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The next meeting of the XML Users Group will be held on Wednesday, 
June 20, 2001 at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) at 2000 
Florida Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20009-1277. The meeting starts 
at 7:00 p.m.  and usually last approximately 2 hours.  If attending 
the meeting by Metro, get off the Dupont Circle stop and walk
north to Florida Avenue...turn right. 

IMPORTANT:  The doors at AGU are locked afterhours.  Someone
is at the door until 7:30 to let people in.  If you arrive
after 7:30, please wait a few minutes and someone will check
the doors periodically.


AGENDA:

July 18, 2001

Ivan Cottrell and Phil Storey,  Arbortext
       Epic 4.1 and E3
Randy Dean, Excelon, Corporation
      Stylus XSLT Editor (copies of Stylus will be 
                          available)

August, 2001

John R. Callahan, PhD, Chief Technology Officer,  Sphere Corporation
      XML Intelligent Content Firewalls


September, 2001

Michael Hahn, DMSI 
        Advanced DTD Construction
Thomas Passin, Mitretek Systems
        Thomas B. Passin, Principal Systems Engineer at Mitretek
        Systems, i will present a system to create on-line
        questionnaires using XML templates, XSLT stylesheets,
        and Python scripts. This system synchronizes changes so
        that the person designing the questionnaire doen't have to.
        Key features: 

           - An xslt stylesheet automatically assigns each form
             element a unique sequential (readable) name so the
             template creator does not have to manage this task. 
           - Tabular data in XML files, such as might be
             extracted from a relational database, can be merged
             with the template using an XSLT stylesheet. 
           - The system automatically creates SQL table
             definitions to exactly match the template, eliminating
             errors from changing template design. 
           - A Python script inserts questionnaire data into the
             database, self-adusting to the form design. 
           - Another Python script extracts the data from the
             database, self-adjusting to the table design. 

October, 2001

Sam Hunting(XTM)
TBD (RDF),
 Audience Participants 
       XML Topic Maps, RDF and the Semantic Web

November, 2001

Fabio Arciniegas
      XML and User Interfaces - SMIL, SVG and XSLT
Consclusive

Currently we need speakers for both the technical and vendor
presentation portion of future meetings.  If you would like
to give a presentation at a future meeting, please send e-mail 
or call Betty Harvey (410) 787-9200. Share your knowledge and experience
with others.

Hope to see you there.  

Washington Area SGML Users Group Web Site:
http://www.eccnet.com/xmlug
Electronic copies of papers supplied from speakers are
available on-line.

To subscribe to the Washington Area SGML Users Group mailing
list, go to http://ecc05.eccnet.com/mailman/listinfo/xmlusers.


IMPORTANT NOTE TO PEOPLE DRIVING:

The parking garage across from AGU (Atlantic Garage - South)
is closed. I have contacted Atlantic, and they say that they
should be able to accomodate us at their North garage, which
is located on T street, across from the Hilton.

DIRECTIONS:

From Connecticut Avenue north of AGU, make a left onto
T Street (1 block before Florida Avenue). Drive one block,
the entrance to Atlantic Garage North should be on your
right.

>From Connecticut Avenue south of AGU, make your first right
after Florida Avenue onto T Street. Drive one block.  the
entrance to Atlantic Garage North should be on your right.


>From I-66

  - Continue east on I-66 to Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge. This
    places you on Constitution Avenue.
  - Take a left on 18th Street, NW and head north. Continue north to
    Connecticut Avenue.
  - Turn left (North) on Connecticut Avenue to Florida Avenue.
  - Right on Florida Avenue. AGU is 1/2 block on the right at the
    corner of 20th & Florida Avenue.


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Betty Harvey                         | Phone: 410-787-9200 FAX: 9830 
Electronic Commerce Connection, Inc. |        
harvey@eccnet.com                    | Washington,DC SGML/XML Users Grp
URL:  http://www.eccnet.com          | http://www.eccnet.com/xmlug/
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