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XML: The ASCII of the 21st Century?
Guest Editors: Luis Sánchez-Fernández and Carlos Delgado-Kloos

Presentation: XML, Panoramic of a Revolution
(includes a list of Useful References and a Glossary of Terms for those interested in knowing more about XML)
Luis Sánchez-Fernández and Carlos Delgado-Kloos
Abstract: The guest editors decribe objetives and contents of the issue.

XML: The ASCII of the 21st Century
Carlos Delgado-Kloos and Luis Sánchez-Fernández
Abstract: In this article the authors provide an introduction to the world of XML. It includes a review of its origins, a short introduction to the XML language and the main standards related to it, a look into the reasons behind its success and some brief conclusions.

XML, the Development of New Business Applications and the Software Industry
Enrique Bertrand-López de Roda
Abstract: The author examines the impact XML has had on several key areas of the world of business applications: development tools and platforms, storage systems, and middleware and intra/inter-company integration infrastructures.

Application of XML Mark-up Languages to Software Development
Baltasar Fernández-Manjón, Alfredo Fernández-Valmayor, Antonio Navarro, and José Luis Sierra
Abstract: This paper outlines an approach to XML-based software development, according to which applications are described using domain specific, XML-based markup languages.

Querying the Semantic Web: Feasibility Issues
José-Francisco Aldana-Montes, Antonio-César Gómez-Lora, Nathalie Moreno-Vergara, and María del Mar Roldán-García
Abstract: A new technology is being developed based on XML standards for the query processing of heterogeneous data sources, the next great challenge consisting of developing what is already known as the Semantic Web.

Digital Signature and Encryption with XML
Antonio F. Gómez-Skarmeta, María-Encarnación Martínez-González, Eduardo Martínez-Graciá, and Gregorio Martínez-Pérez
Abstract: In this paper the authors describe the standard proposals to obtain trustworthy XML-based communications coming from the W3C and the IETF, and two basic e-commerce frameworks where these standards have been applied: ebXML and x-SPEED.

Realities and Possibilities of XML in the Standardisation of Digital TV with MHP (Multimedia Home Platform)
Alberto Gil-Solla, José J. Pazos-Arias, Cándido López-García, Manuel Ramos-Cabrer, José-Carlos López-Ardao, and Raúl F. Rodríguez-Rubio
Abstract: This paper describes the versatility of XML in three activity fields related to the standardization of interactive digital TV: the specification of the MHP standard, the specification of the metainformation describing contents, and the scope of the implementation of applications.

Application of XML to the Journalism Field
Luis Sánchez-Fernández, Carlos Delgado-Kloos, Vicente Luque-Centeno, María del Carmen Fernández-Panadero, and Laura Martínez-Bermejo
Abstract: Journalism is a typical example of an application domain in which the use of XML is changing the work processes; in this article a XML-supported work carried out in this field is presented, based on a model developed for the work processes in the journalistic field.

A New Face for Each Show: Make up your Content by Effective Variants Engineering
Martina Hemrich
Abstract: TThis paper presents an approach for variant engineering to address use cases found in the production of information types like reference works and legal publishing.

Business Maps: Topic Maps go B2B
Marc de Graauw
Abstract: The author believes that interoperability between ontologies is a big, if not the single biggest, issue in B2B data exchange. Accordingly, portable, reusable and standardized mapping between different ontologies will be required.

XML and Word and XML: Downcasting and Upcasting XML Documents
Stefan Hermann
Abstract: This paper describes the basic architecture needed to embed Microsoft Word into an environment enabling the import, export and roundtrip of XML documents. In particular, it describes the two tools, downCast and upCast, that implement such an XML architecture based on the additional standards XSL and CSS.

Luis Sánchez-Fernández is a Full Professor in the Department of Telematics Engineering of the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (Spain). He is a Doctor of Telecommunications Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica of Madrid. He is the author of more than 30 publications in journals and national and international conferences. He has taken part in several national and international research projects. Currently, his main interest is in the following fields: electronic publishing, electronic journalism and XML. He is member of ATI (Asociación de Técnicos de Informática, Spain.) <luis@it.uc3m.es>

Carlos Delgado-Kloos is presently a Full Professor at the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (Spain), where he also holds the posts of Director of the Department of Telematics Engineering and Director of the Master in E-commerce. His current interests include design languages and techniques, as well as Internetbased applications such as electronic publishing, tele-education and e-commerce. He has been involved in many projects with European, national (Spanish Ministry) and bilateral (Spanish-German and Spanish-French) funding. He has published over 60
articles in national and international conferences and journals, and has also written one book and co-edited four more. He holds or has held various posts in national and international bodies such as: vice-president of IFIP TC 10, secretary of IFIP WG 10.5, editor of the Springer journal ‘Formal Aspects of Computing’, assistant director of Telecommunication Engineering at his University and manager of the National Programme for Information and Communication Technologies at the Spanish Ministry for Science and Research. He has been programme committee
member or chair at more than 40 conferences and workshops, including vice-programme chair for the IFIP'92 World Computer Congress and programme chair for DATE 2002. He belongs to several professional associations in Spain and abroad, ATI being one of them, and has published several papers in Novática, ATI’s journal whose Editorial Board he was a member of. <cdk@it.uc3m.es>

The English Editors

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