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This week: A Conversation with Bruce Chizen.

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2007/01/03/web-20-chizen.html

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Dear Reader,

Welcome to another issue of XML.com.

To start the new year right, Simon St.Laurent -- one of my favorite XML
writers ever -- gives us a piece reviewing the events at XML 2006, with a
particular eye toward the XQuery story, which may finally become a market
reality this year.

The XQuery Chimera Takes Center Stage
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2007/01/03/the-xquery-chimera-takes-center-stage.html

Also worth reading this week:

Rick Jelliffe, David Orchard's Theory of Compatible Versions
http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/blog/2007/01/david_orchards_theory_of_compa.html

Kurt Cagle, Through a Glass Darkly: Predictions Past and Future
http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/blog/2006/12/through_a_glass_darkly_predict.html

As always, thanks for reading.

Kendall Clark
kendall@xml.com
Managing Editor, XML.com

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*** XML News from the XML Cover Pages by Robin Cover ***

Microsoft's Open Specification Promise Eases Web Services Patent Concerns

Sun Microsystems Publishes Non-Assertion Covenant for SAML Implementations

Massachusetts Supports OASIS OpenDocument in Final Reference Model V3.5

IBM and SAP AG Release WS-BPEL Extension for Sub-Processes (BPEL-SPE)

Open Invention Network Collects Patents to Promote Royalty-Free Linux

For more information on any of these stories visit:
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/coverpage/newspage.html

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