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The next meeting of the Washington Area SGML Users Group is
scheduled for Wednesday June 16, 1999 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 lasts 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.


June 16 Meeting

  Mark Warman, Object Design, eXchelon - An XML Data
               Server for Web Applications
  Christopher Benedetto, XML Marketing Product Manager,     
              Bluestone Software

             Christopher Benedetto has overall responsibility for the
XML softwa
re product line at Bluestone Software including overseeing product
strategy, cor
porate relationships, and development. Since 1993, Mr. Benedetto has led
the dev
elopment of customized Web and multimedia products that combine GUI,
database an
d Web technologies.

Prior to joining Bluestone, Mr. Benedetto worked at Medical Broadcasting
Company
 and Strategic Management Group where he held various product
development, sales
, and consulting positions for clients such as Digital Equipment
Corporation, AT
&T Global Information Systems, Pfizer and Schering-Plough
pharmaceuticals.

A respected project manager, strategist and marketing professional, Mr.
Benedett
o has been featured at industry conferences and symposia speaking on Web
technol
ogy, Internet/intranet application development and emerging technology
trends. M
r. Benedetto holds a BA from George Washington University and an Ed M
from Templ
e University.                                                

August, 1999
Tom Gavin
Joseph E. Hughes Processing XML documents in Java The speakers will
present an o
verview of XML and the Java language. They will introduct the two types
of parse
rs, event based and tree based. An introduction to various Java
technologies is
presented (Applets, Servlets, JSP) to se a foundation for XML processing
on the
web. Tree pased parsing will be demonstrated with various Java programs
using th
e DOM API. Event based parsting will be demonstrated using the SAX API.




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 (301) 540-8251. Share your knowledge and experience
with others.

Hope to see you there.

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

To subscribe to the Washington Area SGML Users Group mailing
list, send an e-mail to sgmlug-request@eccnet.com.


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.


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Betty Harvey                           | Phone: 301-540-8251 FAX: 4268
Electronic Commerce Connection, Inc.   |
13017 Wisteria Drive, P.O. Box 333     |
Germantown, Md.  20874                 |
harvey@eccnet.eccnet.com               | Washington,DC SGML/XML Users
Grp
URL:  http://www.eccnet.com            | http://www.eccnet.com/sgmlug/
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