You are invited to a free W3C workshop on the W3C's XForms and Semantic Web Services Activities to be held at the:
Location: Room 470, Level 2, Building 10, University of Technology Sydney http://it.uts.edu.au/about/maps.html Time and Date: 23rd June 2004, 2:00pm to 5:00pm (includes afternoon tea), RSVP at: http://w3c.dstc.edu.au/events/sydworkshop_jun04.html Workshop Program ============== 2:00pm to 3:00pm - Semantic Web Services, Dr Jane Hunter Afternoon Tea 3:45pm to 4:45pm - New Generation of Web Forms - experience with XForms trials, Dr Zoran Milosevic 2pm - 3pm: Semantic Web Services ==================== Web services are transforming the Internet from a collection of information into a distributed computational device. They enable software applications to be distributed, accessed and executed via the Web. But current web service technologies (UDDI, WSDL, and SOAP) provide limited support for automating service discovery, service configuration and service composition (i.e., realizing complex workflows with Web services). In order to fully employ the potential of web services, they need to be appropriately described. Semantic Web Services combines Semantic Web technology with Web Service technology to enable automated and dynamic Web service discovery, execution and composition through new technologies such as OWL-S (Ontology Web Language for Services). This presentation will provide an overview of the Semantic Web Services vision, describe recent technological developments (such as OWL-S), and demonstrate potential applications of Semantic Web services through a number of case studies. 3:34pm - 4:45pm: New Generation of Web Forms - experience with XForms trials ======================= Electronic forms on the Web provide user interface to data and services offered on the Web. By using Web forms users can interact with the enterprise applications and back-end systems linked to these forms. Web applications, e-government and e-commerce solutions have sparked the demand for better Web forms - supporting richer and more dynamic interactions than what is possible with existing HTML forms. XForms is new World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) specification that provides more intelligent support for Web forms to meet this demand. This is achieved by separating the data model of the form from their presentation format. Both the data and presentation models are described using XML. This design enables more efficient integration with backend systems and facilitates efficient exchange of XML data. The separation also makes it possible to have multiple presentation formats for the same data model, which enables repurposing, reuse and accessibility across different types of devices. This presentation: * provides an introduction to the XForms standard, and compares XForms to other approaches * describes our XForms pilot project, which was funded by NOIE ITOL grant * highlights our initial experience of using XForms in various business environments as part of the pilot project, including tools used and results achieved * will provide the attendees with background information that can be valuable when making decisions about their future strategy and adoption path regarding Web forms technologies ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
