[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] ICE melted?
I'm trying to get a fix on the status and adoption of ICE. First, here's some ICE background of which I'm aware: ICE is a protocol for the exchange of content between syndicators (publishers) and subscribers. http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-ice "The Information and Content Exchange (ICE) Protocol" is dated 26 October 1998. http://www.icestandard.org/spec/SPEC-ICE1.01-20000511.html Latest ICE spec ("Final Review Draft"). Name implies an update of 11 May 2000, but the last entry in the change log is "15-November-1999 Release 1.1". "This document is for final review and comment by the ICE NETWORK and other parties intereseted in ICE. The ICE authoring group intends to submit this update to the specification to the W3C as an update to the ICE Note." Did the update to the W3C ICE Note ever happen? http://www.icestandard.org/releases.asp Latest press release date: 29 August 2000 http://www.icestandard.org/spec/icecookbook2.pdf "ICE Implementation Cookbook" was last edited 29 November 2000. http://www.internetweek.com/ebizapps01/ebiz050701-2.htm was written 7 May 2001 and is the most recent article I found on ICE. "Despite all of ICE's potential benefits, backers conceded adoption has been slower than many would have liked. Laplante said one major challenge is to get e-businesses to think of themselves as content syndicators. Once a company understands the role that syndication can play, ICE is usually deployed very quickly, she said. "But that decision to adopt syndication technologies has to come first," Laplante said." Specific questions: (1) Who's using ICE now? How? (2) Are there any general tools/products that use ICE? (3) Are there plans to maintain/advance the ICE protocol? (4) Has anyone tried to integrate ICE with later-occurring developments in in areas in which it's related, such as communication protocols (SOAP) or constraint languages (XML Schema or RELAX NG)? Thanks for any information or insights. Kenneth J. Hughes kjh@e... Entelechy Corporation http://www.entel.com/
|
PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced! Download The World's Best XML IDE!Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today! Subscribe in XML format
|