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        Before we get to the 'standard announcement' I would
        like to state that I pray and I know that each of you
        do also, that all members and their families are safe
        and well.  We do have members located at the Pentagon
        and our thoughts and prayers are especially with them
        that they are safe and were out of harms way.

The next meeting of the XML Users Group will be held on Wednesday,
September 19, 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:

Michael Hahn, DMSI
        Advanced DTD Construction

		For mission-critical applications, there's more to creating
 		an effective DTD than just loading an instance into a DTD
		generator. An XML DTD is a reflection of the requirements
		for an application, and the effective identification of
		those requirements is key to producing an XML DTD that is
		useful, maintainable, extensible, and "future-proofed".

		Questions to be answered by this session:

		When and why should I modularize?
		One DTD or many?
		How flexible is too flexible?
		Why are naming conventions a good thing?
		How and how often do I change my DTD?

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

Meeting postponed until January due to scheduling conflict.


November, 2001

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

January, 2002

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



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 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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