Google didn't bring up much, other than what was there pre-JavaOne. The
slides, where are the slides? Or should I ask where is the SVG file that
included all the slides?
I'm not on the Batik team, but I can give my impression as a generic JavaOne
attendee:
First of all, the Batikers were *dogged* in terms of the schedule. The BOF
at 11 PM, the technical session at 8:30 AM on Friday (traditionally Fridays
are sparsely attended, and Friday morning after a week of 8:30 AM to
Midnight is hardly anyone's dream time). Next Year, Batik deserves some
prime time. Nevertheless, this didn't dampen anyone's spirits.
The BOF was fantastic. The participants clearly knew their subject inside
out, and they clearly had some superior software to show off. Remembering
back to the dawn of Java 2D, when the poor embarrassed presenters managed to
skate along with concepts and promises rather than awesome demos, this was
the exact opposite. Java 2D has truly come of age, and it was shown off by
Batik exceptionally well. It was also shown off by a Java 2D app, ILOG's
JView, that exports SVG.
In true open source style the audience decided the sequence of the topics
covered, and appropriately the slides were SVG, all slides for several
presentations on a single SVG that was zoomed and navigated via SVG
controls. This presentation would be quite nice to have available on the
web. Didn't find it searching google...
There was some practical talk of how to add SVG to a Java 2 app, a concise
overview of the architecture of Batik, an explanation of the data flow of
Batik, and talk of the present and future of Batik.
In terms of the present they said that Batik 1.0 covered static SVG, full
linking support, and some scripting, but did not yet include SMIL.
In terms of the future the Batik team spoke of the desire to add further
dynamic support, including both improved scripting and SMIL. They said they
wished to modularize the implementation. They mentioned that SVG 1.0 was
virtually complete, there was also the likelihood (certainty?) of an SVG 2.0
Working Group defining a 2.0 spec, and the possibilities for 2.0 were
discussed. Apparently there is also the possibility of a lighter weight
spec for SVG aimed at small devices.
ILOG demonstrated their JViews Composer Suite, which is a set of components
for 2D graphics. Quite an awesome demo, almost upstaged Batik itself. At
least it exports (static) SVG. If anyone doubts the capabilities of Java
2D, ILOG's software would put any such doubts to rest; it is simply awesome.
At the Batik technical session on Friday they really showed off Batik:
unfortunately the large hall was rather sparsely populated, but those who
were there were on the edge of their seats. The Batik team demonstrated the
use of Batik on the server to generate business cards, and the use of Batik
for internationalization. They showed the extreme zoom capabilities of
Batik/SVG, very impressive.
Batik and SVG also came up as a subject at other JavaOne sessions. For
example in the JAXP BOF, the XSLT transformation demo transformed into SVG,
which was then rasterized to .PNG, using Batik.
As one who attended JavaOne way back in 1998 when XML was covered in similar
fashion (I think there were 4 sessions total on XML that year, and it may
have come up tangentially in about 15 others), SVG had a similar feel to it.
Those who knew about it were all deeply enthusiastic about it, and those who
found out about it were almost instantly enthusiastic about it. I think
that SVG will really take off, in large part thanks to Batik.
I think it would be a good idea to put the materials from the BOF and the
technical session on the Batik site. It appears Sun is going to attempt to
sell access to the slides from JavaOne this year, which I think is very
unfortunate. Hopefully the Batik materials will be available to all at no
cost.
Max
-----Original Message-----
From: Engineer Software [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 10:45 AM
To: Batik Users
Subject: Re: So.....how was JavaOne and Batik
search it at www.google.com
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From: "r d" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 8:01 AM
Subject: So.....how was JavaOne and Batik
> Batik Team,
>
> Simple question: So...How did JavaOne go for Batik?
> Do you have any material that you can share with the group?
>
> Look forward to reading what you have to say :-)
>
> We all learn by sharing what we know
> Robert A. DiBlasi
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