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ISSUE NO 35 DIGITAL TOOLBOX

UN AND OTHERS TO END XML CONFLICTS

One of the most important standards to emerge since HTML for web pages is ebXML. This soon-to-be ratified standard will put an end to the proliferation of XML message formats for B2B communications. The new standards will be ratified by both the UN, CEFACT, and OASIS -- a 150-member organization which includes IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems, among others. ebXML includes four components: a basic vocabulary for all XML communications, a business process model that can be used to define negotiation protocols, a discovery protocol allowing traders to identify themselves, and a trading agreement standard. A test suite is being developed to determine compliance of any ebXML implementation.
(Source: Computergram)

2Ghz PENTIUM 4 EXPECTED BY EARLY 2001

Intel is expected to crank up its much-delayed Pentium 4 processor to 2Ghz by the end of the second quarter next year. Apparently the company has already demonstrated a Pentium 4 running at 2Ghz and says that the chip has been designed so that it could easily be scaled up to higher clock speeds.
(Source: Computergram, Oct 27, 2000)

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