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| Focused workshops are important in evolving Ada technology
to better meet the needs of the Ada community.
Workshops are free for those registered for the conference. The following workshops are planned for SIGAda 2001: |
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| Workshops have a focused objective and result in a report
to be published in Ada Letters. BOFs are informal discussion groups.
Workshop descriptions will be placed here on the SIGAda 2001 Home Page
when they become available.
Additional workshops or Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) are welcome. If you would like to propose a Workshop or BOF, please contact the Workshops Chair, Jim Hassett E-mail: hassett@acm.org |
SIGAda 2001
Workshop:
Creating a Symbiotic Relationship Between XML and
Ada
Sunday, September 30,
9:00am
Dr. Robert Leif
Commercial software development is beginning to change from the Windows era to the XML era. This is driven by the exploding use of the Internet and the economic advantage of having the same software operate on both the client and server. The historic Ada was a gambler. Her namesake, the computer language, has just had her luck change very much for the better. The commercial use of the Internet is the driving force behind XML. Fortunately, the programming language that has the best fit with XML is Ada.
The purpose of this workshop is to organize the Ada community to take advantage of this opportunity. This requires creating applications in Ada that use and support XML; and using XML to create Ada environments including XML based tools.
In order to create the necessary applications in Ada that
use and support XML:
1. The present existing
Ada software for XML should be described.
2. A higher level design
should be developed for the future packages required for the symbiosis
(mutually beneficial relationship) of
Ada and XML. This could initially include following packages: XML.Schema.Datatypes,
XML.MathML (mathematics markup),
and XML.SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics).
In order to create an Ada environment based on XML, a schema for Ada should be created.
The maximization of a symbiotic relationship between XML
and Ada requires the establishment of a formal liaison between SIGAda and
the World Wide Web Consortium.
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SIGAda 2001
Workshop:
Concurrency in Java, C++ and Ada
Wednesday, October 3,
2001, 7 p.m.
Paul Stachour
Style
This workshop is a complement to the tutorial on concurrency, which is scheduled for Monday. The Monday tutorial is a comparison of language features, together with library routines generally available for programmers. The Wednesday workshop is a discussion among practitioners, led by a group of panelists who have used their respective languages to build significant-sized systems with heavy storage, database, processing, or timing requirments. All attendees are welcome to participate in a general discussion period.
Time
The workshop will begin at 7 p.m. with a 5 to 10 minute
statement by each panelist. This will be followed by general discussion
among all attendees. The formal workshop will close by 9 p.m., but those
who wish to continue discussions are welcome to do so. Topics might include:
Participation
This workshop is free, and is open to conference attendees and (space permitting) to the general community. Priority will be given to those registered for the conference, for a tutorial, or the Tuesday dinner presentation. Those wishing to participate should contact the workshop organizer, Paul Stachour (paul.stachour@stachour.com).
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