Contact:  Rollin White (Rollin@scoug.com)
          1-562-596-5121 office

Tuesday, August 27, 1999

XML is the new, future language of the web, and Warp Expo
West presents you with two XML lectures to put you ahead of
the competition and save you hours of study time.

  Bill Schindler is a renowned computer language and
compiler code optimization expert.  In these two lectures he
will show you what XML can do, discuss the web applications
that XML will allow you to create, and demonstrate how you
can write XML quickly to make your web pages come alive in
ways that HTML simply is not capable.

  XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is dynamic.  It allows
you to create your own "tags" so you aren't restricted to
the ones defined in some specification.  These new tags are
included in your web documents, and the new browsers (he'll
present the OS/2 XML browsers and tools in the lectures) use
these tags to put your web pages on the screen.  Sets of
predefined XML tags called DTDs are already being created
for your use, including SVG (vector graphics),
business-oriented data exchange, new word processor formats,
XSLT (data transformations), RDF (web-based metadata), even
technical arenas such as mathematics and molecule
descriptions.

  Schindler is well-versed in language development and
optimization, and in these two XML lectures will show and
teach you exactly what you need to start writing XML.  "And
I'll show real examples," he says, "such as how XML can give
OS/2's drag-and-drop a major increase in intelligence."

  In session one, "Why XML Is Important", you'll be given
the new goals that your web pages can now attain by using
XML.  You'll see how XML can give you better web pages
faster, you'll be given ways to organize your information
for better displays, and you'll get ideas to convince
management that you and XML can deliver a web presence that
beats the competition.

  In session two, "An Introduction To XML", you'll learn the
technical aspects of coding web pages using XML, what
decisions you'll have to make for fast XML designs, the
tricks you'll need for organizing the pages, and how to
parse and validate your XML documents so there won't be
surprises later.

  Bill Schindler is a well-recognized OS/2 contributor.
He's the Editor In Chief of _Extended Attributes_ (the
award-winning OS/2 magazine from POSSI, the Phoenix OS/2
Society), author of Teach Yourself REXX In 21 Days,
programmer of the Smack! OS/2 labeling program, and has a
wide background in compilers and code optimization.  Bill is
currently incorporating XML into Smack! as its standard file
format.

  XML is the future and you _will_ need this information to
stay up-to-date as OS/2 grows.  Join us and learn the future
-- at Warp Expo West!

                            
  Warp Expo West will be held on September 18 near
Disneyland in sunny Southern California.  All the info is at

http://www.scoug.com/warpexpowest

  Sponsored by The Southern California OS/2 User Group.

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