
The Data Portability Group appears to be trying to regain some renewed community respect by announcing its list of Steering Group Officers. Will it be enough or do we still need to see some real "deliverables" before the respect is regained?

Allette Systems, providers of publishing system design and integration and aXtive Minds, a consulting group focusing on XML and Web technology are hosting Open Publish 2008.
To be held April 23-24, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland, Open Publish 2008 will focus on both the management and implementation issues relating to publishing technology based on open standards.

On April 15-18, the San Diego Marriott Mission Valley in CA will host the fourth annual OASIS Symposium. Entitled "eBusiness and Open Standards: Understanding the Facts, Fiction, and Future," the Symposium will draw an eclectic crowd of thought leaders, industry professionals and giddy geeks in the open source community.