Topics at Extreme Markup Languages 2007

Transformation

• Writing an XSLT optimizer in XSLT, Michael Kay, Saxonica
• A Web 2.0 ANSI SQL transparent native XML nonlinear hierarchical LCA query processor (LB), Michael M. David & Lee Fesperman , Advanced Data Access Technologies
• Building a C++ XSLT processor for large documents and high performance, Kevin Jones, Jianhui Li, & Lan Yi, Intel
• Applying structured content transformation techniques to software source code, Roy Amodeo, Stilo International

Office Documents

• From Word to XML to mobile devices, David Lee, Epocrates
• Retiring your metadata shoehorn (for OpenOffice documents) (LB), Patrick Durusau, Snowfall Software
• Sometimes a table is only a table, David J. Birnbaum, University of Pittsburgh
• Appraising the design rationale of Office Open XML: zombies and fashion (LB), Rick Jelliffe, Topologi

RDF, Topic Maps, and the Semantic Web

• Easy RDF for real-life system modeling, Thomas B. Passin, Noblis
• MYCAREVENT: OWL and the automotive repair information supply chain, Martin Bryan & Jay Cousins, CSW Informatics
• Expressing Dublin Core using Topic Maps (LB), Steve Pepper, Ontopedia
• Topic Maps applied to PubMed (LB), Giovani Rubert Librelotto, Mirkos Martins, & Henrique Machado all of UNIFRA, Brazil, and Pedro Gabriel Dias Ferreira, José Carlos Ramalho, and Pedro Rangel Henriques all of Universidade do Minho, Portugal
• Semantic searching with Topic Maps (LB), Lars Marius Garshol, Bouvet
• Instance or expression? Another look at reification (LB), David Dubin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• A Web 2.0 ANSI SQL transparent native XML nonlinear hierarchical LCA query processor (LB), Michael M. David & Lee Fesperman , Advanced Data Access Technologies
• Semantic resolvers for Semantic Web Glasses (LB), Nikita Ogievetsky, Cogitech
• Enhancing AIML Bots using semantic web technologies, Eric Freese, LexisNexis
• Organized mapping: Documenting a complex musical system, James David Mason, American Guild of Organists, Knoxville Chapter

Ontologies and Vocabularies

• Toward an ontology for financial informatics (LB), Mark D. Flood
• OntoClock: The difference between having ontological knowledge and knowing it (LB), David Dodds, Open-Meta Computing

Processing XML

• Active Tags: Mastering XML with XML, Philippe Poulard, Inria
• Using XML compression to increase efficiency of P2P messaging in JXTA-based environments, Brian Demmings & Tomasz Müldner, Acadia University; Gregory Leighton, University of Calgary; Andrew Young, Acadia University (formerly)
• Composable templates, Mario Mario Blažević, Stilo International
• Applying structured content transformation techniques to software source code, Roy Amodeo, Stilo International

Overlap

• International Workshop on Markup of Overlapping Structures (pre-conference workshop — separate registration), Alexander Dekhtyar, California Polytechnic State University; Steven DeRose, National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH; Patrick Durusau, Snowfall Software; Wendell Piez, Mulberry Technologies; C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, World Wide Web Consortium; Andreas Witt, University of Tübingen
• On the lossless transformation of single-file, multi-layer annotations into multi-rooted trees, Andreas Witt, Oliver Schonefeld, Georg Rehm, Jonathan Khoo, & Kilian Evang, University of Tübingen
• Representation of overlapping structures, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, World Wide Web Consortium
• MultiX: an XML-based formalism to encode multi-structured documents (LB), Noureddine Chatti, Souha Kaouk, Sylvie Calabretto, & Jean-Marie Pinon all of LIRIS-INSA de LYON
• A formalism for representing milestone and hierarchical annotations together (LB), Sylvain Loiseau, LIMSI / University Paris-Sud
• Limits of XML: Super-Models for Linguistic Annotation (LB), Richard Eckart, Darmstadt University of Technology

Validation

• Advanced approaches to XML document validation, Petr Nalevka, Jirka Kosek, University of Economics, Prague
• On-the-fly validation of XML markup languages using off-the-shelf tools, Mikko Saesmaa & Pekka Kilpeläinen, University of Kuopio
• Streaming validation of schemata: the Lazy Typing discipline, Paolo Marinelli, Fabio Vitali, & Stefano Zacchiroli, University of Bologna
• Declarative specification of XML document fixup, Henry S. Thompson, University of Edinburgh

Modeling and Schema Design

• Exploring intertextual semantics: A reflection on attributes and optionality, Yves Marcoux & Élias Rizkallah, Université de Montréal
• Localization of schema languages, Felix Sasaki, World Wide Web Consortium
• DITA specialization by description and example (LB), Erik Hennum, IBM & OASIS DITA Technical Committee
• Modeling questions: Experiences from the dbGaP project ,Kimberly A. Tryka, Jeff Beck, & Matt Mailman, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Doing better “on the wire” with HL7v3 without losing rigour: Is it possible to be simple without being stupid? Ann Wrightson, CSW
• Principles, patterns, and procedures of XML schema design; Reporting from the XBlog project, Anne Brüggemann-Klein, Thomas Schöpf, Karlheinz Toni, & Technische Universität München
• Converting into pattern-based schemas: A formal approach, Antonina Dattolo, University of Napoli Federico II and Angelo Di Iorio, Silvia Duca, Antonio Angelo Feliziani, & Fabio Vitali, University of Bologna
• Relational database preservation through XML modeling, José Carlos Ramalho & Miguel Ferreira, Univ. Minho; Luís Francisco da Cunha Cardoso de Faria & Rui Castro, Portuguese National Archives

Search and Query

• A more canonical form of content MathML to facilitate math search, Moody E. Altamimi & Abdou S. Youssef, The George Washington University
• Semantic searching with Topic Maps (LB), Lars Marius Garshol, Bouvet
• A Web 2.0 ANSI SQL transparent native XML nonlinear hierarchical LCA query processor (LB), Michael M. David & Lee Fesperman , Advanced Data Access Technologies
• Characterizing XQuery implementations: Categories and key features, Liam Quin, World Wide Web Consortium

Other

• Lessons from monitoring the Hedge Funds: Markup identifies and delineates. Does it give your position to the enemy? (LB), Walter Perry, Fiduciary Automation
• Mind the Gap: Seeking holes in the markup-related standards suite, Chris Lilley, World Wide Web Consortium; James David Mason, consultant; & Mary McRae, OASIS