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[Announce] MEDIA ALERT

WHAT: In the real world, data is not read-only. While XQuery provides
an excellent model for simple and powerful updates to XML, updates are
missing from XQuery 1.0. Several vendors are implementing their own
proprietary extensions to provide update, and several update proposals
have circulated within the W3C XML Query Working Group and at various
conferences.

Join XQuery authors Jonathan Robie (DataDirect Technologies) and
Daniela Florescu (Oracle Corporation) for a talk about their recently
published requirements document which discusses various approaches to
adding an Update Facility to XQuery.

After identifying some of the major questions associated with this work
and exploring the problem space and solution space without attempting
to predict the answers that the Working Group will find, speakers hope
to get feedback from the XML community to bring back into the XQuery
Update work.

WHERE:
Extreme Markup Languages 2005,
1240 Drummond Street,
Montréal, Quebec,
H3G 1V7, Canada
http://www.mulberrytech.com/Extreme/wednesday.html


WHEN:
Wednesday August 3, 2005,
2:45 PM - 3:00PM (EST)


ABOUT DATADIRECT XQUERY:

DataDirect XQuery is the first embeddable component for XQuery that
implements the XQuery for Java™ API ( XQJ ). It supports all major
relational databases on any Java platform. DataDirect XQuery allows you
to query XML, relational databases or a combination of the two,
integrating the results for XML-based data exchange, XML-driven Web
sites, and other applications that require or leverage the power of
XML. DataDirect XQuery installs easily; it does not require its own
server infrastructure and is scalable from desktop to enterprise
applications. DataDirect XQuery is designed for software developers and
independent software vendors (ISVs) who need to manage heterogeneous
data sources in XML applications. DataDirect XQuery is in beta now. For
more information on DataDirect XQuery contact Nancy Vodicka at
+1-919-461-4326 or visit: http://www.datadirect.com/xquery

ABOUT STYLUS STUDIO

Stylus Studio, a product from DataDirect Technologies, an operating
company of Progress Software Corporation, is the industry's most
innovative XML IDE , providing advanced support for XML and related W3C
technologies: XSLT , XML Schema , XQuery , DTD , Web Services , SQL/XML
, XML mapping , and Legacy Data Integration . Used by leading software
developers world-wide, Stylus Studio simplifies XML programming and
enhances developer productivity through innovation. For more
information, visit: http://www.stylusstudio.com

ABOUT DATADIRECT TECHNOLOGIES:

DataDirect Technologies is focused on standards-based data
connectivity, enabling software developers to quickly develop and
deploy business applications across all major databases and platforms.
DataDirect Technologies offers the most comprehensive, proven line of
data connectivity components available anywhere. Developers worldwide
at more than 250 leading independent software vendors and thousands of
corporate IT departments rely on DataDirect® products to connect their
applications to an unparalleled range of data sources using
standards-based interfaces such as ODBC, JDBC™ and ADO.NET.
Developers also depend on DataDirect to radically simplify complex data
integration projects using XML products based on the emerging XQuery
and XQJ standards. DataDirect Technologies is an operating company of
Progress Software Corporation, a US$300+ million global software
industry leader. Headquartered in Bedford, Mass., DataDirect
Technologies can be reached on the Web at http://www.datadirect.com or
by phone at +1-800-876-3101.

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