Two internationally recognised XML experts and members of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which sets XML standards, have joined German-based Software AG, a leading player in XML-based software.
Both Michael Champion and Jonathan Robie, creator of the XQL query language, will act as Software AG contacts for the W3C.
Software AG, itself a member of W3C, has positioned itself as a leading player for XML-based software, particularly through the development of the XML engine X-Machine and the introduction of Tamino, the world`s first XML-based information server, set to be launched at end September 1999.
"Champion and Robie will make sure that Software AG stays ahead in the XML game. They will help to create future standards and to synchronise our products with these standards as they emerge," comments Dr. Peter Mossack, vice president of research and development at Software AG.
Robie is not only the creator of XQL, but also one of the authors of the W3C Document Object Model (DOM). He is a member of numerous W3C working groups for XML Schema, XML Information Sets, and XML Stylesheet Language (XSL). Before joining Software AG he was a research consultant at Texcel, maker of an XML/SGML repository for authoring; prior to that he was lead architect for an XML repository at the DBMS vendor Poet.
Champion is co-editor of DOM and principal author of the core XML portion of the document which became the W3C DOM Level 1 Recommendation. Before joining Software AG, Champion spent several years at Arbortext, a leading developer of SGML and XML publishing products, developing interfaces to database systems.
"Today`s businesses need ambitious XML database products, requiring more development resources than most start-ups can provide. Software AG is innovative and forward-thinking, but it also has the experience and resources to provide solid products with high throughput and good reliability, availability, and security," says Robie.
"I joined Software AG because I knew that XML solutions can only be realised in database environments for enterprise-wide IT systems," adds Champion.
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Dimension Data Holdings
Dimension Data Holdings is South Africa`s largest Information Technology integration company with turnover of R4,7-billion (1997/98). Based in Johannesburg and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the Group is fast becoming a global organisation with offices in Asia, Australia and the United Kingdom. Its subsidiary, Datacraft Asia, is listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Singapore.
Dimension Data Holdings` key business focus is on Network and Systems integration and on the technologies associated with electronic commerce, voice/data convergence and customer management.
SPL, part of the Dimension Data Group, has long been recognised as a high value IT partner to South African corporations and government. The company focuses on customer management, information management and enterprise systems.