inc.
Agile Software
Agranat Systems, Inc.
Alcatel Alsthom Recherche
Alfa-Omega Foundation
Aliaron, Inc.
Alis Technologies, Inc.
Allaire Corporation
America Online, Inc.
American Express
AND Data Ltd
AND-USA, Inc.
APACS
Aplix Corporation
Apple Computer, Inc.
ArborText, Inc.
Architecture Projects Management Ltd.
Ardent Software, Inc.
ArrowPoint Communications
Art Technology Group
Asymetrix Corporation
AT&T
Attachmate Corporation
Autodesk, Inc.
BackWeb Technologies, Inc.
British Broadcasting Corporation
BEA Systems, Inc.
BELGACOM
Bitstream, Inc.
Bluestone Software
The Boeing Company
Bow Street, Inc.
Bowne Internet Solutions
University of Bristol
British Telecommunications Laboratories
Bull S.A.
Calico Technology, Inc.
Canal +
Canal/Web
Canon, Inc.
Cap Gemini Innovation
CCTA
Center for Democracy and Technology
Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI)
Center for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT)
Centraal Corporation
CERN
China Times Interactive Co., Ltd.
Chunghwa Telecom Company, Ltd.
Cisco Systems
CiTEC
CITIBANK, N.A.
CNET - The Computer Network
CNR--Instituto Elaborazione dellInformazione
CNRS
Coalition for Networked Information
COLLEGIS Research Institute
Commerce One
CommerceNet
Corel Corporation
Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)
Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
(CCL)
Crystaliz, Inc.
CSIRO Australia
CyberCash, Inc.
Daewoo Electronics Company
Data Channel
Data Interchange Standards Association, Inc. (DISA)
Data Research Associates, Inc.
Datafusion, Inc.
Datalogics, Incorporated
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
Department of Communications, Information Technology
and the Arts
Deutsche Telekom - Online Service GmbH (T-Online)
DFN Verein
Digital Vision Laboratories Corporation
Direct Marketing Association, Inc.
Distributed Systems Technology Centre (DSTC Pty Ltd)
DoubleClick
E-centre UK
Eastman Kodak Company
EC Cubed, Inc.
École Nationale Supérieure dInformatique et de
Mathématiques Appliquées (ENSIMAG)
University of Edinburgh (HCRC Language Technology
Group)
EEIG/ERCIM
Electricité de France
Electronic Network Consortium
ENEL
Engage Technologies
Enigma
ENN Corporation
Entrust Technologies, Inc.
Epicentric, Inc.
Eprise Corporation
ERICSSON
Ernst & Young LLP
ETNOTEAM S.p.A.
EUnet International BV
Excosoft
Federal Geographic Data Committee
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
FIZ Karlsruhe (FachInformationsZentrum)
Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI)
Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH)
France Telecom
Fraunhofer IGD
Fretwell-Downing Data Systems Ltd.
FSTC (Financial Services Technology Consortium)
Fujitsu Limited
Fulcrum Technologies, Inc.
GE Information Services, Inc.
GEMPLUS
General Magic, Inc.
GEO Interactive Media Group Ltd.
George Washington University
Geoworks
GlobeID Software
GMD National Research Center for Information Technology
Graphic Communications Association
Grenoble Network Initiative
Groove Networks, Inc.
Groupe ESC Grenoble
GTW Associates
Harlequin Inc.
Health Level Seven, Inc.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Helsinki Telephone Corporation
Hewlett Packard Company
Hitachi, Ltd.
Hong Kong Jockey Club
Hong Kong Productivity Council
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
HTML Writers Guild, Inc.
Hyperwave Information Management, Ges. m.b.H.
IBERDROLA S.A.
IBM Corporation
IBM Taiwan Corporation
IEEE Computer Society
ILOG, S.A.
IMALL
IMG SRC, Inc.
Industrial Technology Research Institute
Infopartners
Information Broadcasting Laboratories, Inc. (IB Labs)
Infoteria, Inc.
Innosoft International Inc.
Inso Corporation, Providence
Institut Franco-Russe A.M. Liapunov
Intel Corporation
Intelink Management Office (IMO)
Interleaf, Inc.
Intermind
The International DOI Foundation
International Integrated Systems, Inc.
Internet Lawyers Conference (ILC)
Interval Research Corporation
Intraspect Software, Inc.
iReady Corporation
JetForm
Joint Info. Systems Comm. of the UK Higher Ed. Funding
Council
KnowledgeCite, Inc.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lexmark International, Inc.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Lotus Development Corporation
Lucent Technologies
MacKichan Software, Inc.
Macromedia
Marimba, Inc.
MatchLogic, Inc.
Matra Hachette
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (MEI)
MBED Software
MedicalData Service GmbH
Merrill Lynch
Metropolitan Police Service
Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation
(MCC)
Microsoft Corporation
Microstar Software Ltd.
Microsystems Software, Inc.
Motorola
MindQuake Interactive, Inc.
MITRE Corporation
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Motorola
MTA SZTAKI
NASA Ames Research Center
National Chiao Tung University
National Security Agency (NSA)
National University of Singapore
NCompass Labs, Inc.
NCR
NEC Corporation
NETAWAY
Netscape Communications
NetStudio Corporation
Network Computer, Inc. (NCI)
Network Solutions
University of New South Wales
NHS (National Health Service, UK)
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (NTT)
NOKIA Corporation
Nortel
Novell, Inc.
NTT Data Corporation
NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc. (NTT DoCoMo)
OReilly & Associates, Inc.
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
Standards (OASIS)
Object Design
Object Management Group, Inc. (OMG)
Object Services and Consulting, Inc.
OCLC (Online Computer Library Center, Inc.)
OmniMark Technologies Corporation
ONION S.p.A.
The Open Group
Open Market, Inc.
Open Software Associates, Inc.
Open Text Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Pacific Softworks
Paradigm Development Corporation
Partners HealthCare System, Inc.
Pencom Web Works
Perspecta, Inc.
Pervasive Software
Philips Electronic N.V.
Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
Poet Software Corporation
PointCast Incorporated
Pretty Good Privacy, Inc.
The Productivity Works, Inc.
Qualcomm Inc.
Quark, Inc.
Rapid Logic, Inc.
Raptor Systems, Inc.
RealNetworks
Reed Elsevier
Reuters Limited
Rivcom
Riverland Holding NV/SA
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
S.W.I.F.T. sc
SAIC/Bellcore
Sandpiper Networks, Inc.
SAP AG
SBC Technology Resources
Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc.
Segue Software
Sema Group
Sharp Corporation
SICS
Sitara Networks, Inc.
Snap
SoftQuad Software, Inc.
Software AG
Software Publishers Association (SPA)
Sonnetech, Ltd.
Sony Corporation
University of Southampton
Speech Works International, Inc.
Spyglass, Inc.
Sqribe Technologies
StarBurst Communications
Strategic Interactive Group
Stuart McIntosh
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
surfCONTROL
SURFnet bv
Swedish Institute for Systems Development (SISU)
Sybase, Inc.
Synth-Bank
Tandem Computers, a division of Compaq
Technische Universitat Graz
Teknema Corporation
Telecom Colombia
Telecom Italia
Texcel Group
The Thomson Corporation
TIAA-CREF
TNO Multimedia and Telecommunications
Toshiba Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation
Trilogy Technologies, Inc.
TRUSTe
2Bridge Software
UKERNA
UNI.C
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Unwired Planet
UWI.Com
Veon, Inc.
VeriSign, Inc.
Verity, Inc.
Victor Data Systems Co., Ltd.
Vignette Corporation
Visio Corporation
VTT Information Technology
Wall Data Incorporated
Waterloo Maple
webMethods, Inc.
WebTV Networks Inc.
WinWriters
Wolfram Research, Inc.
worldweb
WWW - KR
Xerox Corporation
Xionics Document Technologies, Inc.
Intel Sony
IBM
Novell
Mozilla
AT&T Cisco
Microsoft
BEA
Apache RIM
Corel
Oracle
Sun Nokia Sybase
Google
HP
Palm
Adobe Macromedia
Universal access, broad interoperability, rapid integration (mashups)
XML is Everywhere
Motorola
Intel Sony
XNovell IBM
X
Mozilla
AT&T Cisco
Microsoft
BEA
XML Apache BEA
Cisco
RIM
X
Corel
X
Oracle
Sun Nokia Sybase
Google
HP
X
X
Macromedia
Palm
Adobe
ABN-AMRO Bank
Access
Access Company Limited
Acuity
Adobe Systems Inc.
AGF.SI
Agfa Division, Bayer Corp.
AgileDelta, Inc.
Agile Software
Agranat Systems, Inc.
Alcatel Alsthom Recherche
Alfa-Omega Foundation
Aliaron, Inc.
Alis Technologies, Inc.
Allaire Corporation
America Online, Inc.
American Express
AND Data Ltd
AND-USA, Inc.
APACS
Aplix Corporation
Apple Computer, Inc.
ArborText, Inc.
Architecture Projects Management Ltd.
Ardent Software, Inc.
ArrowPoint Communications
Art Technology Group
Asymetrix Corporation
AT&T
Attachmate Corporation
Autodesk, Inc.
BackWeb Technologies, Inc.
British Broadcasting Corporation
BEA Systems, Inc.
BELGACOM
Bitstream, Inc.
Bluestone Software
The Boeing Company
Bow Street, Inc.
Bowne Internet Solutions
University of Bristol
British Telecommunications Laboratories
Bull S.A.
Calico Technology, Inc.
Canal +
Canal/Web
Canon, Inc.
Cap Gemini Innovation
CCTA
Center for Democracy and Technology
Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI)
Center for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT)
Centraal Corporation
CERN
China Times Interactive Co., Ltd.
Chunghwa Telecom Company, Ltd.
Cisco Systems
CiTEC
CITIBANK, N.A.
CNET - The Computer Network
CNR--Instituto Elaborazione dellInformazione
CNRS
Coalition for Networked Information
COLLEGIS Research Institute
Commerce One
CommerceNet
Corel Corporation
Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)
Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
(CCL)
Crystaliz, Inc.
CSIRO Australia
CyberCash, Inc.
Daewoo Electronics Company
Data Channel
Data Interchange Standards Association, Inc. (DISA)
Data Research Associates, Inc.
Datafusion, Inc.
Datalogics, Incorporated
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
Department of Communications, Information Technology
and the Arts
Deutsche Telekom - Online Service GmbH (T-Online)
DFN Verein
Digital Vision Laboratories Corporation
Direct Marketing Association, Inc.
Distributed Systems Technology Centre (DSTC Pty Ltd)
DoubleClick
E-centre UK
Eastman Kodak Company
EC Cubed, Inc.
École Nationale Supérieure dInformatique et de
Mathématiques Appliquées (ENSIMAG)
University of Edinburgh (HCRC Language Technology
Group)
EEIG/ERCIM
Electricité de France
Electronic Network Consortium
ENEL
Engage Technologies
Enigma
ENN Corporation
Entrust Technologies, Inc.
Epicentric, Inc.
Eprise Corporation
ERICSSON
Ernst & Young LLP
ETNOTEAM S.p.A.
EUnet International BV
Excosoft
Federal Geographic Data Committee
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
FIZ Karlsruhe (FachInformationsZentrum)
Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI)
Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH)
France Telecom
Fraunhofer IGD
Fretwell-Downing Data Systems Ltd.
FSTC (Financial Services Technology Consortium)
Fujitsu Limited
Fulcrum Technologies, Inc.
GE Information Services, Inc.
GEMPLUS
General Magic, Inc.
GEO Interactive Media Group Ltd.
George Washington University
Geoworks
GlobeID Software
GMD National Research Center for Information Technology
Graphic Communications Association
Grenoble Network Initiative
Groove Networks, Inc.
Groupe ESC Grenoble
GTW Associates
Harlequin Inc.
Health Level Seven, Inc.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Helsinki Telephone Corporation
Hewlett Packard Company
Hitachi, Ltd.
Hong Kong Jockey Club
Hong Kong Productivity Council
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
HTML Writers Guild, Inc.
Hyperwave Information Management, Ges. m.b.H.
IBERDROLA S.A.
IBM Corporation
IBM Taiwan Corporation
IEEE Computer Society
ILOG, S.A.
IMALL
IMG SRC, Inc.
Industrial Technology Research Institute
Infopartners
Information Broadcasting Laboratories, Inc. (IB Labs)
Infoteria, Inc.
Innosoft International Inc.
Inso Corporation, Providence
Institut Franco-Russe A.M. Liapunov
Intel Corporation
Intelink Management Office (IMO)
Interleaf, Inc.
Intermind
The International DOI Foundation
International Integrated Systems, Inc.
Internet Lawyers Conference (ILC)
Interval Research Corporation
Intraspect Software, Inc.
iReady Corporation
JetForm
Joint Info. Systems Comm. of the UK Higher Ed. Funding
Council
KnowledgeCite, Inc.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lexmark International, Inc.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Lotus Development Corporation
Lucent Technologies
MacKichan Software, Inc.
Macromedia
Marimba, Inc.
MatchLogic, Inc.
Matra Hachette
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (MEI)
MBED Software
MedicalData Service GmbH
Merrill Lynch
Metropolitan Police Service
Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation
(MCC)
Microsoft Corporation
Microstar Software Ltd.
Microsystems Software, Inc.
MindQuake Interactive, Inc.
MITRE Corporation
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Motorola
MTA SZTAKI
NASA Ames Research Center
National Chiao Tung University
National Security Agency (NSA)
National University of Singapore
NCompass Labs, Inc.
NCR
NEC Corporation
NETAWAY
Netscape Communications
NetStudio Corporation
Network Computer, Inc. (NCI)
Network Solutions
University of New South Wales
NHS (National Health Service, UK)
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (NTT)
NOKIA Corporation
Nortel
Novell, Inc.
NTT Data Corporation
NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc. (NTT DoCoMo)
OReilly & Associates, Inc.
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
Standards (OASIS)
Object Design
Object Management Group, Inc. (OMG)
Object Services and Consulting, Inc.
OCLC (Online Computer Library Center, Inc.)
OmniMark Technologies Corporation
ONION S.p.A.
The Open Group
Open Market, Inc.
Open Software Associates, Inc.
Open Text Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Pacific Softworks
Paradigm Development Corporation
Partners HealthCare System, Inc.
Pencom Web Works
Perspecta, Inc.
Pervasive Software
Philips Electronic N.V.
Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
Poet Software Corporation
PointCast Incorporated
Pretty Good Privacy, Inc.
The Productivity Works, Inc.
Qualcomm Inc.
Quark, Inc.
Rapid Logic, Inc.
Raptor Systems, Inc.
RealNetworks
Reed Elsevier
Reuters Limited
Rivcom
Riverland Holding NV/SA
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
S.W.I.F.T. sc
SAIC/Bellcore
Sandpiper Networks, Inc.
SAP AG
SBC Technology Resources
Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc.
Segue Software
Sema Group
Sharp Corporation
SICS
Sitara Networks, Inc.
Snap
SoftQuad Software, Inc.
Software AG
Software Publishers Association (SPA)
Sonnetech, Ltd.
Sony Corporation
University of Southampton
Speech Works International, Inc.
Spyglass, Inc.
Sqribe Technologies
StarBurst Communications
Strategic Interactive Group
Stuart McIntosh
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
surfCONTROL
SURFnet bv
Swedish Institute for Systems Development (SISU)
Sybase, Inc.
Synth-Bank
Tandem Computers, a division of Compaq
Technische Universitat Graz
Teknema Corporation
Telecom Colombia
Telecom Italia
Texcel Group
The Thomson Corporation
TIAA-CREF
TNO Multimedia and Telecommunications
Toshiba Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation
Trilogy Technologies, Inc.
TRUSTe
2Bridge Software
UKERNA
UNI.C
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Unwired Planet
UWI.Com
Veon, Inc.
VeriSign, Inc.
Verity, Inc.
Victor Data Systems Co., Ltd.
Vignette Corporation
Visio Corporation
VTT Information Technology
Wall Data Incorporated
Waterloo Maple
webMethods, Inc.
WebTV Networks Inc.
WinWriters
Wolfram Research, Inc.
worldweb
WWW - KR
Xerox Corporation
Xionics Document Technologies, Inc.
But, the benefits of XML are NOT available where efficiency is critical
XML is Everywhere
Intel
IBM
X Microsoft
Mozilla
BEA
ATO
Novell
SOF Positions
(BAO Kit)
Land Picture
(Army FBCB2)
Oracle
HP
X
Adobe
ASR
X
Apache RIM
Intel - Targets - Threats
(IBS CMF)
Cursor on
Target
XML
Corel
AT&T Cisco
Sun
XML-VMF
Xerox
Army
AFATDS
ACO
AODB
(TBONE - TBMCS)
XML
XML-MTF
GCCS COP
(TDBM)
Nokia
Air Picture
(Link 16)
GE
X
Palm
Sybase
USMC C2PC
And Net-Centric web services don’t work at the edge
XML is Everywhere
IBM
Expensive, singlepurpose gateways
between edge ATO
users
Mozilla
Intel - Targets - Threats
Gateway (IBS CMF)
Microsoft
SOF Positions
(BAO Kit)
Land Picture
(Army
FBCB2)
Gateway
Adobe
Corel
(TBONE - TBMCS)
Sun
Gateway
Limited access
to net-centric
information
Army
AFATDS
ACO
XML Apache
XML
ASR
AT&T Cisco
access to
time critical
AODB
data
XML-VMF
Xerox
GCCS COP
(TDBM)
Nokia
Gateway
Air Picture
(Link 16)
Gateway
Oracle
HP
Cursor on
Target Limited
Specialized
technical
XML-MTF knowledge,
skills, training
Gateway
BEA
Novell
Gateway
Intel
RIM
Gateway
Sybase
USMC C2PC
Expensive
proprietary
tools
GE
Palm
Limits interoperability, increases cost, slows innovation for warfighter
The Challenge
XML is great when resources are plentiful
XML
Plenty of
Network
Capacity
XML
XML
Plenty of
Processing
Capacity
XML
XML
Workstation
XML
Personal Computer
XML works fine when there is plenty of bandwidth, memory, processor power and battery life
The Challenge
but, not when bandwidth is limited
XML
Limited
Network
Capacity
XML
XML
XML
XML
Workstation
XML
Personal Computer
but, saturates and denies usage of low bandwidth networks
The Challenge
or when processors, memory or battery life are limited
XML
Narrowband network
Limited
Network
Capacity
XML
XML
PDA 1
Limited
Processing
Capacity
Small or embedded device
XML
XML
Workstation
and quickly exhausts the processing capacity of small, mobile and embedded devices
For Example:
XML Requires 10-100x More Bandwidth
11,408,021
729,871
Size in bytes
Size in bytes
7,663,647
Air Tasking Order (ATO)
10 times larger!
XML
JSTARS Ground Targets
17 times larger!
USMTF format
XML
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JVMF Target Nomination
22 times larger!
JVMF format
Size in bytes
Size in bytes
GMTI format
1,094
1,122
XML
674,233
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TDL Air Track
122 times larger!
XML
TDL format
Makes net-centric web-services nearly impossible for tactical users
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For Example:
Requires 10 times more processing time
Processing time
16.0
14.5
Milliseconds per message
14.0
13.2
12.0
11.4
11.5
11.4
10.0
DCOM
CORBA
XML WS
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
1.1
1.4
1.5
1.0
1.3 1.4
1.3 1.5
1.1
1.4
0.0
1
2
3
4
5
Efficient XML
“POWER TO THE EDGE”
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A New Approach to Data Optimization
Information
Theory
Formal
Language
Theory
Efficient XML a new breed of technology that unifies concepts
from formal language theory and information theory
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Efficient XML (EXML)
Extends reach of XML to systems with limited resources
EXML
EXML
Limited
Network
Capacity
EXML
EXML
XML
EXML
Limited
Processing
Capacity
XML
XML
Small or embedded device
Efficient XML enables more
systems to share more information
using a common, interoperable,
widely adopted data standard
Workstation
Enables systems with limited bandwidth, memory, processing power and battery to use XML
Efficient XML (EXML)
and improves CPU usage and scalability of existing systems
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
Plenty of
Network
Capacity
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
Plenty of
Processing
Capacity
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
Workstation
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
EXML
Personal Computer
… extends system lifetime and allows processing with cheaper, smaller systems
EXML
Achieves New Levels of Performance
• A quantum leap in XML bandwidth optimization
• Simultaneously optimizes:
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Network bandwidth, throughput and scalability
Server scalability, throughput and CPU utilization
Device battery life, storage, heat and responsiveness
Data center power consumption, heat, bandwidth
• Requires no proprietary interfaces or protocols
13%
1%
1%
NCES SOAP Message (213 KB)
Fast Infoset
GZIPPED XML
Efficient XML
369
369
67
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NCES SOAP Message (213 KB)
Fast Infoset
GZIPPED XML
Efficient XML
Battery Life
Transactions per battery
20%
Server Throughput
Message per second
% Original Bandwidth
Bandwidth Utilization
33680
33680
8529 7720
Nokia 6800 Mobile Phone
XML
GZIPPED XML
Efficient XML
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Supports Most Demanding Applications
• Works well where previous approaches failed
(e.g., high volume streams of small messages)
• Tactical messages (VMF, TDL, IBS, GMTI, etc.)
• Track data
• Sensor data
96%
24 byte VMF message
Fast Infoset
GZIPPED XML
Efficient XML
Aircraft radar tracks
44 to 62x
Larger!
6244%
4400%
100%
9 byte TDL message
Fast Infoset
GZIPPED XML
Efficient XML
JSTARS GMTI data
613%
% Binary Size
Geo-location data
2362%
17 to 23x
Larger!
1754%
% Binary Size
% Binary Size
• Extends Net-Centric Operations to far edge of network
451%
26%
96 byte STANAG 4607 message
Fast Infoset
GZIPPED XML
Efficient XML
First to consistently meet or beat performance of custom binary formats
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Optimizes Open Standards and COTS
so they can be used Everywhere
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Intel
IBM
Mozilla
BEA
ATO
Novell
Intel - Targets - Threats
(IBS CMF)
Microsoft
SOF Positions
(BAO Kit)
Land Picture
(Army FBCB2)
Oracle
HP
Adobe
ASR
Cursor on
Target
Corel
AT&T Cisco
XML-VMF
Xerox
Army
AFATDS
ACO
Apache RIM
AODB
(TBONE - TBMCS)
Sun
XML-MTF
GCCS COP
(TDBM)
Nokia
Air Picture
(Link 16)
GE
Sybase
USMC C2PC
Palm
Broad interoperability using inexpensive open standards and COTS
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Independent
Assessment
“POWER TO THE EDGE”
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U.S. Air Force (JEFX)
E-2C XHAWK
F-15E1 & FA-18F1
SOF Team
with BAO Kit
SOF Team
with BAO Kit
IBS
Future
Combat
Systems
BACN
TACSAT
Combat
SkySAT
CNET
Efficient
XML
TBMCS
AFTRS
ADSI
CoT
Routers
TTNT
Army PASS
WEEMC
BAO Kit
LOS
UHF SATCOM
CAOC
Brigade / ASOC (Bullpen)
JSOTF
U.S. Air Force (JEFX)
E-2C XHAWK
F-15E1 & FA-18F1
“The reduction in size and
SOF Team
transmission
time was
with BAO Kit
measured at over 99 %”
SOF Team
with BAO Kit
“The real winners in JEFX ’06 that
filled our capability goals are
BACN and Binary XML”
Future
IBS
BACN
Combat
Systems
TACSAT
Combat
SkySAT
Recommendation
Immediate Fielding
CNET
Efficient
XML
TBMCS
AFTRS
ADSI
CoT
Routers
TTNT
Army PASS
WEEMC
BAO Kit
LOS
UHF SATCOM
CAOC
Brigade / ASOC (Bullpen)
JSOTF
JEFX ’06 Performance Example
High volume streams of small messages
Message size
100,000+ Efficient XML messages per day
Stream of 1600 XML events
Efficient XML works well on high volume streams of small messages typical of tactical applications
JEFX ’06 Performance Example
Large ATOs (100+ times smaller!)
ATO Sizes (XML and Efficient XML)
6,000,000
5,558,317 bytes
4,000,000
XML
3,000,000
Efficient XML
2,000,000
1,000,000
49,516 bytes
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Size in bytes
5,000,000
ATO (sorted by size)
On Average, large ATOs are 106 times smaller with Efficient XML
JEFX ’06 Performance Example
Time to transmit airspace geometries (1.1MB)
from AOC to E-2C aircraft over TTNT network
0:01
With Efficient XML
2:23
Without Efficient XML
Click to start transfer speed comparison
Click to stop transfer speed comparison
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U.S. Navy (JRAE)
NCES Joint Target Management (JTM)
Simulated Tactical Networks
100 mbps
128 kbps
14.4 kbps
4.8 kbps
2.4 kbps
JTM-VMF
Adaptor
JTM
Service
JTMMIP/C2IEDM
Adaptor
C2IEDM
JTT
PDA
JTMMIP/C2IEDM
Adaptor
JETS-JTM
Adapter
JETTS
DDACT
With VMF
AFATDS-JTM
Client
TBMCS
AFATDS
GCCS-M
C2PC
PDA
Micro-Lite Tablet PC
Running AFATDS
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U.S. Navy (JRAE)
NCES Joint Target Management (JTM)
Simulated Tactical Networks
100 mbps
128 kbps
14.4 kbps
4.8 kbps
2.4 kbps
JTM-VMF
Adaptor
JTM
Service
“Factor of 100x reduction in
JTMtypical
file size tested C2IEDM
in
MIP/C2IEDM
operational
scenario”
Adaptor
JTMMIP/C2IEDM
Adaptor
“Efficient XML is a
JTT
transformational
capability”
JETS-JTM
Adapter
PDA
JETTS
DDACT
With VMF
AFATDS-JTM
Client
TBMCS
“… should be incorporated as a
standard in all future data
sharing systems ...”
AFATDS
GCCS-M
C2PC
PDA
Micro-Lite Tablet PC
Running AFATDS
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Taken from JRAE ’06 Detailed Data Report
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9:35:46 PM
9:33:11 PM
9:30:36 PM
9:28:01 PM
9:25:26 PM
9:22:51 PM
9:20:16 PM
9:17:41 PM
9:15:06 PM
9:12:31 PM
9:09:56 PM
9:07:21 PM
9:04:46 PM
JRAE ‘06 Performance Example
Far less Network Traffic (1%) for a much Shorter Duration
XML vs. EFX Data Requirments at 14.4 Kbps
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12000
10000
XML
8000
EFX
6000
4000
2000
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U.S. Army (CERDEC)
“As detailed results illustrate,
Efficient XML compression
ratio is always better…”
“… provides better throughput in
bandwidth constrained
network environments”
“… also proved to have faster
average decoding and
encoding performance”
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Multi-year Analysis of Leading Solutions
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Multi-year Analysis of Leading Solutions
“The best performer for nearly
all test documents in all
application classes”
“One point that does leap out is
that Efficient XML, in most
cases, has a clear advantage
over the others …”
Adopted interchange protocol as
global web standard for
Efficient XML Interchange
W3C Performance Example
Consistently Beats Packed Binary Formats
Additional Advocacy and Adoption
Navy, Air Force and OSD/NII
have independently proposed
as DISR standard
USMC tested, certified and
fielded as part of GCSS-MC
XML Security adopted as part
of XML Encryption 1.1 and XML
Digital Signatures 2.0
USAF is integrating into F-22
and has proposed as standard
for Joint Airborne Networking
Smart Grid initiative adopted
for smart energy meters and
smart energy appliances
JIEDDO is field testing and
hopes to deploy this year
Efficient XML Summary
A new breed of technology
Information
Theory
Formal
Language
Theory
Interoperability
Efficiency
Affordability
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Efficient XML Summary
A new breed
Efficient
of technology
XML
•
Information
Theory
Formal
Language
Theory
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One standard data format for
all data and all devices
Efficient enough for most
demanding tactical environs
Plugs transparently into app
servers and XML interfaces
Can interoperate with systems
still using plain-old-XML
Interoperability
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Achieves unprecedented
data size and speed
Over 100 times smaller and
faster in some cases
More bandwidth, battery
life, storage, memory
Less CPU, power, heat
Efficiency
Lower application costs
Lower integration costs
Lower infrastructure costs
Replace proprietary binaries
with open web standards
Reduce gateways
Affordability
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