And the Rest. . . (Java & XML, 2nd Edition)

16.4. And the Rest. . .

There's a lot more that I want to see, and that I could talk about. However, this book would take another six months to complete if I put them all in, and then it would be time for another revision! Instead, I'll give you a quick rundown of hits. These are blurbs of information that may be helpful or may bore you, but will almost certainly have an impact on Java and XML in the next few years:

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and Apache Batik (http://xml.apache.org)
MathML (the Math Markup Language, an extension of XML)
Specifications related to and built upon ebXML (http://www.ebXML.org)
Xerces 2.0 (http://xml.apache.org)
JAXM, the Java API for XML Messaging (http://java.sun.com/xml/xml_jaxm.html)
JAXRPC, the Java API for XML-based RPC (http://java.sun.com/xml/xml_jaxrpc.html)

There they are, my quick picks for what will be important a year from now (if not sooner). I'll probably be recanting a few in the next edition, but that's life in the fast lane, and XML is definitely the fast lane.