Hello Taggers: There is quite a bit going on with Tri-XML. The conference is coming up. If you have been to meetings lately, you know we've had a long run of great speakers (for those of you who have not attended, past presentations may be downloaded from the Tri-XML "Past Meetings" webpage). If you wish to see what presentations are coming beyond April, please visit: http://www.trixml.org/futuremeetings.shtml .
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ APRIL MEETING INFORMATION SPEAKER: Mitch Amiano, Agile Markup Corporation TOPIC: Scripting XML With Java and Python TOPIC DESCRIPTION: A plethora of open source Java tools and their class libraries exist for XML, but what if you need to extend the functionality and customize if for specific applications? One option is to code up additional Java classes, but not everyone is into Java development. It would be great to get access to the power of the Java classes, but work with scripts instead. You can do this with an alternative JVM language such as Jython. The presentation will show how you can glue together a desktop XML application from existing Java components using Jython as the glue. DATE: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 TIME: 6:00pm - 8:00pm (includes time for eating and networking) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FOLLOW UP TO PRESENTATION BY JONANTHAN ROBIE (MARCH) At XML 2004, I had the opportunity to attend an "EGGS and XML" presentation by DataDirect Technologies. Jonathan Robie gave an engaging presentation on XQuery, XML, and Databases. Following the conference, I asked if Jonathan could present this same overview for Tri-XML and was glad to have him accept. The presentation was fantastic, and I was glad for the opportunity to hear it again. There were some good discussions and questions from the audience. (Jonathan, next time we'll put name tags on our audience. :-) If you missed Jonathan Robie's presentation, here are comments from attendees that you might be interested in reading. >From John Fitzpatrick: "As far as Jonathan Robie's presentation, I found it very well done by an especially good presenter. He brings not only the developer's perspective to the audience but the tempered experience of participating in standards work. I enjoyed it very much and hope we can have him back for more in the future." >From Conrad D'Cruz: "Jonathan Robie's presentation was perfect. It was a very comprehensive overview of the standards and tools as well as future directions." ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NEW DITA SUB-GROUP IN TRI-XML In addition to the regular Tri-XML monthly meetings, which cover a range of xml uses/topics, we've had interest expressed in holding some DITA-specific events. To avoid taking away from the regular Tri-XML meetings, or making us too focused on one topic, we are going to hold a couple of DITA luncheons in addition to the monthly meetings -- kind of like a mini group within our user group. If you are interested in DITA, let me know. We've already got an IBM expert interested in providing a DITA educational presentation and overseeing discussions...this new mini user group for DITA will probably start meeting in June. While these will be at lunchtimes, our Tri-XML monthly meetings will continue to be held in the evenings (loosely the 2nd Tuesday of each month). ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ WANTED: People interested in doing peer presentations this Fall. Call me if you have a topic you'd like to propose. Topics need to directly involve XML. Mmonthly meeting presentations are peer presentations and vendor/marketing presentations are not permitted. Please do consider volunteering to share your knowledge...You've got many months to work on your presentation if you sign on now for a fall meeting. :-) Take care, Kay CC: TriJUG, STC Carolina -------------------------------------- Kay Ethier Tri-XML PO Box 14265 Research Triangle Park NC 27709-4265 PHONE: 919.244.8559 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------- * Tri-XML 2005 Conference is scheduled for July 28-30 at NC State University's McKimmon Center. Check out the Tri-XML 2005 Conference at http://www.trixml.org/confindex.shtml ! You may subscribe (join) and unsubscribe for the Tri-XML listserv at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tri-xml/ . _______________________________________________ Juglist mailing list [email protected] http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org
