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The next meeting of the XML Users Group will be held on Wednesday,
May 15, 2002 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.

There is no cost associated with attending but if you are planning on
attending this meeting, please let us know so that we can give a list to
AGU management.  You can register at:

	http://www.eccnet.com/xmlug/meeting-register.html

Agenda:  May 15, 2002

John Callahan, Sphere Corporation
        Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
              A language for describing two-dimensional vector and
              mixed vector/raster graphics in XML.

Ken Holman,  Crane Softwrights Ltd.
             Introduction to XSL Flow Objects (XSL-FO)

Upcoming Meetings:

June, 2002
Brian Buehling,Dakota Systems and Tom Woods, User Centric, Inc.
      Designing Effective XML Content Management Systems

	This session will discuss several techniques that will help
	project teams design effective user-friendly XML Content
	Management Systems. The following topics will be addressed:
		* XML Authoring Systems
		  - XML Editors vs. MS Word: a usability perspective.
		  - Customization techniques to improve editor productivity.
		  - Overcoming user objections to XML editors.
		* Workflow / Versioning
		  - Techniques to avoid overly complex workflows.
		  - Editor-centric Systems vs. CMS-centric Systems.
		* Electronic Delivery
		  - Document Presentation.
		  - Document Searching and Retrieval.
		  - Navigation.
		  - 508 Compliance.

Michael Hahn
    Converting SGML DTD's to XML DTD's

	SGML-based systems who wish to take advantage of new XML-aware
	software and techniques, part of the challenge of adopting new
	technology is leveraging their existing SGML Document Type
	Definitions (DTDs).

	This session examines the most common problems in converting
	legacy SGML DTDs to XML DTDs, and offers practical advice in
	dealing with issues like:

     		- Fewer available keywords and connectors
     		- No inclusions or exclusions
     		- Parameter entity usage restrictions
     		- PUBLIC and SYSTEM identifiers
     		- Case-sensitivity in names and keywords
     		- #PCDATA usage restrictions

	The instructor will conclude by briefly reviewing an
 	SGML-to-XML DTD conversion.

July, 2002

Tom Gaven, RelaxNG Tutorial - Sit back and relax!
LogiXML, Product Demonstration

September, 2002

Lazysoft, Creators of Sentences.

October, 2002

Ken Holman, XSL-FO Tutorial

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.

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  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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